Simply put, boxing is the sport of punching, you cannot bob and weave in real life because you will get your head kicked in. And if you are knocked down, your opponent in real life will not give you 10 seconds to get up.

MMA, while controlled, is the closest thing you will ever get to street fight. And the fighters are well versed in every relevent martial art at their disposal.

The boxing instructor at my MMA gym, (a quick fisted golden gloves lightweight) will not go near even the kickboxers. And steadfastly admits that boxing is not a sport to spend your money on.

I didn’t enjoy the fight as much as I enjoy great title fights in MMA, but that’s to be expect, as I’m an MMA fan. Still. It’s interesting to look at the differences between the sports.

I do, from time to time, attack figures in boxing for stupid comments, but the sport as a whole is respectable, just as football and hockey are respectable. That doesn’t mean I enjoy them.

all in all i enjoyed reading your opinions and i hope you enjoyed the fight.

I’ll answer your comment anyway.

Fedor vs. Arlovski is a fight between a top contender fight (at least it’s far more interesting than Couture or Lesnar or Nogueira or Mir fighting Fedor would be). But I’m not going to defend the UFC’s heavyweight division. If you’ve read anything I’ve ever written you know I hate the way that the division is managed.

You weren’t satisfied with UFC 90? Fine, most people weren’t. The number of decisions was ridiculous and I won’t defend the matchups.

There’s conflict in the sport. So what? Get over it.

Again, I’m not going to defend boxing. I agree that it’s stupid. I wouldn’t call it the most stupid of all sports. I’d rather leave that to hockey or tennis. There are plenty of arguments to be made in favor of whatever. My point was that, as a fan of combat sports, boxing is unsatisfying.

And MMA is better how?
You want to tell me that the UFC HWs are the best in the world?
Bull.
MMA is like wrestling and offers even less possibility of seeing the best fight each other.
Barnett, Aleks and Fedor will NEVER fight in the UFC so the UFC HW belt means nothing.
I appreciate that Nick Diaz and others can fight in Japan and here.
The best should fight the best. Right now the UFC is blocking that.
And after the last 2 and next garbage UFC card, thank god 92 will be a little better.

As for boxing, the most stupid of all ‘sports’. I have problems with the lack of concern that MMA fighters have towards brain trauma when sports like fake wrestling and hockey are being ravaged by the outcomes of concussions. As a lifelong jujutsu practioner, I have tried all of my life NOT to get hit in the head as much as possible and the resulting brain damage so watching the brain trauma applied in ten rounds of boxing is nauseating.
Gloves are not there to protect the fighter, they are there to protect the hands and permit more damage (its not the KO punch that is bad as the constant punches that dont knock you you)
Even the ex Nevada state head doctor said that boxing causes much more damage than MMA does.

However, that is usually only the case when you’re watching an MMA fight that has talented fighters with a strong command of several disciplines. MMA still has a long way to go when there are several fighters like GSP who’re very athletic and can employ several disciplines to their advantage.

I still like boxing but the bad part about boxing is the politics. You’re rarely going to see top fighter compete against #1 contenders, most fights are calculated and manage to build a star. At least with MMA promotions (the bigger ones) there are several big attractions on one card. Perfect example UFC 92.