Given MMA, why does 'boxing' still exist? Genuinely curious.
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The thing about mma is there are too many skill sets to really become world class at any one of them. The reason boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and wrestling are still popular is it’s interesting to see how good someone can get at just one thing.
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Boxing also for them moment has a bit more cultural recognition/prestige. Maybe due to the pop culture place it held in the 20th century. Possibly could shift in coming years but don’t think we have to view it as a zero sum game between the sports. I enjoy watching both.
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Many people who train mma at the highest levels will have coaches that are single discipline experts. For an ordinary person being good at one can seem like a full time job. This era of martial arts has been an enlightenment phase in the disciplines.
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That's precisely the reason why MMA should be more interesting. Floyd Mayweather is undefeated, but as a novice boxer I can barely recognize the technique he implements. In MMA, I am watching a science experiment. Which martial arts are the most effective?
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To be fair there are a ton of minute details in any exchange but I would somewhat agree there is slightly less subtlety than in the individual core sports
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I think moreso it’s about the people. When boxing no longer has interesting humans competing, it will die. Pre - mcgregor mma was big but not massive. He made it massive.
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I’m not so sure about that. UFC 100 is still one of top 5 biggest ppv’s ever if not top 2 or 3. GSP routinely put in 800k-1million buy performances. The there was Lesnar. Not to mention month by month the “regular” PPV’s got WAY more buys.
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