MMA

What ever happened to the sport of Boxing? I remember as a kid it was marked as a gentleman sport, God forbid the playground never seemed so?
Is the sport of boxing fading or is it a cyclical enmity in the world of sports as we wait for the new messiah of boxing?

I remember when names like Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano were spoken on a daily event by all ages. Kids in playgrounds simulated them when playing, Teachers would yell at us for role playing at recess.

Then Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston. and George Forman were fights that have never been forgotten; what happened? However, the constant comebacks from George Forman over the years were good as much as bad for the sport.

Over the years the Olympics had spawned new up and coming boxers, Sugar Ray Robinson comes to mind as one of those greats. However the sport seems to be fading rapidly since the Eighties when we had Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson, Michael Spinks, Evander Holyfield and Larry Holmes dominating as explosive fighters. That was the last big surge of boxers. Absolutely there have been more like Julio Chavez that came about but the North American Boxing Federation and American Boxing Association dropped the ball in the Eighties when boxing was at its peak or made its last surge?. It could have been handled more aggressively allowing more fights to be televised however, I?m sure the market was there though for that time period this could be debated?

Uphold! There came a sport that has been around before that that aroused the longshoreman on docks far and wide, mixed martial arts. I remember as a kid if you used your feet you were branded a dirty fighter and you were banned from circles on the playgrounds alike. For years there was wrestling in high school and outside of school interests like Judo and Karate but now there is a merge of the sports so explosive it dominates some networks.

Is this the wave of the future, or is it just interested people that are intrigued by the violence and blood spatter it brings? There is a large fan base. One so strong it levees politicians to change the laws to allow the sport dubbed cage fighting in its states. We have superstars like Ken Shamrock, Randy Couture and the ice man Chuck Liddell that have dominated their division, with interests from other countries like Japan, France, Mexico, Canada and Brazil that bring their own style of fighting, noted as Brazilian Jujitsu.

There are conferences like the WEC, Pride and the UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship that are creating new fighters and promoting new names to keep the sport exciting using an action packed television series as its tool. And the UFC has found a space on the topic line next to all the other sports like the NFL, NBA, NHL alike. A special thanks to Dana White and those out of the lime light that work so diligently to make this happen.

There are some that think this sport is violently aggressive, not supporting the efforts ongoing however, without a doubt these fighters bring to the table a gentleman?s bond and respect of those that watch the sport; imagine fighting to maim and destroy their opponent under controlled circumstances of a Referee then embracing their victim hugs after finishing the fight with a submission or technical knockout?

Stand back America, as this sport of mixed martial arts like mui tai, kick boxing, boxing, wrestling, judo, and jujitsu has a following from women also which is different than that of the American Boxing Association. And informatively is nothing new, it has been around since the Nineties?

There has always been the question, in a match between a boxer and judo expert or a wrestler and a boxer, who would win? Stay tuned because now there are wrestlers coming from the WWE?s Kimbo Slice and boxers such as Toney wanting to cross over to the amazing new sport of mixed martial arts.

daNa
Just My Opinion
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