By Allan Fox: Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton, who now promotes boxing matches for his company Hatton Promotions, says he’s interested in branching over to promoting Mixed Martial Arts [MMA] fights as well in the near future. Hatton sees a ton of interest in the fast growing MMA sport, and he wants to get involved. He says he likes the sport and he enjoys watching English MMA fighter Michael Bisping compete.
Hatton said to sherdog.com “Who’s not to say that I won’t dip my toe in the promoting of the Mixed Martial Arts? We’ve got to move with the times. It’s so massive now – not just in the United States, back in England and globally. It’s getting bigger and bigger all the time.”
By Jim Dower: In last Saturday night’s UFC 102 event at the Rose Garden Arena, in Portland, Oregon, there were a number of fights, both on the undercard and at the top of the card, that turned out to be huge mismatches. Thankfully, the main event between heavyweights Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira went the full three rounds and didn’t fail to impress.
By Wayne Lord: I keep telling people that we need to see good guys fight each other. This not only develops them but also makes them more exciting to watch. I could care less about if a guy is 50-0 or 16-5. I need to see him in with someone who is at his level. I am paying my hard earned money so at least they should be made to work for their money too. We always seem to get a 16-0 guy against a guy with more losses than a poor 3rd world country.
By Jason Kim: I realize this article will anger some and go over the heads of other boxing fans, but there’s some realities that need to be accepted. Boxing is slowly being eroded and diminished by more entertaining sports like the MMA, specifically UFC.
By Jim Slattengren: On Saturday night’s UFC 100 fight card over 11,000 fans attended the fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas to watch MMA stars Brock Lesner, Georges St-Pierre, Dan Henderson, Michael Bisping, Frank Mir and Thiago Alves go at it in separate fights.
By Pedro Reyna: Boxing was once the #1 sport in America. Much has changed since those days. Many on this website have discussed why is it that boxing is falling while UFC (and other MMA leagues) are rising. There are several reasons why boxing is falling apart, however, the fans have every resource to make a difference in the sport. One may not believe it and say to themselves, “How can I possible save boxing?” Yet, it is not just one person, it is millions of boxing fans around the world that are saying the exact same thing. Millions of fans… and nothing is being done to better the sport.
By Axel Bowen-Dale: What is the true reality of boxing’s future? With the recent rise in popularity of mixed-martial arts will boxing die? Is boxing already dying?