Is the sport of boxing becoming history due to the sport of mixed martial arts?
Why is boxing becoming so unpopular by Gary Cartlidge The boxing industry today has a lot more competition and is the reason for its decrease in popularity. The rise of the fastest growing sport in the world MMA (mixed martial arts). This is one of the main reasons for boxing popularity to fall, the entertainment value of MMA is similar to boxing however the sport holds more events and is more entertaining to watch because of the amount of styles for viewer’s pleasure. Boxing has been around for many many years and never really evolved much for entertainment value, MMA offers ground fighting and kicks also, boxing simply cannot compete with this otherwise it wouldn’t be boxing. Boxing doesn’t hold enough television rights, the sport holds great pay for views on sky however not many people are going to pay extra to view something that is less exciting that programmes that are on regularly such as cage rage. To save the sport boxing as we know it the boxing commission will need to start
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used in competitions. The rules allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while standing and on the ground. Such competitions allow martial artists of different backgrounds to compete. The history of modern mixed martial arts competition can be traced to mixed style contests throughout Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim during the early 1900s. Modern MMA competition emerged in 1993 with the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Originally organized with the intention of finding the most effective martial arts for real unarmed combat situations, competitors of various arts were pitted against one another with minimal rules for safety.[1] Later promoters adopted many additional rules aimed at increasing safety for competitors and to promote mainstream acceptance of the sport.[2] The name mixe
