Boxing vs. MMA: Which is More Dominant?

It seems the (well...let's call this a) rivalry between MMA and boxing has been going on forever. When MMA began getting more exposure and getting more and more fans, boxing fans and experts began freaking out.

Boxing experts began saying that MMA was too brutal, they compared it to human cockfighting and said that MMA fighters were not real athletes. To me, that sounds pretty desperate; they realized their sport was going down the toilet and couldn't take it.

But when you look at it, MMA and boxing are two different sports, the only resemblance is that they are both fighting sports.

It was said that since MMA only had 3 rounds instead of 10, the athletes were not as in good a shape as boxers, which I think is completely ridiculous. MMA rounds last two minutes longer than boxing rounds, and MMA is such an unpredictable sport that 10 rounds are not needed; most MMA fights don't even go to a third round.

Only punches are allowed in boxing, while there are so many ways to finish an opponent in MMA that it just would be stupid to have 10 rounds. I think MMA is a lot more demanding than boxing because of the grappling aspect of the sport.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he could beat any MMA fighter in a boxing match and it's possible that he can but he could never last a round with any MMA fighter in an actual MMA fight. He would be taken to the ground and submitted.

What boxing fans seem to forget is that boxing is actually a discipline in MMA and most fighters are professional boxers. I don't know a single boxer who has a base in BJJ and has good ground skills, do you?

There was also a lot of discussion when UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva challenged Roy Jones Jr. to a boxing match. Alot of boxers were offended by Silva's actions, but he felt he could beat Jones and again it's much more probable then Jones beating Silva in an MMA fight. Anderson Silva has shown that he is one of the best strikers in the game today, with an accuracy that is not seen by any other fighter in MMA.

It is true that boxing has become less popular with the sudden arrival of MMA, but to say that boxing is down and out, I'm not ready to say that just yet. I remember someone from the UFC saying that boxing wouldn't have any other stars, then the ones they have now, because everybody actually training in boxing would eventually make the jump to MMA.

I'll be the first to say that I think boxing is boring, but this is just an opinion because I think that it's really one dimensional. I would be tempted to say that MMA is currently the dominant sport and I'm really interested to see what will happen with boxing 10 years from now?

I think Anderson Silva will challenge Roy Jones Jr. or at least try, as soon as he retires from MMA, what do you think?

Finally, to sum it all up, I'll quote something I red "Boxing is the sport of our father and MMA is the sport of our sons."