UFC on Fox: Why Fight Will Blow Boxing's Main Event out of the Water

UFC and Boxing will be having their major events on the same day. It’s clear that the UFC has taken over boxing in the sports realm. Tonight we will find out why.

More and more people are watching it, there are more fights that would qualify as “big” and the fights happen much more often.

Boxing takes months or even years—in the case of Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather—to progress and set a date. The UFC has so many well-known fighters that it only takes a couple months to set something intriguing up.

Even if Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos aren’t the most well-known names in the UFC to the casual fan, it is still better than Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.

Boxing has become so bland since the introduction of the UFC. The casual fan wants to see constant action, and boxing doesn’t have that. Most fights have a lot of standing around.

UFC can have those types of fights, but they are few and far between. Most of the time they are action-packed, thrilling and generally bring a solid ending. This is what people will see on Saturday night.

Boxing has seen their fair share of disappointing endings to matches recently. But above that you have one fight that still hasn’t happened—and that is Pac-Man vs. Mayweather. Until that fight happens, the UFC will continue to be ahead of boxing, and rightfully so.

Tonight’s results will prove why boxing still has a ways to go catch the UFC. 

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