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Two Guys Boxed, if anyone cares anymore

posted March 18, 2007 - 3:09am
Two Guys Boxed, if anyone cares anymore

In Paris on Saturday, France's Jean-Marc Mormeck defeated Jamiacan O'Neil Bell to take the undisputed cruiserweight championship belt. Hmm, no Americans. This indicates something, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

With the explosive growth in UFC in the last five years, boxing will soon go the way of the Standing Broad Jump and Indian Clubs.


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Televised Combat

At least the participants in both sports are still willing and eager volunteers. We will have crossed the Rubicon back to Roman times when organizers are grabbing opponents out of the audience, or rounding up groups of gladiators from the homeless population and making them fight on Pay Per View.

Your remark about the UFC

Your remark about the UFC caught my interest, Mike. I have conflicting thoughts about it. Sometimes I wonder if it signals a trend toward a 21st century version of gladiator fighting where at the end of the match, the winner will be given a handgun to blow the loser's head to pieces. Then I wonder how much worse is UFC than boxing, and conclude that it's no worse at all. There's not a lot to be said for boxing, where ultimate victory (a knockout) is produced by inducing brain damage. I agree that UFC will eventually make boxing go the way of the standing broad jump, but only because we like variety in our violence. Flyswatter Xomba Moderator

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