[Corey]

Originally Posted by Flexin

No at all. To me there seems to be more love/hate with boxing then before. I don't think there was the hate back in the day. Now I see the hate from a lot (not all) of MMA fans. Some I think just like how brutal MMA can get. Some act like they can only like one or the other. I like boxing more but I do like other fight sports. One weekend I was at my computer and had a tv beside it. I watched about 6 hours or more of straight MMA. Years ago I would watch a bit of kick boxing or Martial Arts.

James

I think the sports outlets have kind of added to the split between Boxing and MMA fans. They continually produce the same "which is better" stories about two or three times a year, right around when UFC is about to have a big PPV card. ESPN is bad about brining in Rogan or Dana White to hype up the fights, and then have some boxing analyst who has dismissed MMA come on and debate which is better. If anything, the sports writers and boxing commentators seem to spread an intense amount of hate towards MMA and contribute to this either/or mentality. I guess they figure it's impossible to like both.