Tonight the much-awaited UFC 103 vs Floyd Mayweather, Jr., goes toe-to-toe on PPV.
If you're a fan of MMA or boxing, unless you've been asleep or underground somewhere, you know UFC 103 will be competing with boxing tonight on PPV. And you know the trash talk spewing out of the mouths of Mayweather and Bob Arum. MMA fans writing on the forums are not much better or kinder to boxing.
What's interesting to me is Mayweather's short memory. Only 2 years ago, he was actually seriously considering a move to MMA, and was in negotiations with Mark Cuban!
"Floyd is considering fighting with HDNet Fights," Cuban told ESPN.com in 2007. "We are going to let him visit some gyms to talk to some folks about what it would take to learn. He knows it won't be easy. But he is getting involved with MMA and HDNet Fights one way or another. He is pumped about it. He wants to go on to the next big thing. Floyd is a brilliant marketer. He follows the money." Hmmm...
Personally I think this online competition between MMA and boxing is moot. Boxing is just that - boxing. It has its fans and serves a purpose. I think it's one dimensional, but maybe I just don't understand the thrill involved in doing nothing more than hitting your opponent in the face and body over and over until he's left bleeding, cut open, unconscious and his brains are rocked.
MMA is a different sport. It's mixed martial arts - and includes one or more of the following: muay thai (a type of martial art Thai boxing), judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, kickboxing, and karate, and any variation of these martial arts. Oh - and boxing.
So - it doesn't really compare. MMA to boxing is like football to baseball. There are competitors. There are balls used in the game. The ball gets thrown to/from the competitors and/or other players. But the similarities kind of end there.read more
Floyd Mayweather returns to the ring tonight to fight Juan Manuel Marquez. And judging by the sales so far for this fight, Mayweather has proved that he can attract the fans. The fight is scheduled to start between 7:30 and 8:00 pm pacific time.
Here are a few live streaming sites that you can watch it on for free, but they are slow…and you may get frustrated and lose patience or you can watch Mayweather and Marquez HBO Greatest Hits video’s below while these sites take their time coming up. Sopcast requires the download of software before you can watch it. Later tonight, most likely the entire fight will be online, but will all be removed by morning.read more
