If you paid for this Hopkins/Jones fight

[2daBank]

Not in my house. You can have all the groping man love UFC crap. I love the pure art of boxing, where guys can actually die in the ring versus UFC ala WWF BS...

agree totally while boxing is certainly down i have and always will love boxing....

[hoopster42]

boxing is still king

[ironchef69]

[Pabinator]

Boxing is not King anymore folks, #'s dont lie.

And dont tell me how much $ Pacroid & Mayweather make because that is only 2 fighters. & the reason they make so much is because BOXING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARSSSSSS.

UFC has just starting and its already competing with your holy sport. Reminds me of the Baseball Football arguement.

By the way, I like Boxing & MMA, I like watching them both, but the only real thing I like more about UFC is that pretty much all the time they make the #1 contender fight the champ, & they dont duck each other for years.

Also something about knowing if Pacroid & BJ Penn were in a dark alley in an anything goes fight, BJ would beat Pacroid senseless that makes me start leaning towards UFC, hence the ultimate fighters

[JayTrotter]

BJ would beat Pacroid senseless??? um, what leads you to that conclusion?? I would disagree. In an anything goes fight chuck zito hits you in the face and you wake up in the hospital.. hand frozen in a grasp for a reverse triangle.

As for the roy jones and bernard hopkins retirement tour... I was at the fight, and may I say the hundreds of fans in attendance were moved to chant, by the two great masters they saw give their all... REFUND! REFUND! REFUND! In even less exciting news, Sergio Mora The latin snake is back!

Bernard hopkins collapsed due to rabbit punches as soon as he returned to his dressing room, I wonder if he said "I've fallen and I can't get up.."

[JayTrotter]

#s don't lie, and the people who own UFC are in the middle of filing for bankruptcy

[illmatick]

#s don't lie, and the people who own UFC are in the middle of filing for bankruptcy

you have a source for this?

[hoopster42]

for the last time: if boxers had to fight by UFC rules the boxers would get their asses kicked........and if UFC guys had to strictly box, they'd be getting their asses kicked by the boxers. 2 completely different talents/styles. trained UFC professionals are the shit and so are trained boxers.

[Cookie Monster]

now it might just be me, but seems boxing's problem, besides a lack of big name fighters and a completely shitty heavyweight division, is the absence of the freebie. anyone with any marketability is swept away to HBO or Showtime and then it is on to PPV. maybe it is just me, but ESPN Tuesday or Friday night fights just doesn't do it. boxing has limited big names and they fight twice a year. myself, i love boxing in the purest form of hit without being hit. however, tyson proved there is huge market that just wants to see the huge KO. after tyson left, there was no more menace, no fighter you knew was going to walk in the ring and try to knock someone's head off. when those people that were only fans because of the big KO find out there is one or two huge KOs every UFC event, it will get even bigger. i wonder how much boxing's fan base has shrunk since 2000.

it does amaze me though that people pay for WWE when they know the outcome is decided beforehand.

This year has had a good increase of the open cable fights. ESPN friday nights is having strong cards (Glen Jhonson - Yusaf Mack), FOX sports en español just started, Azteca America also has good Mexican fights and and telefutura will resume soon. Not too shabby.

[sundin4prez]

#s don't lie, and the people who own UFC are in the middle of filing for bankruptcy

does that not have something to do with there casino?... completely different business than the ufc....you know your sport is pretty bad when
when in main stream success is on 2-3 guys backs....

[Pabinator]

By #'s I ment # of people purchasing PPV's. Yes UFC has tons of PPVs a year but who's fault is that?

[Unicorn7]

Agreed. Terrible fight.