This weekend will be one of the biggest fights of the year in Las Vegas and will not take place in any type of octagon or cage setting. Undefeated (41-0; 25 KO, 16 Dec) Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. will be defending his WBC welterweight championship against “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (29-2-2; 22 KO) and given the history of the pay per view purchases generated by Mayweather, the argument that boxing is the more lucrative sport with a dedicated following could be echoed if sales are like anything past in comparison to UFC ppv purchases.
Tag Archives: Boxing
Gary Shaw on Zuffa’s Purchase of Strikeforce and How it relates to a Gas Station [Interview]
Gary Shaw is one of the most influential figures in boxing. He served on the New Jersey Athletic Commission for almost thirty years before becoming a promoter. Between 2006 and 2008 Shaw played a critical role with the mixed martial arts promotion Elite XC. Since Elite XC’s closing in 2008, Shaw has focused primarily on managing boxers, but his name can’t seem to stray too far from MMA.
Technique of the Week – The MMA Jab
In what seems to be the newest stronghold strike for elite fighters like Georges St. Pierre and Miguel Torres, who you can see at this weekends UFC 130. The MMA Jab until recently has been under utilized to keep opponents at bay but after seeing fighters like the Diaz brothers, and BJ Penn use it successfully the trend is gaining steam as MMA fighters have picked up elite boxing traits to evolve their game.
Risk vs. Reward: Nick Diaz in Boxing
Many modern-day MMA fighters who are not receiving near a half million dollar and above payouts, yet draw in many fans are wondering how to raise their stock. Nick Diaz has to be a prime example of this, making considerably less than the champions around him, and taking a lot of damage in the process. Diaz has once again expressed his feelings on how Strikeforce doesn’t have any more competition for him and that they don’t pay enough for the fights he wins. While this might seem like a temporary issue Diaz has turned to boxing for the pay he believes he deserve until a reasonable offer or fight is lined up.
The “MMA Jab” is a Greatly Underused weapon
The thing that makes combat sports so different from any other sports is the amount of different offensive techniques that you can apply without duplicating one. Mixed Martial Arts is the combination of all combat sports (Boxing, Kick Boxing, Wrestling, Karate, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, etc), there are more techniques than any one person can learn in their lifetime.
The Challenge: Training MMA at the Lions Den
Like many people out there, I love to watch a good fight. People can’t help but stare, whether it’s a boxing match, a scrap in a hockey game or a couple of idiots swinging wildly at each other in a bar. There is some deep instinct in all of us that makes us slow down to look at a car accident or rewind our Tivo’s to watch a catcher get run over at home plate. We are all interested in the morbid and abnormal, whether we admit it or not. This is what drives so many of us to shell out 50 bucks on a Saturday night to watch the UFC or any MMA event.
