This sport has been there since man began to strive for territories. First depicted and written since the dawn of civilization. punching someone else's face is a universal gesture of beating up and winning.
with the advent of technology and human reasoning, the sport evolved to what we see today. however right now, boxing has a new rival, MMA. MMA is conceptualized and organized in the latter years of the 20th century though this sport has been there as a spectacle, a no holds barred type, decades ago and not taken seriously as a real sport. it is said that this sport calls out all martial arts discipline and know what is the best discipline in the world. sounded like from a Hong Kong movie, a master calling out different schools to battle out which school is the best. MMA has a bold statement to unite them and place them in an octagon and let them fight whichever discipline they wanted to. it used to be a "no rules sport" however they need to comply with the authorities to make them legal, so the "no rules" was slowly modified until removed. the way i see it now their style of fighting become homogenized, their martial art is no longer purely Karate, Jiujitsu, Taekwondo etc. it's a mix of one or more disciplines, no wonder it's called mixed martial arts.
despite this "new" sport, boxing remains an attraction and still maintain a huge following. what makes boxing a popular sport?
was it the fighters? the fans? or a sort of identity, like nationalism? or the money? or power?
need opinions. make it clean.
with the advent of technology and human reasoning, the sport evolved to what we see today. however right now, boxing has a new rival, MMA. MMA is conceptualized and organized in the latter years of the 20th century though this sport has been there as a spectacle, a no holds barred type, decades ago and not taken seriously as a real sport. it is said that this sport calls out all martial arts discipline and know what is the best discipline in the world. sounded like from a Hong Kong movie, a master calling out different schools to battle out which school is the best. MMA has a bold statement to unite them and place them in an octagon and let them fight whichever discipline they wanted to. it used to be a "no rules sport" however they need to comply with the authorities to make them legal, so the "no rules" was slowly modified until removed. the way i see it now their style of fighting become homogenized, their martial art is no longer purely Karate, Jiujitsu, Taekwondo etc. it's a mix of one or more disciplines, no wonder it's called mixed martial arts.
despite this "new" sport, boxing remains an attraction and still maintain a huge following. what makes boxing a popular sport?
was it the fighters? the fans? or a sort of identity, like nationalism? or the money? or power?
need opinions. make it clean.