The popularity of MMA has been increasing every year. The UFC is undoubtedly the most prominent MMA organization in the world. The company has been putting up some spectacular matchups for many years. Many will agree that the UFC might be putting up some of the most entertaining fights in the world. MMA lately has overtaken boxing in popularity. A boxing legend recently gave his take on MMA being more popular and entertaining than boxing.
The MMA fans had a lot to say on the matter.
MMA Fans give there take on Oscar De La Hoya’s comments on MMA
Oscar De La Hoya is an absolute legend in boxing. He’s often considered the all-time great and the best pound-for-pound fighter in the boxing world. Recently, he was seen in an interview where he was seen talking about everything boxing. He gave his take on the MMA and boxing world and made an interesting point about the two sports. Oscar said,
Boxing is so fragmented. That’s the problem. The UFC is under one umbrella. Easy to make big fights. It’s great.
Oscar De La Hoya clarified that the UFC takes place under one roof. All the fighters are signed to a single organization; therefore, it’s easy to make big matchups in the company. In boxing, most of the fighters are independent, and there’s no single governing body. The fans were quick to share their opinions. They posted the following tweets,
Oscar off the percs , boxing will never be on MMA s level. Especially the UFC
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He’s not lying. Issue is everyone in boxing thinks they’re main event worthy. To many egos.
Seems like Oscar took a 5 minute break off the white stuff to talk some sense!
They would have to pay an insane amount of money to the boxers for some 300 style mega card. Only the Saudis could afford that lol
He can’t compare boxing to UFC. He can compare Boxing to MMA. What he means is, boxing doesn’t have a UFC. It’s so fragmented
The fans agree with Oscar that MMA is a superior sport in pure sporting entertainment. De La Hoya is an absolute legend in the sport of boxing and is sure of the fact that boxing cannot compete with the UFC at the present moment. All the great fighters in the UFC fight under a single roof, and the boxing world is fragmented.
Hearing Oscar compare boxing and MMA as two different sports was interesting. The UFC has some of the biggest names in the world of MMA. It’ll be interesting to see which sport will attract more viewers and fans in the near future.
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