I used to be a huge boxing fan. I could watch re-run events over and over. Finally, it just got to a point where i despised even seeing an event, much less considering paying for it. Watching what people like Don King and corruption did to a sport I loved just made me sick and I completely stopped watching. As far as I'm concerned, boxing is dead to me, and that in itself makes me pretty sad because I can remember loving it at one point.
I just hope that the sport of MMA looks at what boxing once was and what it is today and learns from that. MMA is in a very good position right now. It has the ability to basicly define itself and make certain that the sport stays untainted, as best as can be achieved, by corruption and judging problems. I just hope that they do what it takes to make accomplish that.
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