Whatever... It's just ignorance. He has no idea what he's talking about. He is just scared that MMA will take over his once glorified sport. Frankly boxing has in incredibly rich history and has flourished as a time honored sport. MMA is in it's formative years and we will have people talking trash like this about it for some time to come.
As MMA becomes more of a threat to boxing, be prepared to hear many more attacks on MMA's legitimacy as a sport. It's just the way things go. Take it all with a grain of salt and a little perspective on where it's coming from. This is what we'll be hearing until MMA is a time tested sport. We are in the baby stages here... I would say well more than half(probably more than three quarters) of Americans have never seen an MMA match. 90% don't even know the term MMA. I have friends my age who didn't even know what the fuck I'm talking about until I explained it to them. Now on the flip side... what american has never seen boxing?
So give it some time. Don't waste your breath. We shall overcome.
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