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When boxing first started it had a lot of elements that MMA does now (bear knuckle, even fencing)...but boxing has become refined over the years to be the ultimte test of manliness.
MMA is a flash in the pan, a retrograde step, going backwards to an uglier and less exciting contest. They package it like WWF, and they have some fans in a certain area (male, young, middle class)
Boxing is an honest sport for working men. The middle class fans of MMA will soon move on to something else once this thing is no longer trendy.
When no one remembers who Brock Lesner or Randy Coutre is - John L Sullivan will stand out, a name ringing true across the ages, as a mighty heavyweight champion, the pinnacle of manliness.
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