Boxing or Wrestling? Which is more entertaining?

[King Edward]

I thought i'd restart this discussion in a new thread as the old one got Locked after some silly name calling.

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Feel free to comment on any of the on topic posts in the locked thread here.

Does anyone else find the majority Heavy weight bouts in boxing dull? they just end up locked together for 5 to 6 rounds untill they start tireing then one big punch floors someone

Not as entertaining as watching a frogsplash from a 15' steel cage now thats entertainment

[English assassin]

I wouldn't say heavyweight boxing was dull but I know what you mean. Boxing is better at lighter weights where neither boxer can floor the other with one punch, you get a lot more movement too. I'm really surprised someone in the other thread said boxing was boring/not skillful because there are only a few basic punches. Its what you do with them and how you move that makes the skill.

Wrestling is all very well but its not a sport in the same way (I mean professional wrestling)is it? So I'd say its not as entertaining because you know its scripted. At least they are honest about it and call it sport entertainment and not sport though.

Is there actually any professional wrestling that is a real sport (ie where each person tries to win and does real moves not showy stuff where the other person is jumping for all the throws).

[scooter_the_shooter]

http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/sport/22.gif is da best i was watching it last night on espn

[Teutonic Knight]

I prefer true wrestling to boxing, but not that TV crap, as has been said by some before, that's entertainment not sport.

[Kongamato]

I like to watch boxing. Unfortunately, you'll have to pay $$$ to watch the good heavyweight fights, as pay channels like HBO, PPV, and Showtime have the title matches. The ESPN fights are alright to watch. They seem sleazy at times, but that's a part of boxing. I've seen the judges vote for the hometown guy and not even know the right rules.
Of course the funniest thing is when the main event or any other 10-12 round match ends at an early round. They then have to fill up time with other fights involving boxers that look like people off the street.
I prefer boxing due to the real damage of it. In fact, I have a hunch that boxing is more damaging than a real UFC-type fight. Being able to grapple, kick, and all the other things might make fights more decisive and have less total damage. In boxing, you are forced to pummel your opponent in a specific way, ensuring that the head and body take huge amounts of damage.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Quote[/b] ]Is there actually any professional wrestling that is a real sport (ie where each person tries to win and does real moves not showy stuff where the other person is jumping for all the throws).

Not actually wrestling but the Unlimited fighting championship and Bushido among others are real fighting. You can use boxing, wresting and a combination of any marshal arts you like.

Look

Here (http://www.ufcfightnews.com/ufc/history.html)

This is real fighting. I would say the majority of the matches are won either with a wresling submission move or tying a guy up and pummeling him in the head while hes down. Truly brutal stuff.

[ah_dut]

don't the Japanese have stuff like pride with MAA and literally beat the crap out of each other? that, looks A) painful B) unentertaining https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif most of the japanese girls i know love it though https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Sternness]

Quote[/b] (Kongamato @ July 22 2004,15:55)]In boxing, you are forced to pummel your opponent in a specific way, ensuring that the head and body take huge amounts of damage
But boxing doesn't allow you to hold onto the other fighter's head and wail on their face, bring your knee down repeated on the back of their skull, drop them on their neck, or to pop their wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee, or ankle out of the socket.... (hmpf, sorta makes the sport sound sadistic)


Quote[/b] (ah_dut @ July 22 2004,19:12)]don't the Japanese have stuff like pride with MAA and literally beat the crap out of each other? that, looks A) painful B) unentertaining https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif most of the japanese girls i know love it though https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif
Of course, but whether or not its entertaining depends on the fighters and situation (of course, its the same with boxing. I just feel that in MMA, there's a bit more variety and potential to be entertaining.)

And my overall stance, as I said in the last topic, is that you have to go to Japan for entertaining combat sports as of late. State-side I'll pick mainstream boxing over mainstream pro-wrestling.

[Efrem Da King]

Quote[/b] (King Edward @ July 21 2004,08:36)]I thought i'd restart this discussion in a new thread as the old one got Locked after some silly name calling.

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Does anyone else find the majority Heavy weight bouts in boxing dull? they just end up locked together for 5 to 6 rounds untill they start tireing then one big punch floors someone

Not as entertaining as watching a frogsplash from a 15' steel cage now thats entertainment
OMG THAT WAS SOOOO COOOL



If I know latino Heat is going to give you the biggest Frog Splash you've ever seen holmes.

-Eddie Gurreo dressed another wrestlers outfit after attacking JBL.


I love the frog splash. Eddie's not RVD's.


Pity Eddie ended up losing the match though...

I so can't wait for Summerslam. Eddie vs Angle and JBL vs THE UNDERTAKER...... Bradshaw... Rest... IN... Peace.




I vote wrealin obviously.

[shakaka36]

I prefer true wrestling to boxing, but not that TV crap, as has been said by some before, that's entertainment not sport.






note the topic asks which you think is more entertaining.


i prefer wrestling myself

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (shakaka36 @ July 23 2004,04:23)]I prefer true wrestling to boxing, but not that TV crap, as has been said by some before, that's entertainment not sport.






note the topic asks which you think is more entertaining.


i prefer wrestling myself
still applies

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Wrestling is entertaining and i like boxing as long as audley Boring Fatty2 Harrison isn't fighting. He wouldn't last five seconds against Lewis and thats the truth https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[shakaka36]

I prefer true wrestling to boxing, but not that TV crap, as has been said by some before, that's entertainment not sport.






note the topic asks which you think is more entertaining.


i prefer wrestling myself

still applies



i thought so, but just wanted to clarify

[Navaros]

both are boring

boxing = 12 rounds of two grown men hugging each other until the time for that round runs out

wrestling = fake, fixed, unbelievable competition. ie: when they are supposedly punching each other - in actuality their hands do not even touch each other's skin at all. another example: whenever one guy is going to slam the other one, the one to be slammed jumps into it so that the slammer does not even have to lift him. wrestling is far too fake to be entertaining

the only entertaining parts about either of them are the press conferences in boxing, and the verbal insults before matches in wrestling. the boxing or wrestling itself is actually just boring filler IMO

[A.Saturnus]

Efrem, don´t

[scooter_the_shooter]

both are boring

boxing = 12 rounds of two grown men hugging each other until the time for that round runs out

wrestling = fake, fixed, unbelievable competition. *ie: *when they are supposedly punching each other - in actuality their hands do not even touch each other's skin at all. *another example: *whenever one guy is going to slam the other one, the one to be slammed jumps into it so that the slammer does not even have to lift him. *wrestling is far too fake to be entertaining

the only entertaining parts about either of them are the press conferences in boxing, and the verbal insults before matches in wrestling. * the boxing or wrestling itself is actually just boring filler IMO







have you ever watched the non heavy wieghgt boxing ~:mad: