I'll watch MMA occasionally, but not often. Much as I'm down on the state of boxing today, I think I still enjoy seeing fighters work within a stricter framework better. I'm probably a rarity in that regard. I like how the restrictions on what you can do makes the "game" of boxing happen. Guys can't just haul off with whatever limb they want, or go for a tackle to get into a wrestling match if they are outgunned. They have to figure out how to beat the other boxer's strong points within the framework. Again though, I'll watch MMA every so often too. I'd call myself a casual fan of both; boxing still holds my interest more. I disagree with you that boxing is dead. In the US, it's on one leg now. But worldwide I think it would be a mistake to declare it extinct. Yeah, boxing is big in Europe, and especially huge in places like the Philippines, Thailand and Mexico. I agree about MMA too. I watch it with friends who order the PPVs on occasion, but I just find it sort of silly. And the people who watch it are always waiting for that huge "extreme" knockout moment that rarely comes. Or comes about as often as it does in boxing. I don't begrudge MMA's success, even if I'm tired of seeing posers everywhere wearing Affliction.