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• There are no boxing gurus or masters. Boxing has no gurus, founders, or masters that claim to have superhuman powers or secret techniques that only they know, and that the only way to learn the secrets is from the masters. The only heroes in boxing are the boxers. There have been great boxing trainers and coaches, but they are behind the scenes and are basically unknown to the general public. Who the public remembers has been the great fighters, not the promoters, trainers, or managers. Since anyone can punch, there is no need for a “master” to show you any secret methods.

• Faces. Faces are what make us who we are. If another person has wronged you, you want to rearrange that person’s face. Fighting systems that use kicks, throws, pins, or submissions have never gained mainstream popularity. People do not get satisfaction from watching a submission win. People want the loser���s face to look like he lost. Professional wresting gained more fans after it starting having less wrestling and having more face pounding and bloodletting. In MMA fighting, the current fighting fad, fighters mostly punch each other in the face, either from standing or on the ground; this has helped it gain popularity. Nobody, except for practitioners and their families, ever go to karate or judo tournaments, because they are boring, and there is no face pounding. People like to see faces pounded. When there is too much grappling or submissions, spectators lose interest. Boxing has always had face pounding; nothing fancy or complicated, just basic face pounding that anyone understands.

Problems with boxing

• Deaths and permanent injuries in the ring. Although this is still a relatively rare event, deaths in the ring do occur and when they do it make headlines. People like to the see blood and pain, but death is always frowned upon. The use of boxing gloves has meant that boxers now have longer careers, and thus they get hit many more times over their careers than they did in the past. Gloves have also meant that boxers may be hit many more times in a fight without showing visible injuries or being knocked out. More blows mean more opportunities for long-term serious injuries. In MMA fighting, the gloves have little padding, there are no standing 8-counts, and the fight is stopped when an opponent cannot defend him or herself. Although this means there are more minor injuries and blood, which satisfies spectators, it also helps reduce the number of blows a fighter receives over his or her career. Once more MMA fighters die in the ring or as a result of fighting in the ring, MMA fights will also lose some popularity.

• Questionable decisions by fight judges. Since boxing has been around for so long that it has now controlled by a select few groups and individuals who have corrupted the system. In international competition, politics plays a bigger part in who will win a bout than does who was the better fighter. In recent decades, highly questionable decisions have driven even seasoned fans away. In MMA fighting, decisions are rare so this is not much of a problem.

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