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Dakstang · 10-10-2008, 12:36 AM

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Boxing On Hold for Affliction Event

With Affliction’s January show still a mystery outside of a few rumored bouts including a proposed headliner between world-ranked heavyweights Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio said that the card would not include boxing matches as earlier planned.

“The January show is going to be an all-MMA card,” Atencio told Sherdog.com Thursday. An announcement is forthcoming next week, Atencio said, with a full fight card, dates, and details.

Days after postponing an Oct. 11 event in Las Vegas, Affliction announced its affiliation with boxing’s Golden Boy Promotions and released limited details of a collaboration to include co-inhabited events in the first quarter of 2009.

A rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito was rumored as a candidate to anchor the first crossover card, with a strong supporting cast of MMA bouts filling out the night, including a middleweight bout between recent Dream grand prix winner Gegard Mousasi and Vitor Belfort. Mousasi’s U.S. representation has confirmed that they are considering the bout.

Atencio said Affliction and Golden Boy are still on par to co-promote, just not as early as expected.

“It’s just not something we could work out (by January),” Atencio said of the mixed-sport card. But it is something they will “absolutely” do in the future, he added.

So, MMA/Boxing events. Sounds like nothing more to me than trying to get people interested in boxing again.

On a side note, Fedor/Arlovski will be great.

Tommy 2 Slow · 10-11-2008, 10:44 AM

Wasnt Arlovsky supossed to fight Barnett for the right to fight Fedor?

As far as the partnership between Affliction and Golden Boy, I think its a good idea. Boxing will benefit from MMA's popularity and Affliction will gain a few extra fans as well.

RaiZ-R · 10-11-2008, 03:05 PM

From what I've seen, boxing is still more popular than MMA because MMA still gets a bad rep cos it's performed in a cage. People still look at it as human cock fighting and more dangerous than boxing, which is bull because MMA fighters generally take less strikes to the head and have less likelihood of concussions and brain damage.

In my opinion boxing is simply out of date now, and far too dangerous for the competitors within the sport to really justify doing it. MMA is the way forward, boxing is a backward step.

living dead girl · 10-11-2008, 03:08 PM

MMA is for cavemen
really
what's next
gladiators?
stun guns and armor?

boxing is beautiful
mma is so sloppy

boxing needs to get smart and stop having all the good fights ppv to get the cavemen back from MMA

i'm just sayin

RaiZ-R · 10-11-2008, 11:03 PM

And I liked you so much before LDG... Tut tut. MMA makes boxing look like retards running in circles.

Dakstang · 10-11-2008, 11:07 PM

There are just so many more elements to MMA.

MMA > Boxing

living dead girl · 10-12-2008, 11:52 AM

yeah mma is bloody and bullshit
kimbo SLIPPED in his match and dude beat the shit out of him
it's like bar fighting
boxing is beautiful

i watched one mma match. and dude got so bloodied up, my stomach was turning.

maybe next we'll start feeding people to the lions again.

i still like you raiz-r
even if yer part caveman
rawr

RaiZ-R · 10-12-2008, 12:04 PM

You should really check out more MMA. It's not always a bloody mess, in fact blood is a rarity. When two expert strikers or two BJJ black belts or two wrestlers go at it it can be phenomenal, and beautiful. I recommend you watch the George St. Pierre vs BJ Penn match that is happening soon. These guys are my two favourite fighters in the entire world, and it will be a classic of epic proportions.

And of course I still like you really.

Dakstang · 10-12-2008, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by living dead girl

yeah mma is bloody and bullshit
kimbo SLIPPED in his match and dude beat the shit out of him

He slipped?

He got KTFO is what happened to him.

living dead girl · 10-12-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RaiZ-R

You should really check out more MMA. It's not always a bloody mess, in fact blood is a rarity. When two expert strikers or two BJJ black belts or two wrestlers go at it it can be phenomenal, and beautiful. I recommend you watch the George St. Pierre vs BJ Penn match that is happening soon. These guys are my two favourite fighters in the entire world, and it will be a classic of epic proportions.

And of course I still like you really.

i dunno - it reminds me of the romans.
they're going to have weapons next.
if they had the same style of fighters fighting each other it would be boss but this garbage fighting style doesn't do anything for me.

p.s. wanna make out?

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He slipped?

He got KTFO is what happened to him.

yeah, he got ktfo cuz he slipped.