MMA, Kickboxing or Boxing?

Which is your favourite combat sport if you have to choose between mma, kickboxing and boxing?

For me, boxing.

It's the best organized, the most deep, the most global, the most pure from a sporting perspective, and to me the most entertaining and most dramatic.

Zuffa mma is slowly destroying mma and sadly there are "fans" that are supporting it. I still really like non-Zuffa mma but the sport as a whole is suffering from the presence of shady/bad for the sport Zuffa.

I voted for boxing.

It's a truly global sport with the best athletes from everywhere/anywhere finding their way to the top.

kickboxing is etablished all over the world , but the us fan are so retarded to perceive that is one of the most entertaning Sports 2d 

Kickboxing!

Mma and kick boxing screw boxing....

fka wrote:Mma and kick boxing screw boxing....

Come off it, fka.

The world doesn't move to the beat of just one drum.

Just because you personally don't like boxing, doesn't diminish it as a sport.

Boxing is really the only sport among the 3, unless you include things like Thai boxing, under kickboxing.

Thai boxing is pretty organized, and is a real sport. Boxing is also.

Kickboxing ala Glory and MMA are more spectacle than sport.

Kickboxing is the sport of kings! A sport where two gentlemen go to duel. MMA is the sport of peasants.

Kickboxing is such a great sport! Great athletes who are nothing but pure class! In MMA it's like any bum can step inside a cage and start swinging. I no longer follow this shitty sport. I 'd be embarrassed to even tell people I watched it. Pure fucking trash

nodogoshi wrote:

fka wrote:Mma and kick boxing screw boxing....

Come off it, fka.

The world doesn't move to the beat of just one drum.

Just because you personally don't like boxing, doesn't diminish it as a sport.

Boxing is really the only sport among the 3, unless you include things like Thai boxing, under kickboxing.

Thai boxing is pretty organized, and is a real sport. Boxing is also.

Kickboxing ala Glory and MMA are more spectacle than sport.

Bad decision of the judges and the Hw division on the decline made ​​me lose interest for boxing.I still watch boxing, The 2 fights I hope to see in the future is (Adonis Stevenson Vs Sergey Kovalev And Bermane Stiverne Vs Klitschko)

For me, it's boxing > kickboxing > mma. I used to love all 3 equally, but the death of Pride/Dream/Sengoku and the real K-1 severely damaged my interest in them. At least kickboxing has had a revival in the past year or so though.

MMA>kickboxing>boxing

I enjoy all 3 but my favorite is Kickboxing because the fights are high paced, aggressive and there is none of that hugging shit boxers and mma fighters do

Heretic wrote:I enjoy all 3 but my favorite is Kickboxing because the fights are high paced, aggressive and there is none of that hugging shit boxers and mma fighters do

I like kickboxing because they fight 3 times in one night and the tournaments are exciting

Boxing.

I'll assume all kick fighting sports are under kickboxing and say kickboxing.

After that boxing, it can get quite dramatic sometimes.

If this was 2000-2005 mma would be tied for 1st place. As it is, it shouldn't even be on the list.

The poll should have read sumo, judo, MT/kickboxing or boxing.

Boxing is the best it's been since the 90s, so that's definitely the top combat sport right now.

I still watch more MMA than Kickboxing, only because the only kickboxing I watch is Glory. Or Krush and Shootboxing if they're available.

MMA. I like the mastery of so many skills that the fighters have t go through. Further, how some fighters can be great at one aspect that allows them to dominate others.
It is fascinating to watch as a practicing martial artist.

Hamilcar wrote:MMA.  I like the mastery of so many skills that the fighters have t go through.  Further, how some fighters can be great at one aspect that allows them to dominate others.  
It is fascinating to watch as a practicing martial artist.

I do agree and it's what made me a fan of MMA in the first place

but the thing is .... of late everyone is becoming so generically well rounded that you dont see any interesting styles match up anymore...that and fighters are scared to lose in fear of being cut so they hump to a decision or rory macdonald style point fight. I used to love MMA for the styles but now everyone is pretty much lacklustre in all areas.

stu3ufc wrote:

Heretic wrote:I enjoy all 3 but my favorite is Kickboxing because the fights are high paced, aggressive and there is none of that hugging shit boxers and mma fighters do

I like kickboxing because they fight 3 times in one night and the tournaments are exciting

that is also another excellent point

I like all 3 as well but MMA is best followed by kickboxing

The way the mma scene is looking right now I´m more interested in kickboxing. If the PRIDE version of mma comes back I´ll say mma but I´m losing hope for the sport.

I'm always more up to date on MMA but I feel that I have more fun watching boxing, even if it's randoms on ESPN, when I do catch combat sports these days.

Kickboxing is awesome but the supposed forerunner GLORY really doesn't do much for me lately. They just aren't captivating to me right now in comparison to when they first burst onto the scene.

That Buakaw HL and some gifs got me fucking fired up though, maybe I should watch more thai stuff.

Boxing is cool but they have too many rounds. Why do the pros have to fight for so many rounds? Less rounds should make the boxers go for the kill instead of winning by points.

[Surprised by the number of boxing fans here!]

If I could, I would probably watch the other combat sports, including real wrestling. But, I just have my time filled with other things. So MMA is my way to get my fix of a little bit of everything.
I have caught some kickboxing here and there, and it can be exciting, but I just feel like I can only follow one sport right now.

Golden Age wrote:Boxing is cool but they have too many rounds. Why do the pros have to fight for so many rounds? Less rounds should make the boxers go for the kill instead of winning by points.

That's one of the things that makes boxing boxing. It is as much an endurance sport as anything else. Going 12 hard rounds (formerly 15) is a true athletic feat. It separates the men from the boys. It is also easier to win over a short fight than a long one. Long fights determine true superiority.