Boxing
 

I don't get it.

Maybe it's just the geek in me but I don't get what's appealing about seeing two grown men beat each other to a pulp. Same goes for "professional" wrestleing (although less so as it's more 'soap opera in underroos' than wrestleing) or UFC fighting.

I can appreciate to some degree the appeal of seeing different fighting styles or skills but if anything embodies this it's going to lean more towards specific martial arts competition or something. I mean, I'd rather watch fencing to be perfectly honest.


Of course I really enjoy Fighting-themed video games, so do I have some sort of unreasonable double-standard or just appreciating that in video games no one actually has to get hurt to provide me with entertainment?

Didn't we just do this?

Kinda, i had a thread going about Ultimate Fighting, cause i thought it was a pointless sport (actually a non-sport) and how most "Fight untill unable" sports were pointless and futile in this day and age, but yet, highly glamorized.

I can take or leave pro wrestling, since that boils down to stunts, but UFC quite frankly gives me a deep disgust for our society. Throw some lions in there already. Or not, because they'd probably be stupid enough to do it if they thought it would boost their ratings.

Edit: Basically, I hate seeing innocent animals getting hurt. It's not fair to them and their contracts are usually terrible.

I don't understand how you cannot understand, don't you play games?
HP, STR, DEX, CON, ATK RATING, DMG, LvlCap, AC

Whats not to get? Most games out today are basically Kill, but they dress it up with fancy names and context.

I mean, every 10 year old is walking around beating pokemon up, every 13-17 year old is playing xbox live or whatever shooting people and screaming noob and teabagging, ect.

I like (liked, I keep up with it very much any more) wrestling, because it's like a drama but with more fights. I don't even care that it's scripted, you still have to be in pretty good shape to do some of the better stuff that they do in a ring, so it's still pretty impressive.

I'm less of a fan of boxing but I still get the appeal. Maybe I'm just a little sick and twisted though in that I like watching two people pummel each other more my entertainment.

Did you noticed that it's Ok to make a Man bleed on TV with your fists and profit form it, but if they use weapons it's cruel?

like watching the UFC stuff out there. I think i did this rant before, but I like watching sports/events that I also compete in. its nice to see what the true professionals act like, so i have some technique to follow. Watching Richter helped me refine my goalie technique, watching painters helps me get better, reading books helps me write, and watching fights lets me know what styles I need to watch out for.

people who just watch to see people get beat up bothers me though.

Whose kidding who? I'm 23 and I'm still beating pokemon up. :D

Boxing? Meh, whatever. I guess it's better than wars.

In my campaigns you get more xp for diffusing a fight than you do from killing everyone.

I mean, I'm a full time martial artist right now and I spar with dozens of different styles and backgrounds all the time, MMA is built to be entertaining as a bloodsport, real fighting isn't fit for TV.

Sparring is more a personal experience, feeling you left a weakness rather than seeing it exploited.