Isn't it possible the popularity of MMA has improved boxing viewership?

I think it has defined it more. Boxing fans are no longer just boxing fans. They are boxing fans to the exclusion of MMA. I would watch MMA if it was on. I would not watch it if it clashed with a boxing card of any significance at all.

 

Did you even read the post that I was referring to?

 

I thought you were referring to mine?:dunno:

 

No, he was referring to mine, not yours. I think...

 

I was referring to yours, Ginger. However, you just went out on a tangent about the Klitschkos, Buffer, and Rogan and completely ignoring what I posted about in the first place.

 

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Kindly reproduce the offending comments in the space provided below. I am too tired to scroll back up. You're a darling.

 

Couldn't agree more. The thing is, UFC is just so great at marketing. Everywhere you go, MMA is in your face which contributes a big deal to its popularity.

I don't understand why a fight like Pacquiao/Cotto or De La Hoya/Mayweather or any big PPV is not available on DVD. HBO should do it. If at least 1 million homes are buying the PPV I'm sure HBO would profit from it. I see UFC reproduce fight cards on DVD all the time, but not boxing.

Maybe there is some legal obstacle preventing this from happening, but its unbelievable how accessible UFC/MMA is to the casual fan as compared to boxing.

 

Well UFC and WWE are the only sports which commercially release DVDs of all their events. I don't see the NBA, NFL, NHL, Tennis, etc releasing DVDs of games or matches.

 

or boxing for that matter. I used to go looking for boxing videos at the video rental places when I was a kid but always ended up going home with a WWF or UFC DVD because there were none.

Youtube really is a blessing for boxing fans.

 

Yeah. How much did Google spend on the HD enhancements for Youtube? I love watching HD vids. Never thought I'd be seeing such clean fantastic quality on Youtube. I can watch whole movies on there instead of renting Blu Rays or trading sports tapes with other guys.:: You missed the Federer tennis match? No prob, catch it on youtube in splendid HD720p!!! Check out the quality on this mofo, Joe! Click play!

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The quality is fantastic. I was rewatching the Star Wars lightsaber fights in HD720 on youtube. Youtube is the one site I'd pay a subscription for.

 

Exactly! Amazing it's free. Although I just wonder if Google will ultimately make it subscription based.

 

But that's the problem with the world wide internets. Since everything started out pretty much free (with the theory that clicks and advertising would make people rich), everyone is used to it. People generally expect free content. Newspapers are the best example, it's helping to bankrupt them. Read it free online... then why buy it?

So if Google tried to make a transition now to "pay" youtube... some entrepreneur would just buy up servers and build his own new youtube which will be... FREE! Other such sites already exist, in fact, and those could move in very quickly to fill the youtube void if it went pay.

In fact, YouTube only claims to have 45 terrabytes of video in total, since everything is compressed. I think it won't be long (2-3 years) before you can go to Best Buy and purchase a drive that will store that much or close to that much, meaning you could effectively have an "offline", local copy of all of youtube for relatively little cost. So I don't really see how a competitor could even be prevented from archiving all of youtube's current content anyway if they could scheme a way to pilfer it over time. How can youtube possibly claim sole ownership or copyright of videos uploaded by millions of people? They don't own the copyright on the tennis video you posted.. so how could they even make a claim if someone downloaded all their stuff and just re-offered it for free on another site? All of the original contributors would have to somehow band together and make a copyright claim, I guess. A 10 million person class action suit!

Google/youtube should try and find a way to make money more creatively so as to keep their dominant audience. Maybe even video contests where if you want to enter, there is a small fee, but everything else still stays free. That sort of thing.