Boxing vs. MMA: A Zero Sum Game?

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Rover Rover found this 1/22/2008 on www.bloodyelbow.com [flag]
Over at ESPN.com, longtime boxing reporter Royce Feour comments on the possibility (read: truth) that the rise in popularity of MMA has forced boxing to improve it's product due to competition. To wit : I covered boxing for 42 years in Las Vegas, including 37 years for the Las Vegas Review-Journal before retiring in 2004. I was ringside for thousands of fights, including the biggest names in ... [link]

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