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But isn't part of that the perceived corruption in boxing? MMA has stepped in and there are youth MMA "academies" all over the place.

I know MMA fans might take exception but I think I'd lump them in with boxing fans of the past. Maybe there is some clear delimiter between MMA fans and boxing fan of the past; I can't think what it would be though.

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Well one of the pitches of MMA is that its safer than boxing, especially in its modern incarnations and particularly when it comes to repeated head trauma.

Lots of the kids MMA events don't even allow head strikes and especially not the particularly dangerous elbow strikes while on the ground.

Boxing makes it hard to have that distinction. My prediction is that MMA will also go through this when people start realizing that the head trauma stuff is nearly as bad in MMA as boxing.

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