Boxing aint dead yet

as a boxing fan it pains me to hear people talk about how boxing is dead and how there are no more good fights out there. well take a good look at the pay per view numbers from 2007. Floyd mayweather jr. generated over 3 million buys in 2 fights. to all of the mma fans (this is no knock on mma i actually enjoy those fights) but has mma done half of that?or even a third of that? i understand why people like mma. however anyone can do it. im my personal opinion you dont need that much skill to do it. i know alot of those guys have skills but most of them look like some crazy dudes who couldnt make it in the wwe or just wasnt good enough to be a professional boxer. do some of these guys have skills of course the do rampage, lidell, corture, tito, and the shamrocks to name a few. but i think id could cut it in mma. i have a wrestling background and ive been boxing for as long as i can remember. back to my point boxing is still alive and kicking (or punching lol) however some people think that as the heavyweight division goes so does boxing. buzzer wrong. although it has been a little shaky since the retirement of lennox lewis. boxing has been just fine since then matter of fact it has been better. with fighters like mayweather ricki hatton oscar dela hoya who is the biggest draw in boxing period and bernard hopkins and with shows like the contender 9which is far better than the ultimate fighter). the sweet science has been around for over 100 years and its not going anywhere. mma is an alternative for people and it will be around for a long time. its room for both of them. with street fighting legend kevin kimbo slice ferguson entering the mma ring and guys like kelly pavlik and miguel cotto tearing up boxing everyone can be happy. but to all mma heads lets see ufc or elite xc sell out madison square garden or staples center. better yet fill up an out door stadium with 100k fans. until then boxing is king mma might be on the scoreboard now but it still has a long way to go to catch the sweet science. boxing aint dead its jus taking a lil nap and no one wants to wake up a sleeping giant.