I agree with you about UFC, I just can't get into that. Boxing on the other hand is a game of chess played with fists. I use to enjoying doing it and now I enjoy watching it as long as the bouts are judged fairly.
There is a difference between boxing and mma. There is a reason boxing topped the sports list a few years back at espn. Any athlete in any sport should try it at some point to realise something about what they do.