Thread: Basketball players and boxing.

Every individual is different in case you guys haven't learned that yet. There's some people that a adjust to different sports and others that don't. I used to be ranked in my city for wrestling then started boxing. Does that mean all my wrestling team mates should transition to boxing? No. Some can some can't.

Originally Posted by Master

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Tim Hardaway might have been a decent boxer. I once saw him throwing bombs on shawn kemp and fuckin him up. His form was ok from what I remember.

What happened?

I believe Kemp tried to eat him.

Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

Every individual is different in case you guys haven't learned that yet. There's some people that a adjust to different sports and others that don't. I used to be ranked in my city for wrestling then started boxing. Does that mean all my wrestling team mates should transition to boxing? No. Some can some can't.

I'm not against late cross over athletes per se. Some champion boxers and top contenders came from that stock.

I just think the best start for any boxer is boxing from the beginning. As has been documented and is I believe true, only these "bred" boxers develop the "boxing brain" where they instinctively perform defensive/offensive strategies while under pressure, in extreme stress (like fatigue) or even only half conscious. Newcomers can be cerebral but when they exchange punches they do not function well when they are removed from "the plan".

I assume we're talking basketballers because of their height. In that case I agree that the taller career boxers are better overall IF they meet the criteria of being skilled and proficient at using their height as an advantage. Otherwise they may be no more efficient.

Originally Posted by Max Power

Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

Every individual is different in case you guys haven't learned that yet. There's some people that a adjust to different sports and others that don't. I used to be ranked in my city for wrestling then started boxing. Does that mean all my wrestling team mates should transition to boxing? No. Some can some can't.

I'm not against late cross over athletes per se. Some champion boxers and top contenders came from that stock.

I just think the best start for any boxer is boxing from the beginning. As has been documented and is I believe true, only these "bred" boxers develop the "boxing brain" where they instinctively perform defensive/offensive strategies while under pressure, in extreme stress (like fatigue) or even only half conscious. Newcomers can be cerebral but when they exchange punches they do not function well when they are removed from "the plan".

I assume we're talking basketballers because of their height. In that case I agree that the taller career boxers are better overall IF they meet the criteria of being skilled and proficient at using their height as an advantage. Otherwise they may be no more efficient.

I know what you mean just saying any tall athlete can be a boxer is absurd. But my coach has had people come from soccer and basketball come train to stay conditioned at our gym. He's said soccer players are easier to teach because they already have great footwork and basketball players have great hand eye coordination so they are easier to teach then other athletes.

I'm sure there's a stat on this somewhere... but it'd be interesting to see how many athletes from other sports have tried boxing, and how many have had some kind of success. The more well-known are ex-football players, as in the NFL or college football. One of the early ones was "Too Tall" Jones, a huge lineman for the Dallas Cowboys who tried and failed miserably at boxing. Some other lineman from the New York Jets tried it also, and I believe met with the same results.

On the flip side, it seems Hershel Walker is trying to hang on in MMA.

Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

Originally Posted by Max Power

Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

Every individual is different in case you guys haven't learned that yet. There's some people that a adjust to different sports and others that don't. I used to be ranked in my city for wrestling then started boxing. Does that mean all my wrestling team mates should transition to boxing? No. Some can some can't.

I'm not against late cross over athletes per se. Some champion boxers and top contenders came from that stock.

I just think the best start for any boxer is boxing from the beginning. As has been documented and is I believe true, only these "bred" boxers develop the "boxing brain" where they instinctively perform defensive/offensive strategies while under pressure, in extreme stress (like fatigue) or even only half conscious. Newcomers can be cerebral but when they exchange punches they do not function well when they are removed from "the plan".

I assume we're talking basketballers because of their height. In that case I agree that the taller career boxers are better overall IF they meet the criteria of being skilled and proficient at using their height as an advantage. Otherwise they may be no more efficient.

I know what you mean just saying any tall athlete can be a boxer is absurd. But my coach has had people come from soccer and basketball come train to stay conditioned at our gym. He's said soccer players are easier to teach because they already have great footwork and basketball players have great hand eye coordination so they are easier to teach then other athletes.

Yeah I guess that would make sense those sports giving some good grounding in those aspects.

A while ago max kellerman made a comment about if he had to choose a pro athlete that would make a good fighter he said Allen Iverson. I could see Iverson being a solid fighter with training

Originally Posted by Master

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Tim Hardaway might have been a decent boxer. I once saw him throwing bombs on shawn kemp and fuckin him up. His form was ok from what I remember.

What happened?

I don't remember the details because it was in the 90s but they got into it and Hardaway knocked him down. Then he jumped on top of a helpless kemp and threw mad combinations in good form.

This was back in the days when NBA players got into real fights unlike the pussies who gets into shoving matches we see today.

Pretty hardcore bruh. It was pathetic cuz kemp was so much bigger than him too.

I've seen Hardaway throw down couple times and he was a little scrapper.