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    Default Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    Robert Garcia seems to think so


    Marcos Maidana Trainer: 'Cain Has Skills to Become a Boxing Champion' | Bleacher Report

    Your thoughts Gents

    This is a cross thread existing both here and in Mixed Martial Arts here:

    http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...ml#post1241970
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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    Absolutely not.. He could accomplish as much as Kimbo Slice or butterbean

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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    Quote Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita View Post
    Absolutely not.. He could accomplish as much as Kimbo Slice or butterbean
    I 100% agree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita View Post
    Absolutely not.. He could accomplish as much as Kimbo Slice or butterbean
    I don't think he could be a success in boxing but he is so far beyond Buttbean and Kimbo Slice they shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence.
    I think if you brought the subject up to him, he would laugh in your face. He is big, bad and Mexican he is not stupid.

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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    Quote Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita View Post
    Absolutely not.. He could accomplish as much as Kimbo Slice or butterbean
    He has the power to beat up some bums to a impressive rec liek Seth Mitchell but no chance against the top guys.

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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Silkeyjoe View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita View Post
    Absolutely not.. He could accomplish as much as Kimbo Slice or butterbean
    He has the power to beat up some bums to a impressive rec liek Seth Mitchell but no chance against the top guys.
    Cain being at around 30 years old plus he is a smaller heavyweight so at this point it would not look favorable for him to do any better than Seth Mitchell. I do agree he may beat Mitchell because of that chinniness of Seth but Cain's career in boxing at this point would probably look similar to Seth's. Then you have to factor in the boxing of MMA is(and has to be) taught quite different in a technical aspect so those teachings would have to be undone like a bad habit is. Cain is an exceptional physical and mental type of athlete but its too late for him to be formidable in boxing.

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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    No. My god they need to just put a bullet in the head of what is the heavyweight division if we're serious here.

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    Depends on the definition of "make it". If that means make good money, yes, his celebrity could get him some nice paydays. Boxing fans would tune in to see the MMA guy get starched and MMA fans would tune in hoping to say "see how good we are, and we can kick, knee, elbow, wrestle and use BJJ". The money is there.

    But he absolutely could not be a top guy. There is a huge gap between good MMA hands and good boxing hands. A chasm.

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    Don't think he has a chance in hell now, but who knows what would have happened if he had started out in boxing...

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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    Well the thing that Cain has going for him is he's a freak athlete who picks up things VERY quickly, and his cardio is insane even by athlete standards.

    That's not his sport though. He's a wrestler first and foremost.

    He is the baddest man on the planet right now though. In a REAL fight, he would kill any boxer.

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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    I'm sure can be WBU or WBB champion. That's about it

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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    When's he fighting Tyson Fury lol
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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    Cain could become a fringe contender in much the same way Deontay Wilder has.


    Does the guy have power? Sure
    Does he know how to throw punches? For an MMA guy yeah
    Is he in good shape? Yeah


    Now for the stuff he would have to worry about: chin, strategy, and technique

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    Default Re: Does Cain Velasquez have the skills to make it as a Boxer ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Well the thing that Cain has going for him is he's a freak athlete who picks up things VERY quickly, and his cardio is insane even by athlete standards.

    That's not his sport though. He's a wrestler first and foremost.

    He is the baddest man on the planet right now though. In a REAL fight, he would kill any boxer.
    If he's the baddest man on the planet he'd be ruling boxing instead of that primitive shit he does in that weak ass sport he's in.

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    I don't think he would even be interested.

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