Quote Originally Posted by Boxer4life View Post
let me just put it this way, you cant play football or do entertainment wrestling your whole life and then become a champ in boxing.
I do agree that a boxer has a better chance of success in MMA than the other way around because at least the boxer has mastered one of the arts coming in. But Brock Lesnar was not merely an entertainment wrestler. He was an actual superb REAL wrestler. He was an All American every year in juco then D1. He also was a D1 national champ. When Brock went to Minnesota his size and demeanor made him the scariest thing in the sport. He had a lot of his opponents terrified. His striking is terrible but wrestling is the best base for MMA so therefore he actually had the best base for MMA mastered before he even had a match. Dana won't admit it but the UFC gave Brock a title shot because of the star power he brought. Brock took UFC out of mediocrity whether they admit it or not. He never earned it(was only 2-1) and fittingly it was against a much smaller, old, and lesser skilled wrestler in Coutre. It would be like them wanting to give Klitschko a title and having him fight Mark Hunt. Klitschko would almost certainly be the UFC champ if he was given that match up. But he'd have to defend his title against versatile fighters and then would eventually get exposed on the ground like Brock got ran out of the sport for his lack of striking. The sports are really not comparable in this aspect. Boxing is a specialist sport and MMA is a versatility sport. By the way, if Anderson Silva tried to box that way against Roy it will be another sad quick ending for him. Even at Roy's deterioration he will outbox and probably KO Silva at some point in the fight. I really think Silva is only doing it for the million dollar payday that top boxers frequently get and UFC fighters get screwed out of.