Why dont MMA fighter`s turn to boxing?

[El Kabong]

MMA fighters don't choose boxing for plenty of reasons, its just like why they didn't choose any other single martial art. As talented as guys like Anderson Silva et al are they don't throw punches like boxers or have defense like boxers. Plus going from 4 oz gloves up to boxing gloves you've got to feel that extra weight.

MMA is what it is...I don't like it for many of the reasons miles stated AND that the boxing knowledge is so poor from the fighters.

[Leighton]

MMA fighters don't choose boxing for plenty of reasons, its just like why they didn't choose any other single martial art. As talented as guys like Anderson Silva et al are they don't throw punches like boxers or have defense like boxers. Plus going from 4 oz gloves up to boxing gloves you've got to feel that extra weight.

MMA is what it is...I don't like it for many of the reasons miles stated AND that the boxing knowledge is so poor from the fighters.

A lot of them are champions of a particular type of martail art. You get champion wrestlers. Judo specailists. Champions of Muay Thai which is a popular sport on its own. Kickboxing champions.
So many of the people who are the best in other particular sports move to MMA.
You prbably dont get a lot of top quality boxers move over to MMA because they earn much more money from boxing.
I suppose the reason why they move to UFC is because the sport they are in just does not pay enough or give as much fame as UFC.
I can understand a top UFC fighter or a boxer not wanting to switch sport. They have learnt a particular set of skills and a particular set of rules that the change would be difficult and would put them to begin with when they enter the sport at a dissadvantage.
There boxing knowledge obviosly wont be as good as a boxers as they have plenty of other training to do. Training that you can not avoid doing if you want to be competitive in a UFC fight.

[Rantcatrat]

Leighton - as the main defender of mma on this thread, I wonder if you can help me understand something. How is ground game entertaining?

Clearly, I'm a boxing fan yet I'll completely admit there have been times where I have watched entertaining mma fights, but what keeps from enjoying most mma fights is that I'm not entertained by wrestling or ground game. That's not to say I don't appreciate that a lot of skill goes into ground game because I do. It's just whenever mma combatants start wrestling/ground game, I lose interest. The ground game isn't just on the ground either because it appears frequently one guy wants to take the other guy down (pause) and the whole fight is about one guy foiling the other guy's take down, which also in my opinion makes for a boring fight. So, for me, the most entertaining mma fights I've watched by far consist mostly of striking and kickboxing.

As to kickboxing, you mentioned K1 and I've watched some K1 and I can 100% see the entertainment value (Badr Hari is a bad, bad man). However, there isn't any wrestling in K1 so it makes sense why it would be entertaining to me.

[johnsebastianmiran]

Boxing is the gentlemanly art of self defense requiring great skill, reflexes and a plan. THE MMA is a mixture of different styles of fighting and feels like a no holds barred style of fighting. Boxing is only hands and the MMA adds moe to your weaponry and you can hit a person more ways than you can in boxing. A boxing match is like playing chess with some opponents and the MMA is the balls to the wall. IT is also brutal and in the years to come, liberal minded bleeding-hearts will be trying to abolish this brand of controlled violence too. Will these wimps ever stop sniveling?

[Mattyhitman]

Boxing is the gentlemanly art of self defense requiring great skill, reflexes and a plan. THE MMA is a mixture of different styles of fighting and feels like a no holds barred style of fighting. Boxing is only hands and the MMA adds moe to your weaponry and you can hit a person more ways than you can in boxing. A boxing match is like playing chess with some opponents and the MMA is the balls to the wall. IT is also brutal and in the years to come, liberal minded bleeding-hearts will be trying to abolish this brand of controlled violence too. Will these wimps ever stop sniveling?

Ha, your ignorance knows no bounds my friend ! MMA is far more technical than you will ever know or comprehend If ya not willing to follow it and submerse yaself in it then you will never understand it and always complain about it. Simples