Here's the thing: the top fighters (be it in MMA or boxing) reach the top because they have a certain amount of drive and CONFIDENCE. You need to have ego to reach the top. Look at guys like James Toney, Evander Holyfield: they also think they'd whip the Klitschkos. It's ego, and it's against their nature to concede that another man would whip their ass.

JDS is as close to a "pure boxer" as MMA has right now. He doesn't box professionally, but he spars with a lot of pro and Olympic boxers. He knows boxing and he's no slouch. Would he beat either Klitschko or any other top 10 guy? Hell no. But I don't fault him for having that ego. The guy is young, he's the champ, he has people coming up to him every day telling him he'd kill anyone, so I can understand the ego thing. I don't think you should judge MMA on the opinion of one guy, because I can't remember anyone else (besides Nick Diaz) who even gave thought to fighting a world class pro boxer in a boxing match.

I'll say this to everyone who's bashing MMA here: if someone posted a clip or quote of someone saying "boxing is nothing but two brutes bashing each other's brains in", there would be a huge uproar here of people calling them ignorant, stupid, prejudice, ect. People would go into great detail about how boxing is the "sweet science" and the fighters are world class, well conditioned athletes executing a fine craft that took YEARS to perfect. People would post stories of boxers who are well educated and who give generously to charity and help their communities. They'd point out how regulated boxing is, with well trained referees and experienced fight doctors overseeing the bouts.

We'd all shit on that person because they're ignorant and we know better. So when you guys say similar things about MMA, you look equally as ignorant and idiotic.

It's cool if MMA isn't your thing. Perfectly understandable. But don't disrespect it, because those guys put the same work/hours in as boxers, and they take the same risks as boxers.

And know this: for every MMA guy who gets a big enough ego to where he thinks he can whip a boxing champ, there are about 10 boxers who have come out and said they could go out there and KTFO an MMA guy because they have better boxing.

Sorry for the rant, but as a lover of both sports someone needs to stand up for MMA every once and awhile.