How translatable are fighting skills? (Fury lines up potential humiliating hat-trick)

[Beanflicker]

Being able to move and throw professional-level punches is always going to be a desired trait.

But the problem is, you can't take pure boxing skills and bring it into MMA or kickboxing.

1) The stance is different, because you have to worry about being kicked and throwing kicks yourself. You also have to keep a wider stance to defend against takedowns.

2) The range is different (kicking range vs punching range).

3) A capable kickboxer or mixed martial artist can exploit your one dimensional skillset. MMA guys can take you to the ground, and a good kickboxer can maintain range and cut you down with leg kicks.

I've done boxing and muay thai, and I can tell you (and I'm sure Tam can attest to this), taking a serious leg kick SUCKS. It hurts like a bitch, it drains your energy, it slows your movement, it limits your ability to sit down on a punch. If you take a hard leg kick to the thigh it makes you want to quit. That's something you need to be conditioned to check, and you need to be conditioned to withstand the impact. Obviously boxing does not prepare you to get kicked in the leg or the head.

A pure boxer only as a puncher's chance in these sports (like Ray Mercer vs Tim Sylvia).

[Tam Seddon]

Being able to move and throw professional-level punches is always going to be a desired trait.

But the problem is, you can't take pure boxing skills and bring it into MMA or kickboxing.

1) The stance is different, because you have to worry about being kicked and throwing kicks yourself. You also have to keep a wider stance to defend against takedowns.

2) The range is different (kicking range vs punching range).

3) A capable kickboxer or mixed martial artist can exploit your one dimensional skillset. MMA guys can take you to the ground, and a good kickboxer can maintain range and cut you down with leg kicks.

I've done boxing and muay thai, and I can tell you (and I'm sure Tam can attest to this), taking a serious leg kick SUCKS. It hurts like a bitch, it drains your energy, it slows your movement, it limits your ability to sit down on a punch. If you take a hard leg kick to the thigh it makes you want to quit. That's something you need to be conditioned to check, and you need to be conditioned to withstand the impact. Obviously boxing does not prepare you to get kicked in the leg or the head.

A pure boxer only as a puncher's chance in these sports (like Ray Mercer vs Tim Sylvia).

Yes I do agree with that and the stance in Thai is a lot squarer on compared to standing to the side in boxing. With doing boxing for such a long time, blocking leg kicks is difficult with being so use to just using my hands. I'm doing a lot of work on leg defences now to Improve that side of my game because yes low kicks really do hurt.