Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
i used to believe that but the more mma fights i watch with the boxing knowledge i possess the more inclined i am to say that it is easier for a boxer in mma than it is for an mma guy to box. There's a bunch of technical flaws i see in almost every mma fighter that a good boxer could capitalize on.
That's probably true, but most boxers have ZERO ground game, either. An MMA fighter might have a lot of technical flaws in his boxing technique, but so do a lot of professional boxers! But, if you get a boxer on the mat, without training, they won't last. Period. There's easily as much technique to grappling/wrestling as there is to boxing, and it takes a long time to learn even the basics.

I agree, though - the sports are fundamentally different.