Go on a quick vacation and come back to this? Jeeze Louise

Topic 1: Striking vs. Boxing

Boxing = punching

Striking = punching, elbows, kicks, and knees.

No doubt that if you tried to swing with a boxer, you would get knocked out easy. But if you tried striking, it would be different.

Leg kicks in the MMA world look like nothing, however, they're the silent killer. When a person who is trained in the art of Muay Thai kicks you in the leg, it feels like someone took a baseball bat and swung insanely hard at your thigh/knee. Head kicks are the sickest. They're harder than punches (given the person knows how to do them) and knock you out pretty damn good.

As we all know, defense is a huge part of boxing and MMA. A boxer's defense is solely to protect from punches, which is why I believe a boxer would get KO'd by a leg kick.

Another point I'd like to make is clinching. In boxing, if you clinch up, you get seperated. In MMA, it's somewhat encouraged. It's a good setup to Thai Clinch Knees, elbows, as well as a good position for a takedown.

Those are reasons why I believe MMArtists could stand up with a boxer. If the MMArtist would take them down, the boxer would be finished.

I think that it would be easier for a MMArtist to learn boxing, than for a boxer to learn MMA

Topic 2: The whole evolution thing I was talking about

I'm not really sure what I was getting at when I said that. However, I think for the past few years, boxing has been halted. Theres no "Great" boxers anymore. Don't get me wrong, there are some pretty damned good ones. PBF, JT, etc. But theres no Tyson (prime), Ali, Leonard, or Hagler. All the cutting edge ones, like Jones, De La Hoya and Evander aren't what they used to be. It seems to be heading in a downward spiral, which is why I implied that it wasn't evolving as it had before.

Topic 3: Myself (basically referring to the remark made by TheMasterPiece)

I'm sure some of you are getting the impression that I'm trying to promote MMA over boxing. Although it may sound that way, it's not my intentions. I was hoping for a discussion between MMA and boxing, but some of you are taking it a lot harder than anything on the internet should be taken. I would have posted this in the MMA section, however, due to the relevancy of BOXING in the initial topic, and the fact that it would have been majorly underlooked, I posted it in the boxing section, where it would get some good feedback.

"person can't except that people on a boxing forum probably like boxing better."
I was looking for people to disagree with me when I started this topic. What the hell is the point of a discussion when you're just going to be nodding with eachother? When someone says something to you that you disagree with, you voice your opinion on the matter. Isn't the reason of having a forum for people to discuss and voice opinions?

I never once said I liked MMA more than boxing. Perhaps I felt that if I can accept the two on equal levels, others should be able to as well.