Boxing making a Comeback over MMA?

[donnydarkoIRL]

An amateur MMA fighter usually has years of training in one discipline or another. A top BJJ/Wrestling/kickboxing participant can do well at the lower levels with moderate cross training. My opinion is that it takes much longer to be skilled enough as a boxer to fight competitively even at the amateur ranks. Top MMA fighters like Fedor, GSP, Quinton Jackson, Couture etc are very skilled at multiple skill sets but many of the mid tier to lower level fighters are only trained well in one facet of the game. Im not familiar in the classification system of novice/amateur boxers but I'd say while they have many of the tools for boxing a MMA fighter doesn't have the polished boxing skill set to rank very high in boxing class system.

A Novice Boxer is considered as a boxer with under 6-8 amateur fights.

It is usually one - two years in the gym before the first amateur contest although that varies greatly.

[VictorCharlie]

Thats ironic...Most of the MMA fighters that are said to have backgrounds in boxing usually have only 6-10 fight to their name.