Boxing and MMA

[denilson200]

If MMA fighters are so great, then why don't they come over to boxing and make millions ? If you put a Klitschko in a cage he would still be VERY competitive, even against the best MMA fighters. But if you put Fedor in a boxing ring he would get outclassed by an ordinary fighter e.g Danny Williams or Audley Harrison. That's the difference with MMA. Boxing takes SKILLS. The local bouncer at your nightclub could probably make it as a MMA fighters. This is no disrespect to MMA but to me.

MMA is going to go the same way as Kick-Boxing did. Remember that ? 10 years ago Kick-Boxing was meant to be the next big thing. Now you don't even hear of it. MMA fighters have no chin, their bodies are a joke, they only have two week training camps, the fights rarely go the distance and they never seem to remain unbeaten. Boxers have to run up and down hills, spar, watch their weight and condition their body to take pain.

Fighters have DIED in a boxing ring or been seriously brain damaged. Listen to all you MMA fans come and talk to me when you can show me a Gerald McClellan or a Michael Watson of MMA. I'm sick and tired of these MMA fans running around here boasting about how hard and tough their sport is !!*But...but...but...if a boxer fought an MMA fighter in a street fight..the MMA fighter would win* ..that’s usually the argument made by supporters of MMA. Well it depends on the quality of the participants. Ok then, best Vs best. Peak Tyson Vs Peak Fedor in a street fight ? Who would win ? For me Tyson all day. Also if the MMA did beat the boxer in a street fight. It only would be because he stopped the boxer guy from fighting by taking him down. It's a bit like me saying I'm a faster runner than a star athlete, then why the gun goes off, get a baseball bat and break his legs.

[ryanman]

If MMA fighters are so great, then why don't they come over to boxing and make millions ? If you put a Klitschko in a cage he would still be VERY competitive, even against the best MMA fighters. But if you put Fedor in a boxing ring he would get outclassed by an ordinary fighter e.g Danny Williams or Audley Harrison. That's the difference with MMA. Boxing takes SKILLS. The local bouncer at your nightclub could probably make it as a MMA fighters. This is no disrespect to MMA but to me.

MMA is going to go the same way as Kick-Boxing did. Remember that ? 10 years ago Kick-Boxing was meant to be the next big thing. Now you don't even hear of it. MMA fighters have no chin, their bodies are a joke, they only have two week training camps, the fights rarely go the distance and they never seem to remain unbeaten. Boxers have to run up and down hills, spar, watch their weight and condition their body to take pain.

Fighters have DIED in a boxing ring or been seriously brain damaged. Listen to all you MMA fans come and talk to me when you can show me a Gerald McClellan or a Michael Watson of MMA. I'm sick and tired of these MMA fans running around here boasting about how hard and tough their sport is !!*But...but...but...if a boxer fought an MMA fighter in a street fight..the MMA fighter would win* ..that’s usually the argument made by supporters of MMA. Well it depends on the quality of the participants. Ok then, best Vs best. Peak Tyson Vs Peak Fedor in a street fight ? Who would win ? For me Tyson all day. Also if the MMA did beat the boxer in a street fight. It only would be because he stopped the boxer guy from fighting by taking him down. It's a bit like me saying I'm a faster runner than a star athlete, then why the gun goes off, get a baseball bat and break his legs.

As boxing fans, we shouldn't really be using things like this as a boast.

[jamiebhoy]

If MMA fighters are so great, then why don't they come over to boxing and make millions ? If you put a Klitschko in a cage he would still be VERY competitive, even against the best MMA fighters. But if you put Fedor in a boxing ring he would get outclassed by an ordinary fighter e.g Danny Williams or Audley Harrison. That's the difference with MMA. Boxing takes SKILLS. The local bouncer at your nightclub could probably make it as a MMA fighters. This is no disrespect to MMA but to me.

MMA is going to go the same way as Kick-Boxing did. Remember that ? 10 years ago Kick-Boxing was meant to be the next big thing. Now you don't even hear of it. MMA fighters have no chin, their bodies are a joke, they only have two week training camps, the fights rarely go the distance and they never seem to remain unbeaten. Boxers have to run up and down hills, spar, watch their weight and condition their body to take pain.

Fighters have DIED in a boxing ring or been seriously brain damaged. Listen to all you MMA fans come and talk to me when you can show me a Gerald McClellan or a Michael Watson of MMA. I'm sick and tired of these MMA fans running around here boasting about how hard and tough their sport is !!*But...but...but...if a boxer fought an MMA fighter in a street fight..the MMA fighter would win* ..that’s usually the argument made by supporters of MMA. Well it depends on the quality of the participants. Ok then, best Vs best. Peak Tyson Vs Peak Fedor in a street fight ? Who would win ? For me Tyson all day. Also if the MMA did beat the boxer in a street fight. It only would be because he stopped the boxer guy from fighting by taking him down. It's a bit like me saying I'm a faster runner than a star athlete, then why the gun goes off, get a baseball bat and break his legs.

As boxing fans, we shouldn't really be using things like this as a boast.

Totally agree mate, these examples should not be used as bragging rights. That then makes boxing fans sound like they are brain dead and the more blood thirsty of the groups.

As for street fights etc, yes some boxers would hold their own because they have been involved in that in the past and are generally street wise and brawlers.

However the argument is lost on a street fight when it's suggested that the MMA fighter wimps out by taking the fight down to the ground. Isn't the whole point in a street fight to win and by any means, otherwise it's a boxing match which then makes it unfair.

As for MMA fighters being out of shape, well that again doesn't hold water.Some are out of shape looking whilst others are exceptional as far as physique goes.There have been some top boxers who don't posses the ideal beach body but you still wouldn't want to cross them !

[Youngblood]

lol the ol' street fight boxer mma arguement. yea, which ever one is more willing to bite the others nose off whilst sticking him with a broken jagged bottle is prob. gonna win. Then 50 boots to the face while he's out for safe measure.

[JazMerkin]

lol the ol' street fight boxer mma arguement. yea, which ever one is more willing to bite the others nose off whilst sticking him with a broken jagged bottle is prob. gonna win. Then 50 boots to the face while he's out for safe measure.

So Bernard Hopkins then

[Youngblood]

lol the ol' street fight boxer mma arguement. yea, which ever one is more willing to bite the others nose off whilst sticking him with a broken jagged bottle is prob. gonna win. Then 50 boots to the face while he's out for safe measure.

So Bernard Hopkins then

naw. Bernard got it going on, but this machine...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyzwwwiBhxE

[JazMerkin]

lol the ol' street fight boxer mma arguement. yea, which ever one is more willing to bite the others nose off whilst sticking him with a broken jagged bottle is prob. gonna win. Then 50 boots to the face while he's out for safe measure.

So Bernard Hopkins then

naw. Bernard got it going on, but this machine...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyzwwwiBhxE

That's jokes, shame it's all obviously fake. That bitch is a behemoth.