Why is MMA a threat to boxing?

[rjj tszyu]

I was saying the other day how I think Chuck could have knocked a few people out in his day, no doubting he hit hard and he'd be hard as fuck to knock out.

I'm suprised Lesnar hasn't done it, he's done just about everything else. I'm sure he'd take a few heavyweights!

I don't think so, Chuck Liddell would have been found out early in boxing. You CANNOT just drop your jab by your side like that and live to tell the tale vs guys who know what they are doing. He would be a dangerous puncher, but he would have been sparked early and often given how he threw his punches and what he did after throwing a punch

Lesnar is just a wrestler....he can't box. The style that he has success with is wrestling and getting opponents on the ground...you can't do either of those in boxing. Shane Carwin can punch, but I HIGHLY doubt he'd be a decent heavyweight even given the state of the division right now.

I think the guy that would have done the best in boxing is Arlovski before his chin went.

Apparently Arlovski is going to be giving boxing a go soon. Golden Boy have signed him up.

As for Liddell, I totally agree again. Could you imagine him trying the "Superman Punch" against a top class boxer?? He would seriously be risking losing his head trying that shit out.

[El Kabong]

Look how Rampage stopped Chuck....that's boxing 101 right there!



That Left hook never came back to the guard position and like every other MMA fighter his chin was up in the air unprotected.

I think Rampage could have done ok in boxing had he trained in it his whole life. Apparently Freddy Roach had been training Arlovski.