Is boxing more lazy compared to MMA??

I've always said boxers are 'tougher'. If you are getting whipped in boxing, you have no real options like takedowns, etc and throwing in the towel is usually career suicide. But it drives me crazy when people who have never trained a day in their lives say that MMA guys are not athletes. I hate basketball, it bores the shit out of me, but I respect basketball players as athletes who have skills.

I would never call MMA lazy. I just think boxers, in my personal opinion, are in better physical shape.

Those of you who criticize MMA guys for no technique or cardio need to try it out. You will be amazed at how quickly an MMA clinch and grappling when someone is on top you will tire you out. It is not uncommon for guys even in good shape to vomit the first few times they take a BJJ class. Try it and then rag on the MMA guys.

Lazy, WTF.. I could see MMA being more intense (on a fight-to-fight basis) than boxing. But at times they just go into Ruiz-like holds to save up energy.... FOR A FIFTEEN MINUTE FIGHT! It's still fun to watch, and on the average is better than most lower-level boxing. Boxing can and is still way more exciting. I think Pride was the top of the mountain, 'tho. I think UFC allows the action to be even more paused and boring at times.

I can't say for sure who's more lazy, I WILL say MMA fighters tend to get winded MUCH quicker then boxers. They grapple/tie up and wrestle on the ground.. HOWEVER.. Even when they go for stand up.. their mouths are hanging open. In terms of technique.. Boxing RULES.. I'm going to tell that Chinese Story.. lol.. A duck waddles up to a horse and mocks it for not being able to do the three things that the duck can do. The duck can walk on land like the horse, and fly like the eagle.. and swim like the fish. Then the horse says you can't run as fast as me, or swim as smoothly as the fish, and can't fly as high as the eagle. ROLL CREDITS.. Duck = MMA.. Horse = Boxing.. Point is.. concentrate your energies. MMA fails to do that.

that stupid, in boxing they train 3 times as hard. How long have you trained MMA?

It is unfair to say boxing is more lazy because of the gloves. I can say MMA fighters grab,and hold on the ground for 5 min. before the ref intervenes,that doesn't make it lazy does it? Respect both sports for what they are. MMA can't compete with Boxing and vise versa.

Neither are lazy, they both find ways to catch their breath with is bound to happen but both sports' athletes have to stay focused at all times or they will be paying for it.

Anybody who thinks you need gloves to block a punch does NOT know anything about boxing. So you think Winky Wright and his trainers know nothing about boxing?

What you see in the cage happens nearly every night outside, and sometimes inside, bars and nightclubs. It takes little training and few skills. Of course some people are better at it than others, but that is just the usual factors of talent and aptitude. You still TALKING that noise? I've been telling you for months if you feel MMA guys are such talentless bums to take your ass into an MMA school and drop a challenge. Please tape it and post it for my amusement too. :) You may not like grappling, but it takes skill. You do realize Judo and Wrestling are Olympic sports, right?

Anybody who thinks you need gloves to block a punch does NOT know anything about boxing. What you see in the cage happens nearly every night outside, and sometimes inside, bars and nightclubs. It takes little training and few skills. Of course some people are better at it than others, but that is just the usual factors of talent and aptitude. Great point!

i guess everyman who dies in that boxing ring is just so lazy that they actually succumb to low blood pressure. I think the quality of the fighters in MMa is so far below the quality of the boxers today its sickening. How many here believe Hambone or whatever his name is would have done against say Sam Peter instead of an ancient Ray mercer. I will be writting a long and ugly post about it soon, but the gist is-Hell no-MMA is nowhere near what Boxing is!

I've heard this from people who are into mma, they say boxing is more lazy cuz you can get away with just front blocking, and parrying the punches the entire bout cuz of the big gloves. In mma though, you can't do that cuz of th small gloves they got, so all you can do is fight and take the punches without any real defense, so in other words they think mma fighters are greater warriors than boxers are. What do you guys think?? personally I think it's true, even though I'm a fan of both sports. Anybody who thinks you need gloves to block a punch does NOT know anything about boxing. What you see in the cage happens nearly every night outside, and sometimes inside, bars and nightclubs. It takes little training and few skills. Of course some people are better at it than others, but that is just the usual factors of talent and aptitude.

lazy no tech yes

Is Football more lazy than Soccer because they have timeouts? yep. it is not as tough on the cardio at all. stamina is pretty important in both mma and boxing, all ground work is pretty tiring, but then again if you're throwing 100 punches a round, you need outstanding anaerobic recovery.

You might also add the MMA fighters that improved the most imo have boxing coaches. Juanito Ibarra probably being the most obvious choice

While there are some MMA guys who do rest on the ground, I'll say that the most tiring thing in MMA is clinch work when you are looking for a takedown or avoiding a takedown. Not only do you have to move, you have to contend with all of your opponents weight on you.

No way are boxers more lazy than mma fighters. Look at any mma fight they throw 4 punches and go down cause there tired. Boxers are the better athletes in everyway and thats the reason boxing has been popular for 100's of years. mma fighters are poor mans boxers look at there skills they are second rate there are amature boxers at my gym who look beter than most mma fighters.

Yeah, to the homophobic eye (Pause).... MMA does look quite Richard Simmons. Fact is, I heard this old chinese tale, and it basically told me that boxing is better than MMA. No joke. lol.. It just sounds funny.

MMA is alright, but the ground game gets boring, with them all laying all over each other, and taking the missionary position and everything...going doggie style and then back again. I don't know but it just isn't as visually appealing as boxing.