could a top level MMA fighter win the golden gloves?

Maybe Silver. He seems to use boxing alot, and he's very slick. The rest of those guy are just wrestlers.

Silva has the ability The rest don't really They are flat footed Have the wrong stance Very open If they would have a style, it would be Margarito but most likely without a chin

Not even close. Anderson silva got k.o'd by a nobody and he has the best boxing in MMA.

Very difficult to win a nation golden gloves championship. I would say no.

yea i think they could but MMA guys aint doing shit in the pro level

most MMA fighters have tried to win Golden Gloves...and they have, on the city region type ones. but mostly only in like rural cities without a lot of boxing competition. being a National Golden gloves champ, very likely no. there are a LOT of different Golden Glove awards, so youll have to be more specific.

i think top level mma fighters are strong and physical enough to win

Definately not. By the way anderson silva doesn't have that great boxing. He has got great muay thai and pretty good hands. Bj penn probably has the best boxing in mma. At least that's what freddie roach says.

Nope, Amateur Boxers will expose their sloppiness..

If they have less than 10 amatuer bouts I can see them winning the Senior Novice title. The open division, I'm not sure.

I doubt any 'top level' MMA practioner could win a national amateur boxing tournament. In fact I wouldnt bet on them winning a city wide one. After reading this thread though, Dana White will recruit 100 year old Felix Savon to fight in MMA against a lycra clad humping machine to prove MMA is better than amateur boxing. Seriously though, alot of top pro boxers couldnt win golden gloves let alone some MMA guy. Amateur boxing is totally different.

It's an entirely different stance when fighting MMA also. MMA fighters tend to stand square in comparison to boxers. I don't think it would be that easy for an MMA fighter to switch. Jack of all trades, master of none. agreed for the most part.definitely easier for boxer to go into mma than vice versa.how would you define master of a trade though?not all boxers are gold glove winners or olympic gold medalists.

Never ever ever, dont compare mma and boxing, boxing on different level, mma=mmgay= beer drinkers= no skill etc hahaha thats funny.i didn't know ricky hatton didnt drink beer.No skill?i didn't know knowing many different forms of martial arts equals no skill.but you're right though, don't compare mma to boxing b/c they are two entire different sports.

Sure. For example Rashad Evans is very quick and athletic. I think his stand-up is good and he is explosive. If you're putting him in there with a young, raw, boxer with good talent. There is a good chance Evan's would smash him to pieces.

It's definitely possible

i was just wondering because i was watching that anderson silva video of him sparring at wild card against some dude, and the dude looked like he was putting work in on anderson. and anderson is one of the best fighters, if not THE BEST, in MMA for him to get hit so easily in sparring against a golden glove level fighter, it makes me wonder

i dont see why not , rogerio nogueria won medals at the pan american games and i dont think he's even a top level mma guy amateur level yes , pro world titles no

I don't know the Golden Gloves usually contain young ams right? Fedor, Silva are fully grown adults so they'd have an advantage but I still think they'd lose. It's an entirely different stance when fighting MMA also. MMA fighters tend to stand square in comparison to boxers. I don't think it would be that easy for an MMA fighter to switch. Jack of all trades, master of none.

I don't know the Golden Gloves usually contain young ams right? Fedor, Silva are fully grown adults so they'd have an advantage but I still think they'd lose.