LOL at you Fury haters. You spend so much time and energy desperately defending your b.s. assessment of an OBVIOUS top boxer in the division. Must get lonesome always being on the wrong side of a issue.
I made no assessment of his boxing skill. That's your trauma to deal with. I made an assessment of his character. For the past 3 years he hasn't been shy in saying how much he admires Trump. Him wearing a luchador mask on a Mexican holiday he needs to sell a fight in isn't gonna erase that. If you say he's a good boxer (which he is) who promotes his fights, sure, more power to you, enjoy the show. Thinking there's any kind of real activism involved in that promotion just makes you look silly man.
I just laugh at all the Fury and Canelo haters out there. And while you continue bleating your delirious mantras and credos... Fury meanwhile has been able to beat down his demons, get back in shape, go on a world stage and basically beat the boogyman Wilder... although boxing 'politics' only gave him a draw. Which was smart for them. We'll now be given a trilogy with those two. As for me, I'm not only glad for the sport to get rematches between Wilder/Fury and Joshua/Ruiz... I'm glad just to have colorful personalities like Fury making the sport more interesting.
And it's great how Fury is standing up to the hardcore xenophobe in our WH currently, all the while being the great marketer he's always been. In the long run, these type events help bring up the profile of the sport, in a good way. :boxing:
He was begging that hardcore xenophobe to be in his corner just as recently as the Wilder fight. If anything him using racial tensions as a marketing tool shows just how little he truly cares for them.
They wasnt 175lb and Floyd was not 40 nor a big puncher, none are feather fisted at that level.
It just showed how much BS the top MMA guy was at the time, Floyd could probably beat the top MMA guys in the cage if he had a big reach advantage and a 25lb weight advantage as McGreggor had over him.
He wouldn't. At all really. Look, Boxing is a beautiful sport, but it's a very specific form of combat that ignores a multitude of factors. Even discounting the grappling component which he would have no hope of surviving, his footwork wouldn't work if he had to deal with leg kicks, his strength and reach advantage would probably be negated in the clinch where he would have no idea how to deal with knees and elbows and well, if **** hits the fan he'd just be taken down and submitted in 30 seconds.
McGregor was no boxer. He had to change his stance completely for this fight. It's not as simple as saying he's got power in MMA and couldn't knock out a retired boxer therefore his power is not valid, he wasn't generating that power in the same way, he's this unnatural beast with crazy punching power, his power comes from technique, technique he had to change around for this fight. The man's used to strike with 8 "limbs". You took 6 of those away and expect him to be the same fighter, naturally he's not gonna be.
Plus, he's really far from being the top MMA guy honestly. His career was micromanaged to propel him to the top because he does a great job at selling himself. Plenty of fighters can beat him with ease though as you could see in his last fight.
In short though, a boxer's gonna be better at boxing than an MMA fighter and an MMA fighter will be better at MMA than a boxer. That's all there is to it really. They can both exist.
paulie won that fight and I dont even liek paulie lol. This is how gay mma are they dont even know how to fight or know what they are seeing wh3en a figth takes place.
That was not MMA.
I think people are being a little over critical of Paulie regarding his loss. All things considered,I thought Paulie had a pretty good showing vs an elite,undefeated,and more seasoned bare knuckle boxer like Artem Lobov. This is all new for Paulie and it showed.
I think there seems to be a misunderstanding about Artem Lobov’s standing in MMA.
There is nothing elite about him as a fighter really, on the contrary, he’s a well below average MMA fighter with a losing overall record against pedestrian to subpar competition and he pretty much only ever made it to the UFC due to his association with McGregor.
As far as Bare Knuckle goes, it was his second fight there, with the first one being 2 months ago, the difference in experience is negligible. Even if he were elite at it, we’re looking at the bottom of the barrel here. That roster is filled with retired, average at best, MMA fighters and guys who really weren’t gonna go anywhere in the sport. I doubt anybody will spend enough time there to be considered elite at it, either your hands give out or your brain does probably.
Not trying to take sides in the MMA vs Boxing thing, it’s a pretty moot discussion in my books, just wanted to clarify this point really.