Do MMA fighters train harder than boxers?

[rizkybizness]

As an mma fighter let me clear this up. IT DEPENDS ON THE FIGHTER AND THEIR STYLE!!! The training in the 2 sports are very different so it depends on your perspective on what is hard or not.

Alot of mma fighters having a extensive background in jiujitsu do not run as much as boxers but have just as good cardio if not better than boxers.

In boxing there are guys like hatton and hopkins who like to clinch and muscle dudes and are effective at quickly wearing down even the most conditioned boxers. Now imagine gettin lifted 6ft in the air, slammed on your back then having to defend punches and elbows from a guy whose full bodyweight is on you all while trying to get back on your feet. It'll gas out any1 pretty quickly to exert that much force out of your body. And for your troubles...once you get back up you go right back to trading blows. And dont get in a clinch again or you'll be right back where you started. Even the slickest dudes in the boxing world get in 10 or more clinches per 12 rd fight.

Is that you sparring in your avatar?

[shadeyfizzle]

MMA fighters just lift a lot of weights and have bad stamina.

Boxers usually have personal strength and speed trainers, on top of the usual training.

I've seen Tim Sylvia's workout routine and hopkins, Pacquiao Jones workouts all trump his - like 2 times as much work.

A lot of MMA fighters are muscle bound but a lot of boxers are more cut.

Fatass heavyweight Tim sylvia's workout is not even fair to compare with Pac's workout. Try comparing randy couture's workout to sam peter or james toney's

[shadeyfizzle]

Is that you sparring in your avatar?

Yep. That avatar is a pic of a demo we did 4 black belt mag in 01 though. But like I said...it depends on the fighter and their style. Obviously a Ricky Hatton or Margarito would not train themselves to be as lightfooted as Mayweather because thats not their strength. In the same way A judo or jiujitsu fighter would only learn enough about boxing to be able to close in and use their strength. Guys like kimbo or cung le who are strikers will only learn enough about grappling to avoid getting submitted or taken down because no matter how hard you train in that aspect you cannot beat someone who had a 20yr headstart on you at it.

[Pullcounter]

imagine gettin lifted 6ft in the air, slammed on your back

it takes 0 energy to get picked up and slammed.

then having to defend punches and elbows from a guy whose full bodyweight is on you all while trying to get back on your feet.

It takes alot of energy to try and get back on your feet, but that's why brazilian jujitsu teaches guys to work on the ground and conserve energy.

defending punches and elbows while on the ground shouldn't be that hard for a good mma fighter. a lot of that stuff you should see coming.

It'll gas out any1 pretty quickly to exert that much force out of your body. And for your troubles...once you get back up you go right back to trading blows.

that's why you don't trouble yourself with getting back up unless the ref breaks you up

[shadeyfizzle]

it takes 0 energy to get picked up and slammed.


It takes alot of energy to try and get back on your feet, but that's why brazilian jujitsu teaches guys to work on the ground and conserve energy.

defending punches and elbows while on the ground shouldn't be that hard for a good mma fighter. a lot of that stuff you should see coming.


that's why you don't trouble yourself with getting back up unless the ref breaks you up

just falling and landing on your back takes some wind out of you let alone getting slammed along with some extra weight falling on top of you.

defending punches and elbows on your feet you see alot of that coming too but on the ground it uses up more energy because not only is someone's weight on you but you dont have the proper leverage to defend yourself and cannot slip punches you see and would normally be able to.

I dont care how much energy you conserve you are not going to stay on the ground with a decisively better grappler than you.

[ippo]

It really depends on the fighter, some fighters in mma train very hard like gsp and other top fighters in mma.

[J_CON]

Top boxers train harder than top MMAists

[The Texican]

The only round worth watching is the first. After that it looks like a fight at a softball game. A lot of it has to do with how much energy adrenaline zaps from you, but I'm sure boxers get the same rush with the first punch too.

[Fenom]

Hell No!!!!!!!

[S.G.]

nothing seems to have been cleared up really?

i think the judge by individuals is the best answer yet, but what about generally speaking...?