The Big Three (Boxing, MMA and kick boxing)

[MJ406]

this argument came up during one of the Kimbo bashing threads, when talking about Boxers who tried MMA or kick boxers that tried boxing, or MMA fighters that did Boxing.

names brought up were Patrick Cote .. who's 0-4 as a boxer. Keith Jardine who went 3-0 as a boxer, and Anderson Silva who went 1-1 as a boxer.

I brought up Marcus Davis who went 17-1-2 as a boxer, before going into MMA where he has a current record of 19-5

and there's KJ Noons who does both MMA + boxing and has a record of 7-2 MMA and 7-1 in boxing .. next fight November 13th.

so how current fighters do both, or more then just one of the above disciplines.

off the top of my head the only fighters I know who did MMA, boxing and kick boxing are Butterbean, and Jerome LeBanner a current kick boxer, 4-0 boxing record, last fight was in 1998 MMA record of 3-1, last MMA fight was in 2006

so how many fighters have done all 3? and how many fighters actively do more then 1 sport?

[Chups]

Butterbean was fairly successful on Boxing and MMA.

[Froch You]

Boxer Jeremy Williams has recently competed in MMA and is undefeated at 5-0(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Williams_(boxer)

[Domain]

I think there is a couple of guys who can be good at 2 sports.

I would say anderson silva is the triple threat though he could be good at boxing, he is great at mma, and he is good at kickboxing.

[MJ406]

I think there is a couple of guys who can be good at 2 sports.

I would say anderson silva is the triple threat though he could be good at boxing, he is great at mma, and he is good at kickboxing.

has he ever kick boxed profesionally? if so what's his record?

[ippo]

Anderson silva would not do good in k-1, he would get schooled.Their is a huge difference from mma striking and kickboxing/muay thai striking.

[MJ406]

good point, Silva's striking is obviously word class

howver I've seen his boxing clip and his overall boxing ability leaves much to be desired, IMO

**I think it would make a great article if a Writer could get detailed info

of Boxers who tried MMA ... Mixed Martial Artists who've done boxing

or the rare ones that do both ... such as KJ Noons and I believe Arlovski still wants to Box pro.

it would make a much more interesting article oppose to seeing the same old MMA is taking over articles/boxing dying articles, which seem to appear bi monthly.

[Elie]

has he ever kick boxed profesionally? if so what's his record?

hell no. he would get his ass beat in K-1. He has tiny little legs that any decent kickboxer would be able to exploit. he better stick with MMA, knocking out losers from the tuf reality show

[Steak]

Mark Hunt is a kickboxing champion and a decent mma fighter...he had some pretty good wins, mostly his ones over CroCop and Silva. he almost submitted Fedor too, but that was just a wtf moment.

he went 1-1 in boxing. no, not one loss, one win...one loss, one draw.

a top level boxer going into mma is a complete waste of talent. all thats gonna happen is that either 1. hes going to easy outclass his opponent in the standup or 2. get completely outclassed when someone takes him down.

both scenarios suck because theyre both mismatches, and a waste of talent. stick to boxing, where you can actually use all that boxing ability, and against skilled standup opponents.

[bsrizpac]

has he ever kick boxed profesionally? if so what's his record?

He is an average pure kickboxer at best. He did not/would not do well in Kickboxing, thai or pure K1.


He would be a **** boxer.

He's an amazing MMAer. Case closed.