Andrei Arlovski to make April 11 Boxing Debut

[MJ406]

Isnt he supposed to have a glass jaw? How many times was he knocked out in mma?

3 times I believe

Im interested as well to see how Andrei stacks up as a Pro Boxer

but i find it a bit odd for Arlovski approaching 30 years old to go out and start his boxing career.

o well, best of luck

but he'll have to be matched very carefully if he wants to achieve any initial success (and to protect that chin)

wouldn't surprise me the least if Arlovski was thrown a couple no hopers his first 4-5 fights

don't really know what to expect as yeah Andrei has very good speed and movements for an MMA Heavyweight

but who knows and were sure to find out April 11th

[fathergll]

if he can't make it in MMa he won't make it in boxing. not that he's bad at MMA, but even Anderson silva got busted up by a journey man when he tried to box.

One thing, arlovski is way to stiff, he's gonna get Koed.

Can't make it in MMA? WTF are you talking about? He was a world champ and ranked #2 going into his last fight. Hes still a top 5 MMA fighter who just banked $1.5 million

How is that not making it in MMA>?

[fathergll]

Isnt he supposed to have a glass jaw? How many times was he knocked out in mma?

Hes been hit in some bad spots with his guard down that would hurt most guys pretty bad. Hes always taken shots and been in 25 min fights were he took a lot of punches to the face

[MJ406]

^ if he wants to last in boxing, Andrei really has to protect his chin

he can't leave himself open like that.

[BlackHat]

I know this is completely unrelated, but I'm about to log off anyways... I had no idea that the actor Mickey Rourke had a pro career... he fought bums but he won all of his bouts.... or maybe he lost once.

Yeah, I recently watched his story in Bio channel, good looking actor, walked away from acting and pursued boxing, got his face messed up and ended up playing villain roles.

[Zocalo]

I think if he faces a legit heavyweight... this will happen to him...

[Underdog82]

Andrei Arlovski has a glass chin. He will get KO against a heavy hitter.

[MR.CHICANITO]

Arlovski is a fun fighter to watch. I think its kind of cool that he wants to venture into boxing.

you gotta love the competitor in arlovski at leats he's taking ahcnace unlike most money making boxers or mma fighters who are worried sick about there images and stuff props to andrei arlovski

[MJ406]

could you imagine the hype and publicity both sports would get if Arlovksi could run his record up to 13 or 14-0 and get a fight vs one of the Alphabet Champs?

the media would run wild with there whole MMA vs Boxing arguments.

[dchampishere]

this thread has been posted already but i will say it again. he trained in top rank gym in vegas for a month and sorry to tell you the guy has got no chin at f**kin all and he does not hit that hard. when your hitting mma guys who are not used to getting hit yeah but compared to boxers he has no power. he looks the part but sorry he is a mma guy, he couldnt even hang with a ok super middle let alone a pro heavyweight. and how do i know this because i saw it. i am far from a hater but those are the facts, so called strikers in the mma do not have even am level boxing skills. sorry two different sports, he seems like an ok guy. real quite