Boxers to MMA, MMAers to Boxing Double Standard

[ßringer]

Personally, I just wish the two fanbases would STFU about it all already.

Naturally, I prefer boxing.

I don't watch MMA, but I don't knock it either. It's just not my style.

The only thing that ever bothers me about the whole "boxer vs. MMA guy" debates, is the way 99.9% of people say that in a real fight scenario, a boxer would have no chance at all against an MMA dude.

I'd agree that the MMA guy would obviously have the advantage, with street fighting rules.

But facing a pissed off boxer with no gloves on in a dark alley isn't exactly a cake walk.

All it takes is one shot to end a fight.

[boxasmash]

prime roy jones would kill anderson silva

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

You still don't get it. It's not about who wins, apples or oranges. I don't get into that. I'm not arguing who is the better fighter, I'm arguing about the double standard, period. Do you even know what a double standard is.

Yes I understand what a double standard is, I think it's you who are missing my bigger point.

Talking about a double standard some fan base or the medai has put is just as ****** as compairing the two sports.

We all know what the result would be either way, so it's ****** to make compairisons, make a double standard favoring one or the other or just compairing them in general...

[Big_L]

allan green said john david jackson knocked tito ortiz out cold in sparring recently.

[CaRnAgEViOLaToR]

Personally, I just wish the two fanbases would STFU about it all already.

Naturally, I prefer boxing.

I don't watch MMA, but I don't knock it either. It's just not my style.

The only thing that ever bothers me about the whole "boxer vs. MMA guy" debates, is the way 99.9% of people say that in a real fight scenario, a boxer would have no chance at all against an MMA dude.

I'd agree that the MMA guy would obviously have the advantage, with street fighting rules.

But facing a pissed off boxer with no gloves on in a dark alley isn't exactly a cake walk.

All it takes is one shot to end a fight.

agreed.

i LOVE boxing but i "like" MMA. id consider myself pretty knowledgeable in mma as i've seen many ufc/pride fights. i think its the 2nd best sport out there compared to boxing.

but i totally agree about the boxer vs. mma street fight thing. anything can happen in a street fight between two highly trained FIGHTERS. how can an MMA fan say a boxer has no chance when a huge majority of fights end in a knockout via punches? boxers that reach the top, MASTER their craft, and are much more skilled than the top guys in MMA.

but i have to say, id much rather watch the beauty and skill of boxing over mma.

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

You ought not to listen to most MMA fans.

[Clint650]

Its like floyd said.....you can come off the street and become a champion in mma, but its a longer and tougher road to the top in boxing.

I know a fighter who became a good boxer. He lost to barrera and to morales, partly due to an unforunate eye injury from sparring. After hanging up his boxing gloves he went on to become a kickboxing champion in which he said he owed alot of his success to boxing.

[Clint650]

I used to think chuck lidell and other heavy strikers in the ufc had a punchers chance, but that was back when i got caught up in all the hype.

With all the great match ups lately in boxing, mma is looking more like bar brawls and tough men competitions.