how is that rational? mma fighters know how to box while boxers do not know how to kick or fight on the ground. Anderson Silva would be able to handle himself in boxing while manny pacquiao would get owned by any fighter that even has half a skill in submissions.
Not really. Pacquiao has a small part of mma mastered and has puncher's chance. Silva has zero part of boxing mastered and any top 20 light heavyweight, even top welterweights would school him.
It helped the reputation of the art. No one goes around anymore thinking that Kung Fu is the ultimate form of striking. Maybe you simply are not old enough to remember the fantasy world that the general public lived in with regards to real fighting pre UFC. People know what real fighting is today thanks to MMA. As I said the UFC proved that boxing is the cornerstone of effective striking. Not Kung Fu, not Karate, not Taekwondo. Today when someone wants to improve their stand up fighting they go train boxing more often than not.
I remember the frustration of the 80s when everyone thought that a Shaolin monk was invincible. Trying to explain to them that TV hard warped their mind and that that Kung Fu as a fighting style is more art than fighting and that a wrestler or a boxer would destroy them fell on deaf ignorant ears.
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