Comments Thread For: Fury vs. Ngannou Pits Boxing vs. MMA Once Again

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By Corey Erdman - Always bubbling beneath the surface of any combat sports discussion of any kind is the compulsion to compare boxing and mixed martial arts. Which sport's fighter would win in a street fight? Which sport's fighters are more talented? Which sport handles matchmaking better? Which has adopted the better business model, for the people in suits and for those in the ring or cage?
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[Teetotaler69]

What a joke article.

Boxing vs mma in a boxing fight? Lmao mma fighters can't even get past youtubers.

[TMLT87]

And once again its in a boxing match. Pretty one sided crossover situation. MMA fight would be more meaningful because it doesnt outright ban the majority of one competitors skillset.

[gooderz84]

I think there's money to be made out of this fight. Fury is 11/2 to win via decision. This whole thing stinks of a gentlemen's agreement and I wouldn't be at all surprised if Fury carries his opponent to the final bell.

[BodyBagz]

MMA guys are hard up for money

[diarraisagod]

These articles/discussions are tedious. In a very high majority of cases the boxer easily wins at boxing and the MMA fighter easily wins at MMA. The money is in boxing so they generally choose to box. It's really that simple.

[HandsofIron]

And once again its in a boxing match. Pretty one sided crossover situation. MMA fight would be more meaningful because it doesnt outright ban the majority of one competitors skillset.

Idk why it's being called a "crossover" when it's basically a MMA fighter fighting as a novice against a real Boxer in a boxing match.

If it was a true, crossover event, it would be anything above the beltline is legal. Example - elbows, forearms, wrist control and clinches etc. Kinda like those bkb fights we had a few years back.

[factsarenice]

In the end you can't argue with the product, side shows like this are the crack of boxing. Eddie G-man once said, "as long as there are 8.4 million buyers for this shyt, the drugs will never go away". I keep hoping this will eventually go away but it's not, it's more like the crazy animal hunts in 523 AD, just before the demise of the Colosseum.

[factsarenice]

MMA guys are hard up for money

MMA is a slave trade, it's profitable, cheap to produce and one man owns it.

[Willow The Wisp]

And once again its in a boxing match. Pretty one sided crossover situation. MMA fight would be more meaningful because it doesnt outright ban the majority of one competitors skillset.

Normally I would agree. Open the rules up to the line in the sand drawn by MMA universal rules, and make the boxer do the crash course for what changes occur when you do that, ala Ray Mercer vs. X2 UFC champion Tim Sylvia. Obviously, even that may not hold the boxing specialist back, the MMA toolbox notwithstanding. But it usually will.
fighters are best at the rules they train for, and the best under any rules set are normally the ones who've trained for them the most.

But in this case, Ngannou was training to become a boxer for a much longer period than the time he used to tack on some Kickboxing/Muay Thai, Freestyle wrestling & Submissions grappling/BJJ before turningpro in MMA.
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So in effect, Ngannou was originally a Boxer who stepped into MMA, and now, he's using his dominant career in MMA as a fame and financial stepping stone back into boxing.

Further proof that all fighters are cut from the same cloth. The difference is simply what you choose to train for at the moment.

With his power, athleticism, solid dedication and fighter's disposition, it's easy to imagine that if Ngannou had stuck to boxing he'd have been good. But he's wasted his time for peanuts in a sport for those who don't have the standup fighting gifts he has, and now; it's too little, too late.
Fury will play with him for 3 or 4 rounds and drop him.

Great undercard though. On it, I'm looking for one pretty big upset.