Comments Thread For: Dana White: That's How Crossovers Into Boxing End

[sirculturevulture]

This article is silly and so is the whole “That’s why crossover fights shouldn’t be allowed” argument. Plenty of trained, experienced “real boxers” have gotten knocked out just as badly if not worse than Ngannou did against Joshua - if you need a refresher, look at Amir Khan, a world champion-level boxer, against Canelo. This distracts from the real point, which is the reason crossover fights happened was because “real boxers” weren’t fighting each other and people were becoming bored with traditional boxing. Plus, any article that takes Dana White - a guy caught on video
slapping his wife - seriously is suspect from the start.

Everything you’ve said here is fraught with flawed logic:

1. The assertion is that every boxing contest featuring a boxer and an MMA fighter will end with the MMA fighter losing. To refute this by saying that boxers lose to boxers is absurd.
2. Just because someone acts irrationally in one area of life doesn’t mean they can’t be reasonable in other areas. And for the record, I’m with Sean Connery on the subject of slapping women — on rare occasions, they need it!

[Phase III]

These cross over fights are garbage. Same with Youtuber JP fighting dead bodies and now Grandpa Mile Tyson.

The Saudi’s are paying boxers fantastic purses. But, it time for dummy Turkie to stop paying for these ****** fights. JP lost to a mediocre Tommy Fury, which tells you everything you need to know about his scam. The JP circus needs to end soon. I hope Grandpa Mike KO’s his ass. Enough is enough of the JP, Mayweather, Pacquiao, RJJ scams!

[juggernaut666]

It’s not a cross over fight bc it was a boxer vs a boxer……nothing but that needs to be said .

If one can’t take the heat don’t claim your a boxer and make excuses why you lost …now if Joshua fought Ngannou in MMA it’s then more considered a cross over fight bc Joshua knows less outside boxing, Ngannou main strength has always been boxing ….let’s stop being dumb .

[pollywog]

It’s not a cross over fight bc it was a boxer vs a boxer……nothing but that needs to be said .

Even the MMA guy who fought said it was a crossover fight.

[eco1]

This.

Francis said he made more vs Fury than he made in his UFC career & I believe he made twice as much for AJ as Fury.

And lets be real. It's not all mma guys losing. Vitor Belfort destroyed Evander Holyfield. Anthony Pettis beat RJJ. Jose Aldo just started boxing & is winning fights. Cyborg is winning fights & seems to be trying to line up a fight with Shields. Who knows what happens with Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul.

Tyson is 57

[juggernaut666]

Even the MMA guy who fought said it was a crossover fight.

Yea and how smart are they ? Literally half of them picked Ngannou to win they don’t even follow boxing regularly. Lol

Listening them talk boxing is painful .

[pollywog]

Yea and how smart are they ? Literally half of them picked Ngannou to win they don’t even follow boxing regularly. Lol

Listening them talk boxing is painful .

I thought Ngannou had a punchers chance if he landed first. He didn't and switched to southpaw instead...

AJ licked his lips and let his hands go. Endof story.

I lol'd!!!

[letsgochump]

Helenius moved straight back like an MMA fighter, and got flattened by Joshua.

Helenius at one point beat Brewster

Funnily enough, Helenius is trained by an mma couch. He hasn’t had a boxing trainer since 2013. That’s when started holding his hands down and training mostly with weights. As a result he lost all his stamina. Ofc it doesnt help he follows a carnivore diet thinking he’s caveman viking or something.

He was a good boxer at some point but even as a faded old version of himself he gave Joshua much more trouble than Wallin or Ngannou. He lost because he lacks the stamina boxing needs.

It would be fun to see Ngannou against these guys like Helenius, Chisora, Pulev etc that are seasoned veterans but with big flaws. Ngannou clearly isn’t good enough to fight top guys. Fury was a good style bcs Fury is a weight bully and pillow fisted allowing Ngannou to survive his mistakes and nullify the inside game Fury relies on.

[utshpete]

Big punchers will always have a punchers chance, and great chins help as well. That being said the need to defend against the multiple types of attacks that MMA fighters can encounter doesn't lend itself to great results vs a technically skilled boxer. Each discipline concentrates on different skills, a boxer couldn't set themselves up for a great power shot whilst defending against a takedown attempt or against leg kicks. Can't blame a fighter for going for the money and we all know that DW would be the first to promote it if he stood to make a dime off of it.

[IceTrayDaGang]

i know dana was hella happy seeing francis out on the floor like that.