would boxing prove usefull incase of a streetfight?

[ThePunchingBag]

I was a pretty high-level wrestler.

I have never hurt myself, or been hurt, when i grab somebody. I did, however, trash my hand on someone's head. and if the fight handn't been broken up, I would have been a sitting duck. I couldn't close my right hand.

Besides, so few guys know what they are doing on the ground. That is where you can quickly choke someone out if you have any skills at all.

Thankfully, i have an appearance that guys don't try me.

If you don't have good punching technique you are gonna break your hand, fist against skull. You bring up a good point. Most guys don't know wtf to do on the ground. When I spar a guy taller than me I nearly always end up taking him to the ground where he turns into a helpless lump, not knowing what to do since they're so used to depending on height and reach to hit people. However on the streets rarely is a fight 1v1, so you can't be wasting time on the floor if you have 2 or 3 other guys waiting to jump in.

[PackosCotto]

how bout dont get in a fight and grow up moron?

[ThePunchingBag]

how bout dont get in a fight and grow up moron?

Easier said then done if you live in the ****** or poorer side of town where crackheads will try to beat your ass if you're walking alone and they think you have some money. Self-Defense is a must in this modern world where drugs and hate crimes run rampant.

[DiLLiNGER]

wing tsun works for me.

[ßringer]

Speaking from personal experience ; it helped me out a lot as a child, and that was just from watching the sport ; I'd never been to a gym.

I used to get in street fights with local kids all the damn time and I was on a solid losing streak for a while there, then I started watching boxing and I just picked up on little things just from observing it.

Little things like a proper stance, how to maintain a solid base while moving, how to hold your guard, how to throw straight punches, and to always keep your chin tucked or protected.

That's all basic **** that can just be learned by watching and with a little bit of practice.

Not long after I started doing much better in my street scraps because (and this is true of adults, in my experience, as well) ; the general public at large is entirely clueless to the proper way of doing things in a fight.

**** just look up street fights on youtube ; you'll see a ****load of grown assed men who are still completely clueless about the most basic aspects of fighting ; their stances are ****, legs too far apart, balance is off, guard is too low, they throw looping shots, they can't combo, none of that ****.

[Mersey]

You have an amazing advantage if you learn boxing. You will be able to see the other guys punches coming because you're used to sparring boxers. And your punches will be quicker, more powerful and accurate than a street fighter.

In every single street fight, people throw crazy wild right hands tryin to KO the other person. Just wait for that and counter them.

[ßringer]

As for the ground game stuff ; I never had a problem with any of that. Every fight that I've ever been in has been settled standing up ; you just beat the **** out of one another until the other guy drops, or quits.

Of course all of my street scraps took place between 1992-2002 ; back in the day before ground game/MMA **** became popular. Not many people were doing that **** back then.

[ThePunchingBag]

wing tsun works for me.

I remember one guy who did wing tsun, he tried to stick up for a ********** getting beat on by a pimp. The pimp turned his anger on the guy, but before he could throw a punch the Wing Tsun guy hit the pimp in the jugular with a knifehand chop. The pimp spent 3 days in the ER cuz the chop very nearly crushed his wind pipe and would have died within 10 minutes if the Wing Tsun guy hadn't called an ambulance. Martial Arts teaches you some crazy **** lol. It's not always combos and exchanges. A life can be ended in one well placed blow.

[Titing Kabayo]

Runners are best in streetfight..