Who is more likely to be able to beat a prime Jon Jones in a street fight Ali or Mike Tyson ?

[dan_cov]

Holly Holm won UFC gold
JDS - Terrible boxer, won UFC gold using virtually nothing but his awful boxing
Cody Garbrandt another failed boxer who won UFC gold
Jack Della Maddalena - Utilises nothing but boxing and is destroying guys in the UFC right now
Conor - Came from an amateur boxing background
Stipe Miocic - Wrestling credentials, sure but again basically won UFC gold purely with his boxing.
Petr Yan - Dominated the sport with boxing
Nick and Nate Diaz - Great jiu-jitsu but fought solely using boxing
Jorge Masvidal - Had solid success utilising virtually pure boxing.
Max Holloway - Extremely boxing reliant
Elena Reid - Terrible boxer went 4-1 and beat Michelle Waterson
Mia St John - 1-0 in MMA
Amanda Serrano - Undefeated in MMA and submission grappling
Marcus Davis - Low level boxer transitioned to MMA and went 23-11
Chris Lytle
Ray Mercer

[dan_cov]

Shannon Briggs fought in K1
Frans Botha
Jarrell Miller

[dan_cov]

Snipes began training in martial arts when he was 12 years old in 1974. He has a 5th degree black belt in Shotokan karate and a 2nd degree black belt in Hapkido. He has also trained in Capoeira^[5] under Mestre Jelon Vieira and in a number of other disciplines including Kung Fu at the USA Shaolin Temple,^[27] Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,^[5] and kickboxing.^[28] During his time in New York, Snipes was trained in fighting by his friend and mentor Brooke Ellis.^[29] Snipes is also trained in Kali.^[30]

[dan_cov]

Alex has 100+ fights and never put a single person on the floor via one leg kick.

Calf and thigh kicks hurt for sure but they're extremely unlikely to end a fight with one kick especially with adrenaline.

Can anyone show me one bout or Street fight that was ended with just one leg kick?

They're effective and hurt but typically its more the accumulation of them that take effect, its not a fight ending shot like a punch to the chin or a headkick. Though I'll agree going shin to shin absolutely sucks and is one of the worst feelings

[dan_cov]

A lot of actors are martial artists first and foremost. Wesley Snipes while maybe not a legit fighter per say is certainly a legitimate martial artist and could almost certainly handle himself.

Michael Jai White is another

[dan_cov]

Here is an old Botha fighting a prime Le Banner who was roided to the gills and one of the best K1 fighters in history.

He ate many leg kicks and even threw a few of his own. He even ate one or two headkicks as well as body kicks.

Botha was not an elite boxer and he still went toe to toe with many ATG kickboxers during the steroid era and held his own and even bettered a few.

[dan_cov]

Botha again vs K1 legend Ray Sefo who bombarded him with leg kicks

[dan_cov]

He also fought a peak Bonjasky who is one of the best leg kickers in history as well as Aerts and Abidi.

Aerts actually kicked Botha and the fight was stopped as he hurt/broke his foot/leg

[crimsonfalcon07]

Can anyone show me one bout or Street fight that was ended with just one leg kick?

They're effective and hurt but typically its more the accumulation of them that take effect, its not a fight ending shot like a punch to the chin or a headkick. Though I'll agree going shin to shin absolutely sucks and is one of the worst feelings

Personally, I was more thinking calf kicks. You can definitely end a fight with just one of those. And pro kickboxers and MMA fighters train to eat them. Boxers don't. I've seen fights get ended with a kick landed just right on the common peroneal. That is absolutely excruciating and shuts the legs off much like a liver shot is very difficult to just tough out.

Check out Tawanchai vs Jamal Yusopov for an example of a leg kick KO. Took 4 total to end the fight, IIRC, and that was vs a pro. Imagine someone without leg conditioning taking just one shot like that...

[IronDanHamza]

Holly Holm won UFC gold
JDS - Terrible boxer, won UFC gold using virtually nothing but his awful boxing
Cody Garbrandt another failed boxer who won UFC gold
Jack Della Maddalena - Utilises nothing but boxing and is destroying guys in the UFC right now
Conor - Came from an amateur boxing background
Stipe Miocic - Wrestling credentials, sure but again basically won UFC gold purely with his boxing.
Petr Yan - Dominated the sport with boxing
Nick and Nate Diaz - Great jiu-jitsu but fought solely using boxing
Jorge Masvidal - Had solid success utilising virtually pure boxing.
Max Holloway - Extremely boxing reliant
Elena Reid - Terrible boxer went 4-1 and beat Michelle Waterson
Mia St John - 1-0 in MMA
Amanda Serrano - Undefeated in MMA and submission grappling
Marcus Davis - Low level boxer transitioned to MMA and went 23-11
Chris Lytle
Ray Mercer

This is laughably false.

Not single one of these fighters outside of Ray Mercer used "pure boxing".

This argument doesn't wash any more any way. Because Francis Ngannou walked into boxing and arguably beat the #1 boxer in the world.

You will never find any example of a boxer doing the equivalent in MMA.