Could Alex Pereira have any real success in boxing?

[NihonJim]

Bolt upright, head never moving from center line exactly like Ngannou

Yup he gets sparked by any half decent boxer

"Oh but he was a kickboxer though", yes and thats a totally different sport with a different skill set, different range, different everything to boxing.

[dan_cov]

He's very upright but he does move his head he just doesn't waste energy moving it unnecessarily. Its very subtle but he does slip shots and counters well.
I feel he limits it more with MMA as he to look out for kicks and take downs.
Even Ngannou against Fury he showed a lot more skill than he ever did in MMA even if Fury did flatter him badly.

I think this is more problematic against guys who can box on the fly and utilise a lot of angles however not many fit that bill. The thing is these CWs and HWs for most part are just as static as he is, they have no head movement either and essentially just stand in front of him

[dan_cov]

[ThunderFists]

i don' think so, his boxing is great for mma and kickboxing where you can afford to stand upright with barely any head movement due to headkicks but i think he would be too stiff to f with a real boxer, watch his sparring with khalil coe (full, not the 10 second clip someone posted above)

[IceTrayDaGang]

Once again, they're kickboxers.

Just like Vitali Klitschko, Chris Algieri, Yoshiki Takei, and Sergey Lipinets were before they started boxing.

And, again, Adesanya has 5 pro boxing wins to his credit.

But they won't be successful in pro boxing!!! why do you keep trying to debate this... ok, they might be able to beat some C level boxers but they will never be champions in pro boxing like how they are in the UFC.

Algieri turned pro boxing at the age of 19!!!! Vitali at 25!! Yoshiki at 23, Sergey at 25!! MOTHAFUCKIN Pereira is 38 right now!! If Alex cross over to pro boxing, he'll be just like Francis Ngannou.

[paulf]

A little too stiff I think - still looks like a kickboxer in there. But I'd love to see him give it a shot... no harm in a crossover match.

[Stuntman Mike]

No, see Ngannou vs Joshua


These MMA punchers lose a lot of power when they put boxing gloves on and go up against boxers and I don't expect perreras "technique" to help him out much.

Maybe if you can find a fat drunk like a cruiserweight version of fury, who won't take him seriously at all, he might have a bit of success.

But any top 25 boxer who trains properly deals with him with ease, again, see Ngannou vs AJ

Such a generalised low iq response

Ngannou and Alex are far from the same

Alex's pressure would give anyone trouble and he would still have dynamite in his hands with boxing gloves on

You mention he'd need to be in with a fat drunk to have a chance so why not name a few top boxers who you wouldnt give Alex a chance against

[Stuntman Mike]

i don' think so, his boxing is great for mma and kickboxing where you can afford to stand upright with barely any head movement due to headkicks but i think he would be too stiff to f with a real boxer, watch his sparring with khalil coe (full, not the 10 second clip someone posted above)

Hes a big long guy for his weight division i think from what I've heard

Wlad made a whole career of leaning back with minimal head movement due to his range awareness and if theres one thing Alex has perfect its range awareness

[NihonJim]

Such a generalised low iq response

Ngannou and Alex are far from the same

Alex's pressure would give anyone trouble and he would still have dynamite in his hands with boxing gloves on

You mention he'd need to be in with a fat drunk to have a chance so why not name a few top boxers who you wouldnt give Alex a chance against

I wouldn't give him a chance against any world level boxer

Because he's NOT A BOXER

is that "low IQ" enough for you to understand?

[ThunderFists]

Hes a big long guy for his weight division i think from what I've heard

Wlad made a whole career of leaning back with minimal head movement due to his range awareness and if theres one thing Alex has perfect its range awareness

he was initially a champ at 185lbs at ufc where he was initially a champion but was clearly dehydrated then now is champ at 205lbs, don't think he would be a big heavyweight, not in mma terms and certainly not at boxing, probably walks 220lbs max