Top Boxing Heavyweight vs. Top MMA Hevyweight

[Exciterx30]

Guys, would you like to see this kind of match? A match between Vitali Klitschko and one of the top MMA heavyweights in the world?
Those who watch both boxing and MMA(like I do) should know that the best heavyweights that Pride has to offer are Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko Filipovic. UFC offers Frank Mir and Andrei Arlovski(who fights tonight at UFC 53). This match could even be MMA since Vitali is an accomplished kickboxer, but then again I doubt that Klitschko has any ground skills, making the fight a mismatch if it goes to the ground. I expect to get some replies from serious fans who know about MMA too. Not haters who only watch boxing and diss MMA without having any knowledge. This kind of event would be good to determine who is the best fighter on the planet. There are always arguments, but events like this could put an end to certain doubts.

[Brother Mouzone]

i like both boxing and mma what would determine the winner between a boxer and a mixed martial artist is the rules of the fight if its strictly boxing the boxer will win everytime even though mma guys have stand up skills they can't compete with a boxer if its mma rules as soon as the boxer is taken to ground he will loose because they have no ground skills its like a fish out of water . but an mma guy would have a better chance although unlikely to beat a boxer in a boxing match more than a boxer would fighting a mixed martial artist with mma rules .

[Exciterx30]

i like both boxing and mma what would determine the winner between a boxer and a mixed martial artist is the rules of the fight if its strictly boxing the boxer will win everytime even though mma guys have stand up skills they can't compete with a boxer if its mma rules as soon as the boxer is taken to ground he will loose because they have no ground skills its like a fish out of water . but an mma guy would have a better chance although unlikely to beat a boxer in a boxing match more than a boxer would fighting a mixed martial artist with mma rules .

That's why I picked Vitali for this scenario, because he is also a kickboxer. A kickboxing match between V. Klitschko and Andrei Arlovski could be something.

[RobbieD]

Vitali wouldn't last 2 minutes with Fedor even just on stand up. Any of the others would beat him on the ground.

[Exciterx30]

Vitali wouldn't last 2 minutes with Fedor even just on stand up. Any of the others would beat him on the ground.

I think that the only one who could stand his ground against Vitali in a boxing match is Andrei Arlovski. Kickboxing, I think that Arlovski and Mirko Filipovic. MMA, all of them would beat Vitali.

[hectari]

Man this is ridiculous!!! MMA win of course its mixed martial arts! a boxer is a boxer there are rules MMA have ground and pound and submissions how are you gonna put that with a boxer? it is almost unfair. But Vitor belfort could compete with a boxer if it is strictly boxing.

[Exciterx30]

Man this is ridiculous!!! MMA win of course its mixed martial arts! a boxer is a boxer there are rules MMA have ground and pound and submissions how are you gonna put that with a boxer? it is almost unfair. But Vitor belfort could compete with a boxer if it is strictly boxing.

I was not hoping to get replies from guys who just jump without paying attention to posts and here's one. I recognized that Vitali Klitschko would be in a disadvantage if the fight was MMA. I also stated that it could have been a kickboxing match because Vitali was a kickboxing champion, in case you did not know.

[Kid Achilles]

"Vitali wouldn't last 2 minutes with Fedor even just on stand up. Any of the others would beat him on the ground."

Bull****. Most of those guys would annihilate him easy in MMA rules, I will give you that, but just standup? The boxer will always win standup unless the kickboxer is younger and all around more experienced.

Also, I have never seen a UFC or pride fighter who could really punch even at the level of Vitali who is not a great puncher in a P4P sense. Chuck Liddell is supposedly one of the best hitters in his sport and he only throws shoulder punches. Vitali could drop his hands and let Lidell wail away all day and he wouldn't have him in any trouble. Remember that Corrie Sanders is one of the hardest punchers in the last 10 years of heavyweight boxing and he could only stun and not seriously hurt Vitali. Neither Liddell or Fedor would hurt him.

[Exciterx30]

"Vitali wouldn't last 2 minutes with Fedor even just on stand up. Any of the others would beat him on the ground."

Bull****. Most of those guys would annihilate him easy in MMA rules, I will give you that, but just standup? The boxer will always win standup unless the kickboxer is younger and all around more experienced.

Also, I have never seen a UFC or pride fighter who could really punch even at the level of Vitali who is not a great puncher in a P4P sense. Chuck Liddell is supposedly one of the best hitters in his sport and he only throws shoulder punches. Vitali could drop his hands and let Lidell wail away all day and he wouldn't have him in any trouble. Remember that Corrie Sanders is one of the hardest punchers in the last 10 years of heavyweight boxing and he could only stun and not seriously hurt Vitali. Neither Liddell or Fedor would hurt him.

You don't follow MMA, right? Of course Lidell would not hurt Vitali. Lidell fights at 205 and has no formal boxing training. His shots are looping and he is much shorter than Vitali. A guy like Andrei Arlovski is another story. This guy is technically sound, stands in at 6'3", and weighs in at around 240 pounds. Check him out if you want to see a solid, strong all around fighting machine.

[Tony Blitz]

Oldschool Bas Rutten would kick every heavyweight's ass