Top Boxing Heavyweight vs. Top MMA Hevyweight

[repsa]

True, though I could see Remy Bonjasky outpointing Butterbean.

[Kid Achilles]

I will give you that.

[Exciterx30]

MMA fans, you must understand that if you come on and insult boxing by saying something else is better than it, naturally you will piss people off. This is like me going to a ****e Girls chatroom and telling them that the ****e Girls really are not such talented singers, that the BeeGees could outsing them anyday. These ****e Girls fans would be very angry at me and would disagree I am sure.

You couldn't have expected the boxing fans to agree with you that their favorite fighters would get beat up by MMA fighters. I salivate at the thought of what Tyson would do to the very best MMA fighters in a Marquis of Queensbury true boxing match.

In case you are writing all that stuff for me, try again because I am a hardcore boxing fan. It's not my problem if others are narrow minded and can not appreciate talented MMA practitioners.

[simeraksou]

In case you are writing all that stuff for me, try again because I am a hardcore boxing fan. It's not my problem if others are narrow minded and can not appreciate talented MMA practitioners.

In a standup fight, MMA fighters stand very little chance against boxers. Boxers do have a chance in an MMA fight. They always have a chance due to superior striking ability (with their hands). There are many MMA fights where a knockout occurs before anyone is even taken to the ground. Even a "light hitting" boxer (by boxing standards) like Chris Byrd, would actually hurt an MMA fighter very badly in a boxing match. MMA fighters are not used to the punching talent that is inherent in boxing. Think about it, if MMA fighters were really that good at punching, why would they not become boxers and make millions more $$$ than as MMA fighters? Many MMA fighters are boxing, wrestling, or football rejects (I said many are, not all).

[Kid Achilles]

simeraksou is spot on with his assessment of the differing levels of power in the two sports. A guy like Byrd or Larry Donald would be considered a dangerous puncher by UFC or Pride standards.

[tri4ben2]

When trying to compare something like this, it is only fair consider the best at the sport.

All of the people that think that a professional MMA fighter would allow VK to stand upright and jab all night to a victory are ******ed. A professional MMA fighter, even at 205 pounds, could get caught coming inside, but it would be worth it to get VK on the ground and submit him in a minute or so.

If you go to the running websites, you get this same crap from traithletes that think they could beat the runners if they trained to run all day. The triathletes are simply confused.

[Exciterx30]

There have been some replies from posters who know from both boxing and MMA(like myself). There have also been some replies from posters who simply show that they don't know anything about MMA and just want to diss it. It would be good if, at least, posters knew who these MMA guys(Arlovski, Filipovic, Emelianenko) are and what they bring to the table. This way, their arguments would present some facts and knowledge, instead of just assumptions that could be wrong.

[Brother Mouzone]

But Vitor belfort could compete with a boxer if it is strictly boxing.

vitor has good hand speed but i really question his stamina he seems to get wore out quick and if he were to fight strictly boxing stamina is very important ..

[TheGreat1]

I can't see any of these MMA fighters, lasting 1 round with VK. I think he would be able to overwelm them like Chuck Liddell does with his power and accurcy.