"Mayweather's Style Wouldn't Work in a Street Fight"

[stefl14]

For what it's worth, boxing does work well in a street fight if you can get a hit in and people are fighting fair. But no you're not going to be shoulder rolling in a street fight. At the end of the day though, who cares if boxing works on the street that's not what it's about. Same with MMA idiots who say MMA works better on the street - who cares? And in reality neither MMA or boxing are that great in a street fight for one simple reason - there are no rules in street fights. In a street fight I can bite, scratch, poke you in the eye, hit you with a chair, stamp on your head, strangle you, head-butt you, stab you with a broken wine bottle, gang up on you with my friends, kick you in your balls, or even use a gun or knife. So people who talk about using these methods on the street are idiots because unless it's a fair street fight with a pre-agreement not to fight dirty, you might as well forget it.

I can personally attest to the fact that all this what works in a street fight thing is bollocks. Although I'm an experienced boxer with around 70 bouts I'm not an idiot. I got into it with someone with a lot of MMA experience who outweighed me by 50 pounds. Boxing didn't mean **** - I won by immediately resorting to every dirty tactic I could.

[alexguiness]

Boxing is not the best form of aggressive street-fighting to be honest.

While you may feel morally superior by adopting a boxing stance and unloading combinations the truth is that using your small fists to try and punch a head / face it extremely difficult.

Instead use the hardest parts (knees / elbows, head) of your body on the softest parts of your opponent (balls, eyes. stomach, throat) for striking.

Or learn judo / Jujitsu.

Be prepared to do whatever it takes to survive - eye gouging is very effective or chewing off an ear etc.

[stefl14]

Boxing is not the best form of aggressive street-fighting to be honest.

While you may feel morally superior by adopting a boxing stance and unloading combinations the truth is that using your small fists to try and punch a head / face it extremely difficult.

Instead use the hardest parts (knees / elbows, head) of your body on the softest parts of your opponent (balls, eyes. stomach, throat) for striking.

Or learn judo / Jujitsu.

Be prepared to do whatever it takes to survive - eye gouging is very effective or chewing off an ear etc.

Learning judo/jujitsu isn't going to help that much either. Just don't get into street fights because even if you can do jujitsu, in most street fights once you get to the ground you can guarantee the guy's buddies will be kicking you in the head, and if you come up against the wrong people you might get stabbed or shot. Anyone in combat sports to increase their street ability is a moron because I guarantee you a gun will pretty quickly counteract it.

[alexguiness]

Learning judo/jujitsu isn't going to help that much either. Just don't get into street fights because even if you can do jujitsu, in most street fights once you get to the ground you can guarantee the guy's buddies will be kicking you in the head, and if you come up against the wrong people you might get stabbed or shot. Anyone in combat sports to increase their street ability is a moron because I guarantee you a gun will pretty quickly counteract it.

Nobody is talking about 'getting into street fights' or gunfights or knife fights.

Using your logic a chainsaw in one hand and a flamethrower in the other is the best methodology...

In a situation that you cannot flee from your only option is to fight, and that means you have to be willing to inflict more serious damage on your opponent than he is to you.

It is not an exact science, but having some experience of being able to hurt or neutralize an opponent WILL give you an advantage.

How many gunfights do you get in Leicester btw?

[JimEarl]

These arguments are just hilarious. People who start these are people who have never been in a street fight probably. But I do beg the question, who gives ONE ****? Is this site called "Street-fightscene.com"? No it's "boxingscene.com" so let's talk boxing not veiled floyd hating bull****. Want to know what works best in a street fight? What style? Any goddamm style that's what. Eye gouging, biting, nut punching, ear pulling, whatever Gd works to win. UFC tries to sell their bs as "real fighting". Give me a break. I didn't know in "real fighting" you couldn't stomp on someone's head or knee them in the head when down or elbow them in certain ways lol. Mma sold that bull**** to its fans. It doesn't matter if Floyd's style works in a street fight or not, but obviously at 48-0 it sure does work in the goddamm ring doesn't it? Lol Jesus.

Hear Hear

[b00g13man]

If you rewatch in slow motion, you will see the old dude didn't connect cleanly and if you also look carefully you can tell the guy throwing the punch had a torn rotator cuff. The old dude knocked down a dude with one arm.

I lol'd......

[Butt stuff]

People seem to forget that Floyd's job is punching professional hardened world class fighters in the face. The dude will for sure knock you out if you stepped to him in the street.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

People are actually debating this?

I just thought it was funny to see an old man do a pull counter

[stefl14]

Nobody is talking about 'getting into street fights' or gunfights or knife fights.

Using your logic a chainsaw in one hand and a flamethrower in the other is the best methodology...

In a situation that you cannot flee from your only option is to fight, and that means you have to be willing to inflict more serious damage on your opponent than he is to you.

It is not an exact science, but having some experience of being able to hurt or neutralize an opponent WILL give you an advantage.

How many gunfights do you get in Leicester btw?

Not many but I'm making a point. It's probably more relevant to half the people on this forum who live in the states where you can't seem to control your murder rates. The example is extreme but the point stands. Yeah boxing might help a bit, so might BJJ and other stuff, but at the end of the day you best avoid street fights and run if it's an option because if you're outnumbered or heavily outweighed or your opponents have weapons your training is unlikely to help you that much. The man points just aren't worth it.

[alexguiness]

Not many but I'm making a point. It's probably more relevant to half the people on this forum who live in the states where you can't seem to control your murder rates. The example is extreme but the point stands. Yeah boxing might help a bit, so might BJJ and other stuff, but at the end of the day you best avoid street fights and run if it's an option because if you're outnumbered or heavily outweighed or your opponents have weapons your training is unlikely to help you that much. The man points just aren't worth it.

So basically you agree with what I have said;

Any knowledge or experience of physical combat is a benefit if all other factors (weight, fitness, commitment) are equal.

Street fights are won or lost on aggression, experience and luck.

Better to walk away with injured pride than to be the macho dude bleeding out in a gutter.

Just my thoughts.