What is more valuable in a clean street fight: good wrestling or good boxing?(pick 1)

[punchr]

I think wrestling might be a bigger factor. What does NSB think?

[FeFist]

In a street fight, boxing would be more beneficial than wrestling. Most people are unskilled slobs; the threat comes from numbers or them doing something underhanded. You're better off dropping them quick and hard.

[SplitSecond]

This thread gets made too often. the answer is boxing 90% of the time.

[Beercules]

Just carry a bunch of cash on you, pay off your attacker. #BetaWay

[jcj0427]

why does street fighting always have to be the standard for something? lol

[Quiksilva]

It depends really on the wrestler and the boxer.

In a street fight, anything can happen. It's never wise to underestimate your opponent

[Suckmedry]

It depends on dozens of factors like the setting of the fight, (bar, sidewalk, alleyway, wet ground, dirt, sand etc etc) distance it starts from (nose to nose or say 5 metres back) and also whether alcohol and drugs are a factor (usually are)

Boxing is definitely better for multiple opponents. Wrestling is probably a safer bet if you are very drug and alcohol affected as it is a lot harder to maintain balance in your boxing stance while drunk and on drugs like weed, valium etc)

Safe to say that a highly trained boxer or wrestler of at least over 130-140lbs or so is going to destroy at least 95% ( or so) of regular dudes in a fair one on one fight. Thats not to say the little guys under 130 cant be dangerous too, its just a lot more likely someone with a significant size advantage can be too much for them.

But as anyone who has actually had several streetfights will know, there is way too many variables in a street fight situation to simplify the debate into "all wrestlers beat all boxers" or vice versa.

[firstborn]

why does street fighting always have to be the standard for something? lol

Because a lot of the new posters in here are kids or young adults.

[Suckmedry]

why does street fighting always have to be the standard for something? lol

I agree that a lot of those interested in this are immature, however there are times in everyones life where they have little or no choice but to fight. Especially if you're from a bad area or something. Its always good to know how to defend yourself and interesting to debate whats useful.

[jcj0427]

I agree that a lot of those interested in this are immature, however there are times in everyones life where they have little or no choice but to fight. Especially if you're from a bad area or something. Its always good to know how to defend yourself and interesting to debate whats useful.

very good point. well taken. i just feel alot of forms of fighting are always compared to each other in terms of how well they do in a street fight. Put it this way, if you know well any form of fighting, chances are youll beat the average joe on the street whose looking for problems.