What separates boxing from a street fight to you?

[Citizen Koba]

I noticed posters disliking the technical side of boxing and just enjoying power punchers...But take away the technical side and you just have a toughman contest... So what makes boxing boxing to you?

Boxing is damn street fighting with rules, so it's whatever it takes to win for me Larry, within the rules. Not everyone has the skills or the technical ability to be elite pure boxers and there's a lot more skill behind what you dismissively label 'power punchers' - at least at the top level - than you may like to ascribe. But in the end, it's what wins for me, and there are many routes to victory. I love watching skillful displays of pugilistic excellence but I'd be dishonest to deny the visceral pleasure of watching two guys beat the snot outta each other with all it's excitement and drama, tenacity, resolve and sheer bloody-mindedness. Clearly it's possible to derive enjoyment from both, so why the necessity to make this distinction? Are you not perhaps just being divisive or maybe a bit of a snob? Meant with total respect, of course.

[Madison Boxing]

i dont mind street fight if its with skilled fighters trading punches, but it isnt, its usually two people pissed up throwing punches on a friday night, when its someone like golovkin fighting its a different matter

[Madison Boxing]

Boxing is damn street fighting with rules, so it's whatever it takes to win for me Larry, within the rules. Not everyone has the skills or the technical ability to be elite pure boxers and there's a lot more skill behind what you dismissively label 'power punchers' - at least at the top level - than you may like to ascribe. But in the end, it's what wins for me, and there are many routes to victory. I love watching skillful displays of pugilistic excellence but I'd be dishonest to deny the visceral pleasure of watching two guys beat the snot outta each other with all it's excitement and drama, tenacity, resolve and sheer bloody-mindedness. Clearly it's possible to derive enjoyment from both, so why the necessity to make this distinction? Are you not perhaps just being divisive or maybe a bit of a snob? Meant with total respect, of course.

good post. It gets looked down upon on this site to enjoy wars, action fights etc. im honest, i wouldnt be interested in watching two slick style fighters fighting, something like ward v dirrell, saunders v lara, malignaggi v alexander, arent fights im desperate to see. Even with the slick fighters, there most hyped up fights are when they are fighting someone aggressive. The thing is i get made out to be the crazy one on this site when i say i like fights like morales v barrera rather than hopkins v winky wright, yet 99 percent of people would probably agree in the real world

[Citizen Koba]

good post. It gets looked down upon on this site to enjoy wars, action fights etc. im honest, i wouldnt be interested in watching two slick style fighters fighting, something like ward v dirrell, saunders v lara, malignaggi v alexander, arent fights im desperate to see. Even with the slick fighters, there most hyped up fights are when they are fighting someone aggressive. The thing is i get made out to be the crazy one on this site when i say i like fights like morales v barrera rather than hopkins v winky wright, yet 99 percent of people would probably agree in the real world

I don't know. Yeah, there does seem to be an element of dismissiveness amongst some hardcore fans and it's difficult sometimes to tell if it's more a subtle form of trolling than snobbery, but I like to take this ish at face value. That said, I genuinely do enjoy watching pure boxing at the highest level, Floyd, Ward, Rigo, Loma put on some exquisite displays - but yeah, like a pretty girl with a fat friend they often need the right dance partner to really shine. Ermm... that's a slightly confusing mixed metaphor right there, ain't it, but you see where I'm going.

[betmen]

same, i watch all of them free on youtube

[tenPt]

Lots of things separates the two but street fighters don't get paid.

[fighter1234]

What seperates boxing from street fighting is humility. Respecting the opponent enough that you spend 2 months in gruelling training preparing for the worst case scenario.
Street fights usually involve two buffoons who think they can end the fight with one shot.

[SplitSecond]

The usual non-sense. Lara should be the pay per view king at the moment not Canelo. Golovkin doesn't deserve his hype we want fights like Rigondeaux put up against Agbeko, all that 'pure' boxing brilliance.

[Canelo and GGG]

So what separates that from a street fight?? what is boxing to you?

Larry(if i can call you by name)dont you see diffrence between boxers punchers and guys who slag on streets?Boxers punchers can place feet,Control they activity to not gas out(well most of them),They mix shots to body and head,ducking and sliping punches,counter punching,reading opponet,street fighting have no comperison to boxing(Maidana is levels above this slagers,he picking them shots and seting with jabs very well,it just remind me how i liked the way Maidana boxed at end of his carrer).

[mathed]

I noticed posters disliking the technical side of boxing and just enjoying power punchers...But take away the technical side and you just have a toughman contest... So what makes boxing boxing to you?

When GGG says it's boxing, it's boxing. When GGG says it's a street fight, it's a street fight.

One should always consult the advice of an expert on these matters.