If Floyd Mayweather Jr. wouldve focused his career on MMA?...

[Boxfan83]

Boxers are great with their hands but clueless when it comes to grappling. Could Floyd pick up wrestling/BJJ and be really good at it in a short period of time? Floyd is an incredible athlete so I wouldn't be surprised if he'd be a fast learner and make the crossover to MMA and be successful.

My thoughts exactly. Personally I feel any champion level boxer that took about 2-3 years of pure focus on grappling while maintaining boxing skills has a great chance at mma. Although I do feel MMArtist of today are more well rounded, a Champion boxer with at least a brown belt in Jiu Jitsu could hold their own at a high MMA level.

[Bjl12]

About as well as Lebron would've done in Football or Gretzky in Baseball...??? Who knows

[lopetego]

Nah, Floyd is too much of a ***** and his ¨safety first¨ approach wouldn't work on MMA.

Have you ever seen a succesful ¨safety first / defense oriented¨ MMA fighter?

they dont exist, there are too many ways to lose in MMA

plus, the UFC hates boring fighters, he'd be forced to be more agressive or he'd be fired.

He wouldn't be allowed to win in cowardly fashion like he does in boxing. It just wouldn't work for him.

[JJRod]

It would work if his father and uncles were mma fighters. It just wasn't his work ethic but a combination of his work ethic and the fact that his uncles, and dad were professional boxers and trainers.
Dude was learning from some of the best since he was in the crib.

[lopetego]

It would work if his father and uncles were mma fighters. It just wasn't his work ethic but a combination of his work ethic and the fact that his uncles, and dad were professional boxers and trainers.
Dude was learning from some of the best since he was in the crib.

Floyd Sr. was a nobody who achieved nothing in boxing

[HanzGruber]

Nah, Floyd is too much of a ***** and his ¨safety first¨ approach wouldn't work on MMA.

Have you ever seen a succesful ¨safety first / defense oriented¨ MMA fighter?

they dont exist, there are too many ways to lose in MMA

plus, the UFC hates boring fighters, he'd be forced to be more agressive or he'd be fired.

He wouldn't be allowed to win in cowardly fashion like he does in boxing. It just wouldn't work for him.

Did you just start watching boxing? Money may isn't the same as pretty boy

[SterlingStained]

Hypothetical question of course, I know Floyds a RETIRED 40yo athlete BUT the buzz between him and MMArtists continues which leads me to my question.

Despite what many people think about Floyd as a person, 1 thing (non-bias) sports fans Im sure can agree on is his athleticism & work ethic. To me this alone makes me think Floyd coulda been great at anything (his height/weight) allowed him to compete in. To me this is something that separates elite boxers from elite MMArtists not all this non-sense talk of if Floyd got into a street fight with whomever hed lose. Personally I think any elite level boxer could make the crossover to MMA if they put their focus to it but I dont think the same can be reciprocated if MMArtist were asked to do so...

Thoughts?

I agree completely. I remember where he said in some 24/7 "I'm the hardest working athlete. **** boxers, no athlete works harder than me." And I believe him.

He was raised in a boxing family..not a MMA family...

he wouldnt be undefeated.

and combat is combat.

and MMAers are inferior athletes with inferior techniques and stamina compared to pro level boxers.

just look at connor getting outboxed by vander hausen or whatever that white dude's name was...

[SterlingStained]

Did you just start watching boxing? Money may isn't the same as pretty boy

of course they are.

floyd f@gs looooove to spout how much different floyd was back then than now.

not much.

the only difference was floyd LITERALLY ran more back when he was younger and threw more punches. his style is still the same. in fact ,his style became more appealing once he lost his prime running years and he had to stay in pocket more. you see his defensive technique showing out more now than when he was young when his defense was literally andre dirrell like....

you want to see proper offense and defense?

go watch salvador sanchez.

proper way to defend without spoiling.

[Johnwoo8686]

Nah, Floyd is too much of a ***** and his ¨safety first¨ approach wouldn't work on MMA.

Have you ever seen a succesful ¨safety first / defense oriented¨ MMA fighter?

they dont exist, there are too many ways to lose in MMA

plus, the UFC hates boring fighters, he'd be forced to be more agressive or he'd be fired.

He wouldn't be allowed to win in cowardly fashion like he does in boxing. It just wouldn't work for him.

Yes I have. You obviously don't watch MMA much. George St Pierre and Dominic Cruz are both safety first MMA fighters and were very successful. Some called them boring to watch as they do Floyd but it was very effective.

[HanzGruber]

of course they are.

floyd f@gs looooove to spout how much different floyd was back then than now.

not much.

the only difference was floyd LITERALLY ran more back when he was younger and threw more punches. his style is still the same. in fact ,his style became more appealing once he lost his prime running years and he had to stay in pocket more. you see his defensive technique showing out more now than when he was young when his defense was literally andre dirrell like....

you want to see proper offense and defense?

go watch salvador sanchez.

proper way to defend without spoiling.

lol you dont think 25 yr old floyd would have stopped robert guerrero?