Boxers would be absolutely lost the first time they experienced a kick to their legs

[abracada]

Whenever an MMA fighter vs Boxer fight is brought up, the argument from boxing supporters is the superior punching skills of the boxer would negate the other skills of the MMA fighter.

The truth is MMA fighters know how to take a punch, they do it often and on the receiving end of 4oz gloves so a closer approximation to a bare fist. What no boxer is used to is a swift kick to the legs which can be debilitating if you haven't spent a significant time condition your legs.

In a street fight between the the two a kick to the boxers legs would probably immediately send them to the ground.

But boxers can take an upper cut to the balls better

[ruedboy]

Boxing is an art form. Takes real skill and dedication. In Boxing we abhor the clinch. In MMA, if in doubt, just clinch a man, roll to the floor and hump him for 5 minutes. Nobody wants to see that. One time in a bar fight (that I didn't start, in my younger days), I missed a punch but caught the man with the point of my elbow and knocked him spark out. It was poor form on my part, and bad timing, because I was drunk. But it done the job just the same. As I say, bad timing on my part. In MMA that would have been called a "great strike!"

Floyd made the clinch into an art form. lol (Andre was no slouch at it either.)

[N!Ck F.]

That 'incredible combat iq' is only geared for punching. Any fighting that goes beyond the use of fists and their iq drops to ******ation levels with all due respect.

Even the small amount of grappling boxers do, is suicide against MMA fighters. Boxers clinch and give up underhooks. They basicely help the MMA fighter to take them down. Lol.



If the fight is stand up, the boxers gets his legs kicked and then eats a headkick which he won't see coming after all the low kicks. KO. Have you ever eaten a debilitating kick to the legs from a trained kickboxer with conditioned shins? I wish all you boxing guys did.

Literally everything you said is wrong.

I have 67 amateur fights. I boxed for 10 years and competed in kickboxing and mma for 7 years. I’ve experienced every strike and form of combat there is. For you to sit here like a keyboard warrior psychic pretending to be able to predict the outcome of hypothetical combat is nothing short of cringe and comical. Stop it kid. Anything can happen in a fight and to attempt to discredit some of the toughest, well conditioned, lethal strikers in a fight is a joke. *** outta here.

[BKM-]

I have 67 amateur fights. I boxed for 10 years and competed in kickboxing and mma for 7 years. I’ve experienced every strike and form of combat there is. For you to sit here like a keyboard warrior psychic pretending to be able to predict the outcome of hypothetical combat is nothing short of cringe and comical. Stop it kid. Anything can happen in a fight and to attempt to discredit some of the toughest, well conditioned, lethal strikers in a fight is a joke. *** outta here.

So then identify yourself, tough guy? You resent the keyboard mentality because you know, you're totally not a part of that. So a simple name drop shouldn't be hard, let me take a look at your badass credentials.

[QueensburyRules]

I have 67 amateur fights. I boxed for 10 years and competed in kickboxing and mma for 7 years. I’ve experienced every strike and form of combat there is. For you to sit here like a keyboard warrior psychic pretending to be able to predict the outcome of hypothetical combat is nothing short of cringe and comical. Stop it kid. Anything can happen in a fight and to attempt to discredit some of the toughest, well conditioned, lethal strikers in a fight is a joke. *** outta here.

- -Understand he's an impressionable kid.

Not his fault he's at the ****** age. He'll grow up, hopefully with teeth intact and brains not caved in.

[Zaroku]

Dayyummmmm whipping motion kicks, generate more force and are harder to defend than a punch.

I see the light!

[Long jabber]

Boxing is an art as are all single focus combat systems. When you lump them all together you rarely get a fighter that can keep up with the best of them in other sports. I think jon jones and fedor are the only great fighters the sport has seen that can transition well enough to not get humiliated in other combat sports

[sentax]

Boxing is an art as are all single focus combat systems. When you lump them all together you rarely get a fighter that can keep up with the best of them in other sports. I think jon jones and fedor are the only great fighters the sport has seen that can transition well enough to not get humiliated in other combat sports

Funny Boxing is an art but Mixed Martial Arts aren't? LOL.

[Long jabber]

Funny Boxing is an art but Mixed Martial Arts aren't? LOL.

Yea its a mix of art forms. Mma is a system. its a ruleset that literally mixes other art forms. Top guys dont train mma thry train boxing muay thai wrestling bjj and many other art forms

[TMLT87]

Top guys dont train mma thry train boxing muay thai wrestling bjj and many other art forms

Yeah but they adapt it to an MMA context and have to try and seamlessly blend it all together in one toolbox, which is an art in and of itself. Fedor who you already mentioned was a perfect example, how he would throw lighting quick flurries on the feet to get people to cover up and then would seamlessly lunge into grappling range, take opponents down and bombard them with strikes and sub attempts on the ground, it was all so fluid.