This is what happens when a gold medal boxer tries to fight ROKIE MMA guy!!

[James78]

Owned..Owned..Owned.
boxing is dead. I suggest u boxing hopefuls find another sport LOL

oh my god! mercer got beat! you're right boxing is dead!! we lost our biggest star!!!! **** of and die wank face. if you enjoy watchin that ****E you've got mental problems.

[James78]

Boxing has been an olympic sport since Greece came to power. Try a little earlier then the 1700's my friend. Try 688 B.C.

hahah well said man. it started with the Egyptians.

[Trick]

Bottom line, if you have such a hate-on for boxing, why are you on a boxing forum?

And boxing is not dead, the day Kimbo makes $40 million + in one night you can give me a call...

[Trick]

hahah well said man. it started with the Egyptians.

But I think he meant modern western boxing, which goes back to 1700s, boxing itself goes backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk........

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

I'm not sure why MMA fans would even cheer a backyard brawler beating a boxer who is out of shape and almost 50-years-old and not even boxed in over two years.

[porlie]

Mercers washed up, brilliant how the boxing haters hide behind their delusion hes still the same Mercer that Ko'd Morrison haha whatever floats ya boat I guess.

[2swell k-wells]

I've had about 30 amateur boxing fights. A lot of people on this forum have fought before, I'm surprised that you assume we all haven't. You seem very defensive in replying to my post, I never said I didn't believe you were an MMA fighter. I am a bit surprised by your lack of maturity, 23 years old isn't actually all that young. I figured I was talking to a 16 or 17 year old but whatever. Congratulations on winning your first fight.

The one point that I was trying to make is that a lot of people on this forum were narrow minded when assuming that Ray Mercer would knock out Kimbo. We underestimated mixed martial arts training. I was one of those people. But by saying boxing is nothing and you could submit any boxer your making the exact same mistake that us boxers made when we assumed that Mercer would knock out Kimbo. Learn from other people's mistakes or repeat them, your choice.

thanks alot man, appreciate it. It just sounded like a bunch of rookies in here that never found or just plan on going into a ring.

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

People thought Mercer would win because Kimbo promoted it like a standup brawl. Instead his plan was to take Mercer to the ground to submit him. I'm sure Mercer was training his entire camp with the mindset of a toe to toe brawl. In a way, it made the finish weak because every person wanted a knockout. Every person wanted to see Kimbo go toe to toe with an actual pro and that's not what happened.

[j]

boxing is a part of every single martial art ever created. without boxing, no martial art. without boxing, no mixed martial arts either.

i just cannot see how an educated martial artist, if the original poster is, could bad mouth boxing.

another point, the fight would very well be different outside of the ring. i'm not making the point that mercer would win that fight either, but a street fight is quite a bit different than sport mma. boxing(or any other form of trained striking) is extremely handy in real life altercations.

main point - if you don't train boxing or a striking art, you really are not practicing mma.

[j]

**** mma!! wuts the honor of fighting on the floor

grappling arts are very effective forms of ending a fight. the problem with them is that i'm not sure how much you really want to be on the ground if you are in a street fight. best strategy is the one that gives you the most options.

old school martial arts have included the idea that fighting on the ground is more of a kids type of fighting as well as my above point(limited options and a potentially more dangerous position). this is why many old school chinese martial arts do have takedowns and locks, but focus more on the takedowns and less on joint manipulation on the ground.