Why do people act like Boxing is not effective in a street fight?

[Russian Crushin]

Ya, pug has never seen blood. I'm from Flatbush Brooklyn and I've unfortunately been in tons of street fight.

Flatbush is soft

[M0NZ0N]

Because Balrog sucked.

[Trigger unhappy]

Flatbush is soft

Maybe now it is. In the 90's Flatbush was H.A.M.

[UglyPug]

hey, would you be willing to meet somebody that knows how to box in a sanctioned ring? Ofcourse we will record this wholesale slaughter in an octagon. I'd have to pass the gig on up so give me sometime. whats your weight? I believe that I could find numerous fighters that will dispell that mythe for you............Rockin'

Would you find numerous fighters to square up with black belts in various martial arts?


I'm not talking about the average guy.

Nor are we talking about "in the ring." We're talking about a street fight, as in anything goes. . "Hitting behind the head"?

No gloves to get a nice guard. .


Sorry, I'm taking Bruce Lee over Sergio Martinez in a street fight. . . Or a black belt in Wing Chun, Kung FU, etc. over a world class pugilist in a STREET FIGHT any day of hte week.

[UglyPug]

If you are a trained boxer and fight on the street against someone who isn't trained in anything, of course you have an advantage.

If you face an MMA fighter who is skilled in grappling, boxing, kick boxing etc, the pure boxer is at a disadvantage.

I train at a gym where there are some Brazilian MMA pro fighters, and I can tell you as long as I have been boxing and all the experience I have, I wouldn't fight some of them for all the money in the world. There's this one dude who had 30+ bare knuckle fights in Brazil and is a black belt champion in Ju-Jitsu.

If I don't hit him with the first few punches, I'm a dead man. Let's not kid ourselves, boxing is a sport, not fighting.

Thank you. . .

[UglyPug]

Ya, pug has never seen blood. I'm from Flatbush Brooklyn and I've unfortunately been in tons of street fight.

I don't pretend to be a hardass on the internet. It's not like me, you, nor anybody else can prove how many fights they've been in, won, etc. anyway.

So why talk about it?

[popsaregood230]

I think people forget that the most useful thing boxing teaches you period, is footwork. A boxer with good footwork will never get hit by an attacker because he can cut angles and be in a safe zone at all times. The problem with most martial arts is they deal with attacks from straight on, because that's how most 'typical' fights take place, someone bum rushing the other person. Being a boxer, you can easily shift to the left, duck your head, back out, jump back in, touch em with teh jab, shift left again. They will be sonfused.

[UglyPug]

I think people forget that the most useful thing boxing teaches you period, is footwork. A boxer with good footwork will never get hit by an attacker because he can cut angles and be in a safe zone at all times. The problem with most martial arts is they deal with attacks from straight on, because that's how most 'typical' fights take place, someone bum rushing the other person. Being a boxer, you can easily shift to the left, duck your head, back out, jump back in, touch em with teh jab, shift left again. They will be sonfused.

Yeah, Bruce Lee was so flat footed. . Was clueless on how to use angles, and avoid, duck, and counter attacks. . . He would come at you, and be swinging, and kicking air. . .

THe shoulder roll defense would no doubt inhibit his attack. . .

[popsaregood230]

Yeah, Bruce Lee was so flat footed. . Was clueless on how to use angles, and avoid, duck, and counter attacks. . . He would come at you, and be swinging, and kicking air. . .

THe shoulder roll defense would no doubt inhibit his attack. . .

Bruce Lee praised the effectiveness of boxing and practiced while incorporating it into his arsenal lol. Didn't know this was a bruce Lee vs boxing thread because thats just moronic rofl

[T.Horton]

Bruce Lee praised the effectiveness of boxing and practiced while incorporating it into his arsenal lol. Didn't know this was a bruce Lee vs boxing thread because thats just moronic rofl