quote=Michaeluser;320965]Weak. Every time it's starts the fighting is good then they scrub around like sweaty gay pornstars until a tap out. Whatever happen to Ali...
i couldnt agree more! but a technically sound boxer who has been training since he's been about eight years old or so and he would dismantle one of those mixed martial arts guys!!![/QUOTE]
Apples to Oranges comparison. Boxers and MMA fighters have different skill sets. You put the best boxer up against Fedor Emilienko or Anderson Silva with MMA rules and the boxer DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE! However, you restrict an MMA fighter to boxing rules and that boxer probably wins. MMA fighters are trained in Boxing AND Jiujitsu. The most successful MMA fighters that put MMA on the map are the ones who have a strong wrestling background (Matt Hughes, Mark Coleman, Dan Severn, just to name a few.) Many are accomplished NCAA or world championship wrestlers. That's why you see a lot of rolling around. It slows the pace of the fight down. Obviously, the grappling aspect of the sport is superior. You can thank Royce Gracie for that. But it's just silly to say a boxer can take out an MMA fighter under MMA rules. I say "go for it". MMA has taken a lot of the viewers away from boxing and a lot of boxing supporters are jealous of that. But yet, none of those "technically sound" boxers have made it to an MMA ring yet.
I watch both. I think boxing has a prodigy in Manny Pacquiao. That guy has jumped 3 weight classes since he started fighting and has showed dominance in each class. But this thread is about UFC/MMA and not about boxing.