Boxing Is Not Easier Than MMA (Luke Thomas point)

[Draper]

MMA greats will never be on the level of boxing greats. Who the fuck are Fedor, Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, and GSP to someone like Muhammad Ali or Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Nobody. And yes, boxing > MMA in terms of skill.

 

[TheAmericanGazelle]

Point is, fighting is fighting. There are either rules or there are no rules. One is not like the other. If two people are beating the hell out of each other, they are fighting.

No, that's simply not true. Are English Shin-Kicking and MMA equally close to "real fighting" just because neither of them are no-rules and involve combat of some kind? Of course not.

There are *gradations* of rules.

The more rules there are, the more removed it is from "real fighting", where there isn't an assumption of fair play and basic safety.

 

[bad_k]

MMA greats will never be on the level of boxing greats. Who the fuck are Fedor, Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, and GSP to someone like Muhammad Ali or Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Nobody. And yes, boxing > MMA in terms of skill.

Who are they? Well to start those guys would beat any boxers of their respective weightclasses if they were to fight each other.

 

[boss429]

You ever see a streetfight, or even a video of one? Most end up on the ground from a sloppy tackle within 30 seconds (if there isn't a quick KO). After that the two opponents either roll around trying to punch each other or are broken up. So yeah, many times they do stay standing, but only because the audience members break it up when it gets to the ground. But there is also a very big risk that the audience can kick your head in once you're on the ground because they're friends with your opponent. Takedown defense is soooo critical for a street fight. You do not want to be on the concrete getting kicked by a man with shoes on.

Exactly. That's why being the better Boxer wins you the majority of street fights and is the better skill to possess.

Tdd against people who aren't top level grapplers is just about leverage and physics and something most people can easily do because it's a natural instinct.

If you can Box though you can end a street fight in seconds when the drunken idiot trying to fight you throws a looping telegraphed haymaker and ends up off balance out of position and defenseless.

 

[120wrestling]

Boxing has a deeper talent pool, olympic sport, more tradition, more regulation, Ali Act etc. It is WAY harder to make it to Lomachenko status than someone like Tony Ferguson, who decided to get into MMA after a not so impressive wrestling career in college. There are levels

Not so impressive? Lmfao Tony won a National title, wtf are you on?

 

[Sakuraba7]

Boxing is boxing.

MMA is MMA.

Whereas STREET FIGHTING is guess what...STREET FIGHTING.

The average boxer or average MMA fighter would easily kill anyone on the street in a common scenario.

...and before you say..."but but, street fights end up on the ground", well...pro boxers can simply JAB a fool one time and it's game over.

Both MMA and boxing have strengths and weaknesses when it comes the chaos of street fighting, but basically...

...in b4 MMA is "real" fighting...which it's not.

MMA fighters AND boxers generally GO OUT OF THEIR WAY to avoid street fights...because they know better.

Why fight on the street for FREE whilst your LIFE may be in peril, (weapons) vs fighting for money with no weapons...concrete ground...etc, etc.

Its about which is HARDEST, which boxing is indeed one of the hardest sports to master. MMA if you're not great at wrestling, you have striking, you have trips and submissions. In boxing, the scope is limited and the talent pool is immense. You need to be truly gifted and skilled and train your ass off to make a dent in the boxing world.