Depends. I'm a much better boxer than MMA fighter, but I prefer MMA because it's more realistic. It's crazy hard to even do standup against guys with good kickboxing. The range is different, they can clinch you up when you close the distance, you can't wait on the outside, it's harder to set feints, you can roll punches the same. Just the other day I got caught flush with a lead highkick after slipping the jab.
Yeah, this was when he was Gold Perry.
It probably has more to do with the depth of the talent pool in boxing. It's an Olympic sport that's trained all over the world, so really deep talent pool. The world of professional boxing is littered with former Golden Gloves champions and Olympic medalists who didn't amount to anything. So maybe if you're a Stipe Miocic or Cody Garbrandt, you factor that into your thinking and transition to a sport where your hands and footwork stand out and give you a real advantage.
Ya McNeil is no can. He's no champion either, but his fight against Perry just shows what happens when an MMA fighter takes on a boxer in a boxing match. Boxrec even says that Perry weighed in about six pounds heavier than McNeil too. And people think Conor is gonna KO Floyd. . . .
Island Fight cards are MMA and Boxing both fought in the ring, and they're based in Florida where Mike lives and trains. Roy Jones Jr headlined the card and Mike Perry took the fight on short notice. He was training for MMA and even wore his UFC socks
he fought for Island Fights again in an MMA contest.
