It's comments like these that make people think you are trying to take cheap shots at boxing:
I find boxing alone to be a wasted sport. A boxer isn't worth much mounted.
How is it a wasted sport? A sport is a sport, it has rules, how is it wasted if it's a sport? Is Soccer a wasted sport because you can't pick up the ball and run with it? What does being mounted have to do with the sport of boxing?
i'd rather be training realistic mma techniques.
And what makes up all these techniques? The "restrictive forms of combat" that you were talking about earlier?
Its EXTREMELY hard to prepare to anything like realistic combat, but its nothing at all like boxing or jiu jitsu from the knees. good for preparing certain parts of your skill level, bad for being your only skill.
Boxing and Jiu Jitsu are sports, why would it be bad for being your only skill? In what context would it be bad? For MMA? For defending yourself?
I don't really know why people are so much more into punching than all other forms of combat, striking might seem like a big part of fighting, and it is, but its far from the dominant part.
When you say fighting, are you referring to "MMA fighting"? Cause there isn't any fighting (as you seem to see it) on the streets only outbursts and assaults.
But, put someone who has trained 5 years of boxing against someone who has trained 5 years of bjj and boxing, then the odds are a little different.
What is the point of this comment? When would a boxer and a bjj guy ever meet to fight if they are in different sports? In the street? Highly improbable.
I'm not berating the skill of boxing, only the sport.
YES, you were berating the skill of boxing as well as the sport in your earlier posts, they are one and the same, stop flip flopping your statements.
boxing alone is a wasted sport means that, if you train ONLY boxing, you are limiting your resources. tell me, what are you going to do when someone has your back if you only know how to box?
Limiting resources for what? I thought that all a boxer needed in the boxing ring was well...boxing. When would someone have his back? Does everyone in the street know bjj? What are the chances of you getting into a fight w/ someone that knows bjj?
Seems to me you are basing all your thinking around what you see in MMA.
Yes, MMA is a combat sport optimized for a specific set of rules. These rules allow for punching, kicking, elbowing, kneeing, clinching, throwing, wrestling, grappling, and submissions. Boxing is a combat sport optimized for a specific set of rules, much in the same way, except, they ONLY allow striking.
So, which is more realistic?
Both of them are equally realistic, because they are both sports. "fighting in the streets" or more properly "being physically assaulted by someone" isn't as glamorous or easy or choreagraphed (or as frequent....that's why i hate the term "street fighter") as people think, these aren't the movies.
I want to talk about 1 on 1 combat only, so lets ignore mutliple people, most of the time you'll be fucked if both people know something about fighting.
Ok, so here you want to 'only' talk about 1 on 1 combat, yet at the same time you want to talk about fighting on the street, yet at the same time you want to assume that the guy got taken down and mounted.....
I see contradiction here. From reading all your posts, It seems like your imaginary street assailant you keep referring to also happens to be a BJJ practitioner.
I 100% garuntee that if you were mounted, you would wish to god you knew even 1 escape. almost anyone who has never been mounted before will be arm barred.
Make up your mind, are you talking about street fighting, jiu jitsu matches, or MMA? Is my street assailant gonna know how to properly mount and armbar me now?
I'm sorry dude, but your logic is all jumbled and you contradict yourself often, and all of this is to further your hidden agenda, or vendetta, or whatever it is.
Be real man.
