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I think she could be a better boxer then her MMA fights look like from a striking standpoint. People have to remember her stance and body position allows her to setup throws and takedowns but not the best position for boxing. In the cage she is thinking like a judokan not a boxer. As her style dictates her striking and her physical positions during the MMA match.
Switch off her judokan style and switch on her boxing style and her stance changes, her footwork changes, her body roll likely changes, her defensive style changes and yes her striking changes. She is not worrying about defending the takedown or stopping a kick she is just thinking like a boxer.
The group she is with have tons of Olympic caliper boxers in Glendale fight club. She likely gets plenty of advice from top level boxers and they are likely telling her she could stand on her own. This will not be the first time a boxer has come from another sport I can think of 2 or 3 cases of Olympic caliper wrestlers who moved over to boxing and had a good career of it. She has a good low center of gravity she also has a very strong core obviously from her decades of Judo.
I would not rule out her being somewhat good a boxing. The other thing is boxing likely looking at her and drooling about the publicity she would bring too boxing. She right now is the most popular woman in sport. In the past boxing tried to bring woman in the sport of boxing and their was little if any interest. Most famously Ali's daughter Laila and that card sold like only 100,000 PPV. Ronda pulled down like 900,000 or more.
Switch off her judokan style and switch on her boxing style and her stance changes, her footwork changes, her body roll likely changes, her defensive style changes and yes her striking changes. She is not worrying about defending the takedown or stopping a kick she is just thinking like a boxer.
The group she is with have tons of Olympic caliper boxers in Glendale fight club. She likely gets plenty of advice from top level boxers and they are likely telling her she could stand on her own. This will not be the first time a boxer has come from another sport I can think of 2 or 3 cases of Olympic caliper wrestlers who moved over to boxing and had a good career of it. She has a good low center of gravity she also has a very strong core obviously from her decades of Judo.
I would not rule out her being somewhat good a boxing. The other thing is boxing likely looking at her and drooling about the publicity she would bring too boxing. She right now is the most popular woman in sport. In the past boxing tried to bring woman in the sport of boxing and their was little if any interest. Most famously Ali's daughter Laila and that card sold like only 100,000 PPV. Ronda pulled down like 900,000 or more.