Failed MMA fighter turned WBA HW boxing champ fights in a week

[ExitLUPin]

Lucas Browne is fighting in a week

He went 6-2 in MMA and got finished by DC and Jim York

went 25-0 in boxing and beat Ruslan Chagaev for the WBA HW title. Even Wlad and prime Povetkin couldnt hurt Chagaev like he did

Hes fighting Paul Gallen lol

 

[Slatersan]

B-b-b-but “mma guys got no hands”

 

[loisestrad]

B-b-b-but “mma guys got no hands”

8 MMA fights, 31 boxing matches - I'm not sure that counts as an "MMA guy".

 

[Slatersan]

8 MMA fights, 31 boxing matches - I'm not sure that counts as an "MMA guy".

Thats the point mate. He was a mediocre mma guy that became a good boxer.

 

[jx820]

I was pretty confused but I guess Joshua is WBA Super HW champ, not HW champ.

Boxing titles are confusing AF if you don't follow closely.

 

[ExitLUPin]

8 MMA fights, 31 boxing matches - I'm not sure that counts as an "MMA guy".

He didnt fight in the amateur circuit and went pro in boxing a month after he went pro in MMA so he started off as an MMA fighter. Just couldnt hack it unfortunately

 

[FIghtxIQ]

Thats the point mate. He was a mediocre mma guy that became a good boxer.

He was probably always better as a boxer. Lots of boxers came from muay thai/kickboxing also. They were better boxers and that was always their strengths. Lots of fighters have careers split between combat sports and then choose to focus on their greatest strength which is boxing. Boxing is filled with lots of those fighters and lots have even won the belt.

Even Pacquaio was doing muay thai when he was younger.

 

[Bearknuckle]

8 MMA fights, 31 boxing matches - I'm not sure that counts as an "MMA guy".

Just admit pro boxing isn’t as mythical or as elite as you think it is. I never bought into the boxer being the best standup fighter in the world.

 

[kingghidrah]

If you watch both sports you know this example means very little

He beat up a lot of scrubs and guys smaller than him yes. Then in his one impressive fight, an over-the-hill Chagaev laid him out but got careless following up and gassed. Browne punched him out from there.

But Browne got absolutely mauled by Dillian Whyte, that's what happens when he fights an in-prime top 10 boxer.

Browne picked the right sport though, I think after losing to Cormier he realized that grappling wasn't his thing.

 

[Pillar of Society]

It is nice to see MMA C-level athletes dominating such an inferior sport like boxing

If you don't make it in MMA, you go to boxing, where the competition is easier

 

[FlowchartRog]

B-b-b-but “mma guys got no hands”

Here is supposedly one of the best boxers and biggest punchers in MMA, in a boxing ring, vs a 40 year old, retired boxer who first won a title at 130 pounds.

 

[Andrey Kamensky]

From wiki:
He failed a drug test after winning the title. The title went back to Chagaev.
In any case it looks like he's after past their prime fighters. bunch of 40+ boxers on his list. 2 recent losses against younger fighters.
Not a bad career at all. But it's not like after his so called "failed mma career" he became a world beater in boxing.

 

[FIghtxIQ]

He didnt fight in the amateur circuit and went pro in boxing a month after he went pro in MMA so he started off as an MMA fighter. Just couldnt hack it unfortunately

Or he found out he was better in boxing and the pay was better also. He has a positive mma record. If you are good enough to be a boxer, you will box instead of mma. The pay is better.

 

[Slatersan]

Here is supposedly one of the best boxers and biggest punchers in MMA, in a boxing ring, vs a 40 year old, retired boxer who first won a title at 130 pounds.

Conor got knocked down boxing a wrestler from Dagestan mate.

 

[FlowchartRog]

If you watch both sports you know this example means very little

He beat up a lot of scrubs and guys smaller than him yes. Then in his one impressive fight, an over-the-hill Chagaev laid him out but got careless following up and gassed. Browne punched him out from there.

But Browne got absolutely mauled by Dillian Whyte, that's what happens when he fights an in-prime top 10 boxer.

Browne picked the right sport though, I think after losing to Cormier he realized that grappling wasn't his thing.

Exactly, anyone who has seen him knows he's pretty fucking far from an elite boxer. He's managed to thrive in the shitheap that has been modern HW boxing, against mainly shot fighters. Against any decent prime fighter, he'd get demolished.

 

[FKAri]

I was pretty confused but I guess Joshua is WBA Super HW champ, not HW champ.

Boxing titles are confusing AF if you don't follow closely.

I hold one of the HW belts myself.

 

[loisestrad]

I never bought into the boxer being the best standup fighter in the world.

I bought into the boxer being the best boxer, that's pretty much it. No one is saying that a kickboxer couldn't kick the shit out of a boxer standing.

 

[FlowchartRog]

Conor got knocked down boxing a wrestler from Dagestan mate.

Indeed he did, but only after Floyd gave him brain damage.

 

[FlowchartRog]

I never bought into the boxer being the best standup fighter in the world.

An elite boxer with great TDD is basically unstoppable. You realise this is the wrestebox era right? I mean, most of the elite UFC fighters today have excellent boxing by MMA standards, and win fights mainly by boxing.

 

[FlowchartRog]

MMA fighters do great in boxing, I can't wait to see more.