Media Boxer vs Wrestler finally answered

[AndrewGolota48]

Yes we've seen Couture vs James Toney but Couture is an MMA fighter that had trained striking for decades at that point. And it was in a sport setting with specific rules and limitations, not a raw street fight scenario. This video finally answers what happens when two specialists in their respective martial arts engage in a no rules street encounter.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Lmao..

What a fucking moron.

Reminds me of Dillishaw going full douche on planes, and in airports.

People like that deserve a slap in the head.

 

[Pittie Petey]

We already answered it back in '77

 

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[TheBulge]

It's very simple. Boxers can't even stop boxing opponents from clinching them. How the hell are they gonna stop an expert in takedowns. Tiny puncher's chance and that's it.

 

[Söze Aldo]

 

[Substance Abuse]

 

[Neck&Neck]

How about Manlet vs Lanklet

 

[Fedorgasm]

Boxers vs Wrestlers should be a question of what underwear to choose.

Briefs wrestle my nuts.

 

[TheBulge]

See now Jack Johnson is from an older era of boxing where grappling was still a very significant part of boxing. Now I don't know the specifics of that fact, like how much exactly greco roman was incorporated etc. but bottomline is these guys would atleast have some idea of some forms of takedowns, clinches, leverage etc.

And even Johnson could obviously not stop the takedown.

 

[Söze Aldo]

See now Jack Johnson is from an older era of boxing where grappling was still a very significant part of boxing. Now I don't know the specifics of that fact, like how much exactly greco roman was incorporated etc. but bottomline is these guys would atleast have some idea of some forms of takedowns, clinches, leverage etc.

And even Johnson could obviously not stop the takedown.

Yes, there was less of a chasm between boxers and wrestlers back then. In his time it was common for boxers to practice with catch wrestlers. Indeed, grappling and the clinch was much more of a thing in early 20th century boxing.

 

[TheBulge]

Yes, there was less of a chasm between boxers and wrestlers back then. In his time it was common for boxers to practice with catch wrestlers. Indeed, grappling and the clinch was much more of a thing in early 20th century boxing.

Who do you think the last boxer with these kind of skills was? who was trained by old school trainers from that era, not a guy like Crawford who has a high school wrestling background etc.

I think it was George Foreman. in the mid 90s he was still using grappling skills like pushing arms, shoulders etc. to put opponents off balance so he could level them with hooks and uppercuts. Tremendous leverage too, he was like a wall who couldn't be moved back. Would have been quite the MMA fighter.

 

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Although that was a training session. Johnson regularly used Greco to improve his clinch game