How bad is Ben Askren's boxing really?

[superpunch]

Genuinely awful, but he's shown some durability in the past.

I think maybe he strikes stupid intentionally. Strikers are trained to strike against other strikers. IF you just move around like an idiot like Ben Askren does, most strikers will just look at you because their muscle memory isn't trained to hit that, and they won't really hurt you. Then he takes you down.

 

[wwkirk]

I think maybe he strikes stupid intentionally. Strikers are trained to strike against other strikers. IF you just move around like an idiot like Ben Askren does, most strikers will just look at you because their muscle memory isn't trained to hit that, and they won't really hurt you. Then he takes you down.

So you suspect he really can strike well? The takedown option won't be available against Jake.

 

[ImNotMirsadBektic]

You don't remember the professional fighter Jake Shields losing on "Bully Beatdown" in the boxing to some random guy off the street after he'd had a decade of training boxing with Gilbert and the Diaz Bros?

U got a link? Cant find it on youtube

 

[Black Paladin]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pirouette

 

[Zanderlini]

Stephen A's Hands > Askren standup

The good old dick punch right hook combo.

 

[Zanderlini]

U got a link? Cant find it on youtube

He didn't lose, Jake beat the guy up, but didn't knock him down so the guy kept the 5,000. The guy was also wearing massive headgear. Jake Shields looked stiff as hell tho.

 

[Klaavical]

One time I saw Ben Askren walking down the street while an Ice cream truck was driving by.
Buncha kids stopped the truck to buy some candy and he walked up and stole it all from them.
The Ice cream man was pretty miffed about this so he jumped out of the truck and beat Ben Askren like a piñata at my 3rd cousins birthday party . Candy was flying everywhere with every shot the Ice cream man landed. All the kids loved it. Then the Icecream man hopped in the truck and drove off while blasting this song

So yes, it is possible.

Do your balls hang low
do they wobble to and fro
do they itch like a bitch when you're driving thru a ditch
do you get that funny feeling when you hang em from the ceiling
do your balls hang low.

 

[Do The Evolution]

We're all picking Jake Paul to beat him but let's really think about it. Askren has been training striking every day, sparring pro fighters, for 10+ years with Anthony Pettis, Tyron Woodley, Mighty Mouse, and RDA. He's a championship athlete in 2 different sports. People are acting like he's so bad that he'd get KOd by random in-shape guys at the local cross fit gym or random street fighters.

Is it really possible to train striking everyday for 10 years at a professional and be that bad? Or is it more realistic that he's actually very good compared to the average person, and just looks really bad against pro fighters?

Anyone who says that an average person from the streets has better striking than Askren is either being daft or lazy. He might be terrible vis - a - vis other pro fighters, but he's still a pro and we're all schmoes still.

 

[StrikerKing]

Might be the worst post I've ever seen posted on this site. Toughness is irrelvant in boxing? How does being an ex fighter help him more then being an ex basketball player? Are you really this dumb? The youtube kids not going to last 8 rounds of boxing, no chance, he won't know how to pace himself and will tire within a few rounds.

How can you possibly know he cant go 8 rounds? Have you watched him in the gym, been to his training sessions? Its so frustrating to see people make statements like yourself with absolutely nothing to back it up. Your just making assumptions.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

We're all picking Jake Paul to beat him but let's really think about it. Askren has been training striking every day, sparring pro fighters, for 10+ years with Anthony Pettis, Tyron Woodley, Mighty Mouse, and RDA. He's a championship athlete in 2 different sports. People are acting like he's so bad that he'd get KOd by random in-shape guys at the local cross fit gym or random street fighters.

Is it really possible to train striking everyday for 10 years at a professional and be that bad? Or is it more realistic that he's actually very good compared to the average person, and just looks really bad against pro fighters?

I get your logic TS, but on the other hand we all know what we are seeing. With boxing gloves he would be literally worse than all the amateur fighters I have seen at boxing / kickboxing clubs.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Not good for an mma fighter but let’s not pretend he doesn’t train boxing or at least has an advantage over your average Joe. He would box the piss out of your average Joe easily. His defense isn’t that bad either.

I see you got your double already. Maybe you will be gone by month end. Trash account.

 

[Zanderlini]

I get your logic TS, but on the other hand we all know what we are seeing. With boxing gloves he would be literally worse than all the amateur fighters I have seen at boxing / kickboxing clubs.

Yes he is the most untalented striker most of us ever seen. Masvidal knee knockout aside he does have a homer simpson chin, and he is used to fighting so nerves and cardio shouldn't be an issue. So there is hope for him, albeit not much.

 

[djason1988]

I WANT to think that there are levels to this, and that askren looks so bad in the cage cuz he's going against the best in the world. Unfortunately, my eyes and brain tell me that a kid with a couple years of karate has better striking technique.

 

[J85909266]

Jake has significantly more applied and successful striking experience in pure boxing against a real opponent than Ben does by miles.

Yeah, Ben wins a real fight or MMA, easy. But boxing? Eh, Jake is probably the favorite.

 

[MillingMeSoftly]

No way Ben has trained striking for 10 years

However:

Ben has cardio
Ben has a chin (1 KO in like 30 fights)
Ben understands competition
NCAA Tournaments
The motherfucking Olympics

It’s not too crazy to think that Ben could weather the storm, clinch a lot, dirty box a lot, and wear this guy out

Once this you tuber is all out of gas he’s a sitting duck

I think Ben Askren has more gas than this guy

 

[CalvilloRay]

P bad

 

[5thDimensionMMA]

Possibly the worst the UFC has ever seen (obviously excluding CM Punk).

Or close to it.

And I'm a funky fan too.

^ don’t be surprised if Ben gets KOd in a pure boxing match vs Jake.He would fuck him up in a mma fight though .

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Ben Askren's wrestling has carried him his entire MMA career.

As other's have said:
He has a good chin
Experience competing in MMA and wrestling
Cardio
GRIT. We have seen him endure a bad beating to come back

Paul has youth and being injury free going into this fight.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

It's worse than aids. There's women with better hands than Ben.

Jessica Andrade has better boxing.

 

[sissypunch]

Somewhere between CM Punk and Cindy Dandolis.

This is such a weird matchup. How can you even brag about a victory here if you were Jake Paul. It's so odd.