How bad is Ben Askren's boxing really?

[EnthusiastCultivator]

Askren has a legitimate path to victory: tie him up and be a weight bully, his wrestling pedigree should help and when in close range you:

 

[superpunch]

Askren has a legitimate path to victory: tie him up and be a weight bully, his wrestling pedigree should help and when in close range you:

That's a foul in boxing. He'll lose points at first, then lose by DQ.

 

[SCTwins]

You know when Maia steps back in awe of your horrible striking, something is very bad.

 

[The J0ker]

Spoiler

Yeah he’s spinning the other way, but still.

 

[EnthusiastCultivator]

That's a foul in boxing. He'll lose points at first, then lose by DQ.

It’s not a foul, plenty of boxers do this. Ruiz did it against Joshua for example. It only becomes a problem if it’s for too long.

 

[I Always Fight]

Lmao

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Askren's boxing is fucking appalling. He's also 36. He's also coming off major hip surgery.

Paul has been training boxing full time for 3 years, training with and sparring with actual pro boxers, and is trained by a guy who fought for a world title in boxing. He's also about 13 years younger, has a size advantage, and is more athletic.

I hope I'm wrong, but Askren is going to lose, probably badly. He was handpicked for a reason.

 

[PrideUltimate]

He is MMA practicioner not boxer.

 

[Small Town Andrew]

I think he can take this unless he is going to take a dive for a higher pay day.

I think he could out point him

 

[Ninjaskillz6&9yakuza]

i dont care whos he been sparring with, he's terrible. even if he was a good striker, it means nothing in boxing.

 

[TJ177]

Maia is much, much better than Askren on the feet

They fought the first two rounds mostly on the feet and it was mostly even. Maia's technique looks smoother but Askren did as much damage.

Everything about Askren looks visually worse which is why I think people can't judge him fairly.

 

[wake_me]

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

Or close to it.
And I'm a funky fan too.

Jake Shields was pretty bad

 

[0-1]

We don't even really know since he's never had to use it, his striking in the UFC is not boxing, its striking with offensive take downs and take down defence in mind.

 

[chitoortiz]

Jake Shields was pretty bad

True.

But not the same category of bad as Funky.

 

[KGmma]

Jake Paul is even worse than Ben Askren. I don't understand how anyone cna pick that guy to win? Because he knocked out a basketball player?

Ben Askren has been around the fight game for a long time and his experience will show when he beats the breaks off Jake.

I'm not saying Ben Askren is a good striker but ya'll must remember that he is fighting Jake fucking Paul!!!

 

[Deleted member 582760]

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?

We don't know because we've only seen him in MMA fights. He's an athlete nonetheless, he might impress you when he fights Jake. The most important thing is, I think despite the age, Askren has cardio over Jake.

 

[Wolfbrigade]

but let’s not pretend he doesn’t train boxing or at least has an advantage over your average Joe.

He would get killed by teenagers who train boxing for 6 weeks

 

[tbulls123]

I think he's going to panic wrastle jake paul, but for real, i hope he doesn't lose because it'll just give fuel for this douchebag to make more money.

 

[azhiker]

On a scale of 1 to 10, about minus 2. Rhonda Rousey might even have better boxing. Yes I said it...

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

Jake Paul is even worse than Ben Askren. I don't understand how anyone cna pick that guy to win? Because he knocked out a basketball player?

Ben Askren has been around the fight game for a long time and his experience will show when he beats the breaks off Jake.

I'm not saying Ben Askren is a good striker but ya'll must remember that he is fighting Jake fucking Paul!!!

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Askren's boxing is fucking appalling. He's also 36. He's also coming off major hip surgery.

Paul has been training boxing full time for 3 years, training with and sparring with actual pro boxers, and is trained by a guy who fought for a world title in boxing. He's also about 13 years younger, has a size advantage, and is more athletic.

I hope I'm wrong, but Askren is going to lose, probably badly. He was handpicked for a reason.