If top boxers learned TDD like Adesanya and Cro Cop. How will they fare in MMA?

[Midget Boxer]

Would they be dominant?

 

[The Bloody Nine]

That depends. Are they midgets?

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Ever heard of leg kicks?

Nah, boxing is a bad base for MMA. There's a reason there are very little amateur boxers to transition into MMA.

 

[Midget Boxer]

That depends. Are they midgets?

Nope. Ask Fury or Wilder

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Nope. Ask Fury or Wilder

Wilder sucks and Fury is a drug cheat who has amassed a whole title defence.

 

[johndhi]

Their exact skillet wouldn't transfer well. But if they did the mma training it takes to get all that Tdd and got used to mma timing and distance, they could do great.

Slipping, jabs, pocket boxing all make mma fighters much more dangerous strikers

 

[Hdfi]

Very well, JDS became champion using basically TDD+boxing.

 

[M.U.S.C.L.E.]

I think you answered your own question in the title.

 

[Dr. Rose]

Typical boxer stance is easy pickings for a wrestler. Therefore, they would need to relearn how to throw their punches in a new stance. Not necessarily would translate well. I think that is part of the probably with MMA guys moving to boxing. They are used to being squared up to avoid a takedown, but that leaves them vulnerable in a pure boxing match. It is a different game

 

[sabretitan]

Not good.

 

[HavokHarmon]

They could be. Some guys have styles that translate better to mma than others. Having a high level base is basically always a good thing, but it doesn’t guarantee success.

The biggest difference in boxing though is that the guys at the very top already make heaps of money so there isn’t as much incentive to transition as there is in sports like kickboxing, bjj or wrestling.

 

[avenue94]

Ever heard of leg kicks?

Nah, boxing is a bad base for MMA. There's a reason there are very little amateur boxers to transition into MMA.

Which is why Conor managed to blaze a way to the title largely based off one of the most fundamental moves in boxing, the pull counter. Yup, checks out your logic.

And why would amateur boxers transition to mma when they can retire and work a normal steady job or make their fortune in actual boxing?

Very well, JDS became champion using basically TDD+boxing.

It was also HW, which takes some of the shine off. Although JDS pretty much won using only a rudimentary job.

Typical boxer stance is easy pickings for a wrestler.

What's a typical boxer stance? There isn't one.

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Which is why Conor managed to blaze a way to the title largely based off one of the most fundamental moves in boxing, the pull counter. Yup, checks out your logic.

And why would amateur boxers transition to mma when they can retire and work a normal steady job or make their fortune in actual boxing?

So where are all the Conor copycats boxing their way to 100s of millions of dollars? Boxing pay is shit outside of the top level.We should see a flow of failed boxers transitioning to MMA, but it never happens. Because boxing is absolute shit as a base for MMA and has nothing to do with real fighting.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

So where are all the Conor copycats boxing their way to 100s of millions of dollars? Boxing pay is shit outside of the top level.We should see a flow of failed boxers transitioning to MMA, but it never happens. Because boxing is absolute shit as a base for MMA and has nothing to do with real fighting.

MMA has nothing to do with real fighting.

 

[NoSmilez]

It depends on many variables. Their style and physicality makes a big difference if they can do MMA. Age and weight class matters are other important factors too. For every success story like Izzy who converted from KB. There are multiple failed conversions. I assume that would be the same with boxing.

 

[avenue94]

So where are all the Conor copycats boxing their way to 100s of millions of dollars?

You mean why is the quality of boxing so poor in mma? For the same reason checking leg kicks is still a foreign concept largely. Changes take time and the sport is young.

Boxing pay is shit outside of the top level.

Sounds like you don't know how pay works in boxing. It's comparable or better at all levels, with the exception being the UFC middle class essentially. Not accounting for sponsors.

We should see a flow of failed boxers transitioning to MMA

Why the fuck would you? Plenty of boxers have no interest in other sports, and by the time you wash it, it's going to be too late to try a new sport.

Because boxing is absolute shit as a base for MMA and has nothing to do with real fighting.

Riiiight. So that's why Max Holloway became champ based off of insane durability and basic boxing?

 

[McGeezle]

MMA has nothing to do with real fighting.

Yes there are people training lethal techniques that MMA fighters can't deal with in a street fight

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Yes there are people training lethal techniques that MMA fighters can't deal with in a street fight

I hate to break this to you, but real fighting doesn't have rules. MMA is a combat sport. With rules. So is boxing.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

Ever heard of leg kicks?

Nah, boxing is a bad base for MMA. There's a reason there are very little amateur boxers to transition into MMA.

Most boxers look down on MMA and think it is below them.

 

[Phill]

Would they be dominant?

Would slip and weave right into heavy kicks. Also wouldn't be able to shell up like they're used to due to the small MMA gloves. Overall, the vast majority would not do well.