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No, boxing fans don't like mma because they THINK the stand up is mediocre. When in reality it just looks very different by necessity and the few that can make it look "boxing like" are rare talents. We have seen quite a few mma fighters with a boxing background and look pretty similar to the rest. That's not to say it can't get better across the board, the sport is still evolving.
Not true at all. There is plenty of room for improvement and we have seen MMA fighters improve their boxing. The old excuse for the lack of jabs in MMA was that it somehow leaves fighters open to take downs or some shit. Luck what happened to that logic? MMA can progress but there seems to be a lot of arrogance and in many cases disrespect for pure martial arts. They think they don't have to bother learning individual fighting styles from specialised coaches. They can just go to an MMA gym because punching and kicking is all the same everywhere right?
The horrible joke is that the older gen of fighters had much more respect for their various martial arts. They say MMA is evolving but have any of these people surpassed prime Shogun, Machida, Silva,. GSP, Fedor? MMA should evolve by learning from pure martial art teachers, not by ignoring those disciplines and turning MMA into its own martial art. It's funny how people often post .gifs of MMA fighters doing crazy shit as proof of the sport's evolution, but fail to notice most of those .gifs are from the Pride era.
We've already seen small scale displays of improvement in MMA boxing in recent years. In retrospect they've come along way from "jab can't defend kick" and "head movement is useless against the take down." The old excuse of "It's a different sport and boxing tricks can't be applied" simply doesn't work any more because it's already been disprove to some degree. Really, it's now 2013 and if the striking had improved that much super man punches should result in the user getting KO'd 90% of the time. There are actually plenty of fights were superman type punches have been thrown in boxing. They're either so easily dodged you would barely notice or the fighter using it gets knocked on his ass. Even the very simple concept of counter punching hasn't been grasped by a lot of fighters yet.
I'm basically saying there's room for improvement and saying shit like that stuff doesn't work in MMA is like fighting the tide.
Actually the reason I would say boxer or MMA fighter might fail in the others sport is down to pure arrogance. The idea they can enter the other sport with what they already have and still be dominant. If either side seriously dedicated their time and effort rather than leaving their heads up their arse they could make a serious go at it. It's all about dedication. So I think a boxer can win and MMA fight using pure boxing if he is constantly concious of takedowns and kicks rather than simply fighting a basic boxing match. Likewise the MMA fighter would need to develop his sense of range, timing and countering, which is something MMA fighters seriously lack.
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