we have yet to see a GOOD boxer in MMA. We only see guys that have no future in boxing going into MMA. Considering how well Liddell has done with nothing but a sprawl and very shitty boxing who knows what would happen. And PLEASE don't tell me a good sprawl is imposible to learn if u spent your life boxing
Nobody is going to tell you that a sprawl is impossible to learn, but it takes more than a sprawl to prevent a takedown. Liddell has been wrestling since he was in highschool. He was division 1 in college. You can't learn that in a couple years.
More than that, despite having great takedown defense, Liddell does get put on his back from time to time. With nothing other then some takedown defense that's a death sentence. Fortunately he's been training BJJ for 13 or 14 years (and he's still only a purple belt, that should tell you how difficult it is to become proficient in BJJ). Chuck has some very good defensive jiu jitsu.
Finally, he's not a boxer. He started in Karate, ergo the sloppy striking. What is poor technique in boxing is considered fine in Karate. He's beaten much more technical strikers, because of good speed, power, accuracy, and a chin that can take damage.
I'm not saying that his striking is great, it isn't, just that a good boxer would need to bring more to the table than just a sprawl to replicate Chuck's success.
Back to the subject at hand. Of course, a good boxer always has a very good punchers chance. Doesn't change the fact that what happened in that video is more of an exception than a common occurrence.
After beating Shonie Carter, Laverne lost his very next two fights by submission in the first round.
And finally, it's not like Laverne spent all his years in MMA fighting out of a boxing gym. He was a mixed martial artist, not at all a pure boxer. Despite trying to pick up the grappling aspect of MMA, look how many fights he lost by submission.