Max holloway and his overrated boxing

[maximus__]

Dustin out boxed him recently

Dustin was also a legit lightweight fighting a guy that didn't cut weight. Max accounted himself well just was visibly more responsive to Poirer's power at that weight.
He had Poirer in trouble multiple times also, but just seemed under sized.

Amazing performance by Dustin though.

 

[wolfss]

The only thing you could really criticize about his boxing (for mma) is his lack of one punch KO power and his defense

Other than that he's an elite MMA boxer

His defense isn’t bad. It’s not like he’s fighting some scrub off the street. He’s gonna get hit because he’s fighting the top ten and they are top ten because they are good too.

 

[mudrubble]

This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read

You should read more.

 

[Dirge]

Boxing is either punching or evading punching. If he out punched him, then he out boxed him. It's the whole purpose of boxing.

They have both fought at 145 and 155 so weight class isn't an issue.

DP was the better boxer when they fought. Fact.

? Oh so its facts now. They both fought at 155 but one guy had been fighting at 155 for 3 weeks and the other guy since 2013.

That "fact" that you don't understand how weight classes work isn't a reason to talk nonsense.

Max has never fought at 155 except for a single short notice fight. Dustin has had years to built up his frame and add muscle.

I'm not disparaging Poirier's striking as it is excellent but he simply hits harder as a fully acclimated 155 pounder than Max ever will at 145. He also has a 3" reach advantage which he used to good effect.

 

[Lemos]

Dustin was also a legit lightweight fighting a guy that didn't cut weight. Max accounted himself well just was visibly more responsive to Poirer's power at that weight.
He had Poirer in trouble multiple times also, but just seemed under sized.

Amazing performance by Dustin though.

This right here. People need to rewatch that fight, closer than they all pretend it was. I believe Max would do really good at lw if he took some time to move up.

His defense isn’t bad. It’s not like he’s fighting some scrub off the street. He’s gonna get hit because he’s fighting the top ten and they are top ten because they are good too.

I Think his defense improved in the last couple of fights.