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Lol this, seriously. No one in this thread claimed Anderson was the GOAT of boxing, calm the fuck down. Some people are sensitive as fuck in here.
*Video* Anderson Silva sparring. Boxing only
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Lol this, seriously. No one in this thread claimed Anderson was the GOAT of boxing, calm the fuck down. Some people are sensitive as fuck in here.
You win man. Silva is a better boxer and would probably beat the two Olympians I posted in that video.
What you dudes fail to understand is people look great against crap opponents. It happens all the fucking time in boxing. Dudes go undefeated for 10-12 or more fights working there way up. They take a step against a old journeyman and get tooled.
All that nonsense, irrelevant movements he is making would not work against a guy who has some talent. If you think it wouldnt, then you don't know what to look for.
There are few guys in history who can pull off those moves against top level talent, and Roy Jones is one of them. Anderson Silva is no Roy Jones. Silva is no Sergio Martinez, who gets tagged all the time with movements like that with his hands down.
Silva would get tooled as he did in that gif against any boxer with talent. I didn't want to turn this into a pissing match, but all the ooohhss and awwws of his movement against guys with no talent is sickening.
No one compared him to the GOAT in boxing. Someone (me) compared him to Hollloway a prospect who has now fell off the radar, and Angulo a guy known for his toughness and power, not his boxing.
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This. Those boxers could very well be much more skilled in boxing, but they were going harder. Light sparring is a different thing.
So moving your head is a "move" now. Irrelevant at that. Wow.
It's wonderful deductive reasoning on your part. He's moving his head and staying out of harm's way. And because these boxers he's lightly sparring with are lowly to you, these moves would therefore not work against anyone else with any talent. That is what you deduced.
And special emphasis on LIGHT sparring session where he's barely trying.
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they are boxing fans that are angry that boxing is dying and is an inferior sport
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As an MMA fan, this is a stupid comment. Boxing might be dying in it's own right, and it might not be as exciting (I don't think it is), but saying it's an inferior sport is full-retard. Boxing has evolved over hundreds of years and has probably peaked in it's evolution. MMA? 20 years tops. A lot of guys are still 1 or 2 dimensional.
Boxers have a shit-ton of knowledge about their sport and it's very strategic. Saying it's inferior is like comparing soccer to football.
You fail to even realize what I am talking about makes this an impossible debate. Like I said, and I'm not trying to be a dick. Watch some boxing. Watch 2 or 3 cards. That's it.
The fact that you keep running to the "watch boxing" argument proves that you dont know what youre talking about. If you did, you'd easily pick my argument apart with facts and reasoning. You have neither because you don't know what you're talking about.
I watch plenty of boxing. I've watched it for many years and I still do watch it.
You have no argument.
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Fair enough man. I for one am just saying his boxing is the best in MMA, of that there is no doubt.
As someone else mentioned, I don't think he'd win a title or anything but I think he would have a decent boxing career were he to make the switch.
EDIT: But I don't think Silva would be destroyed so easily as your posts would make people believe.
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Very well could be, the hate is strong in this thread.
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That's just about asinine. Boxing may not be as popular as it once was, but how many people in MMA can consistently pull over 1mil PPV buys? Boxing has more than one, and with Canelo Alvarez moving up the ranks and Sergio Martinez gaining a lot more mainstream coverage I see no reason why you'd believe it's a dead sport. Saying it's inferior in your mind doesn't make it true either. For the most part, us Americans think that soccer is inferior to football, but that doesn't make even the slightest bit true. It's comparing apples to oranges. They're both great sports.
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alvarez only got 1 million viewers when he fought lopez
khan against garcia had a 400k gate
meh
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ontop of that pacquiao only did 700k against bradley
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Alvarez got 1 million on the same night as Martinez/Chavez Jr (which did over 500k PPV buys) . That's not too shabby if you ask me, especially considering it was the first time he was a headliner.
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So you're explaining to everyone that, while his MMA boxing may be notable, he wouldn't make waves in traditional boxing?
And...who exactly argued otherwise up till the point you posted?
Cazadores: the answer to the question no one asked, and everyone already knew.
Thanks for educating all of us.
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thanks for the vids ts
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it happens every once in a while:icon_lol: thanks for the thread
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Close enough. Either way that's close to 1.5 million people watching boxing at the same time. While not mind blowing, it damn sure isn't a bad day at the office for fighters that aren't even a top draw.
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