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Title: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: MoralMan on March 19, 2016, 11:10:40 AM
Theres a topic going round on facbook at the moment laughing at how James Toney did in the UFC. So many MMA fans calling boxers pussies who hit each other with sissy gloves. Does anyone here think that? I invite you to get punched by a boxing glove worn by a welterweight never mind a heavyweight. Then tell me how you feel.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: MAXX on March 19, 2016, 11:13:11 AM
MMA is where its at today.

Boxing is out the window. They can't handle real fighting
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: MoralMan on March 19, 2016, 11:16:47 AM
That wasn't the question. Do you think you could take a full on punch from a glove wearing pro boxer? Or like so many MMA fans do you think youd stand there laughing as this pillow tickles you?
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: oldtimer1 on March 19, 2016, 11:58:47 AM
Boxing is a brutal sport. The top MMA guys would get beat in the boxing ring by journey men. The glove is to protect the hand and not the guys face. It compresses hard with a punch. 

Having said that about boxing, it is a sport. In the real world it's an incomplete martial art. In the octagon elite boxers like Mayweather would be beaten very quickly by someone like Frankie Edgar.  Most boxers have no take down defense and no defense against submissions.

In the street if a boxer gets the quick knockout he will come out on top but against a grappler with a submission game it's lights out if it goes into a clinch. 

I competed in 5 boxing matches and I have trained in jiu-jitsu.  I have come to realize I am much better skilled with a firearm having carried one for 33 years.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: local hero on March 19, 2016, 12:25:41 PM
MMA is where its at today.

Boxing is out the window. They can't handle real fighting



That will be why they are so well paid compared to boxers..... ::)
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: BB on March 19, 2016, 12:36:07 PM
Boxing is by far the tougher sport in terms of wear and tear. One just needs to look at the death rates for the sport, plus the general state of many fighters after they leave the ring. Perhaps only football comes close to the damage. Look up Bobby Chacon, Gerald McClellan, Jerry Quarrey, Meldrick Taylor, Leon Spinks, Joe Frazier, etc...., and watch the early interviews, then look at ones later in life. No comparison.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 12:37:04 PM
MMA is where its at today.

Boxing is out the window. They can't handle real fighting
Boxing and Grappling have been around for years. Do you really think that all this "Modern" MMA fighting is new? I have Boxed and have a Judo Background and i know the value off both but also the "giving" or JU is in Aiki. Look into the History. Study an "external" system and then an "Internal" system.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: MAXX on March 19, 2016, 12:43:12 PM


That will be why they are so well paid compared to boxers..... ::)
it's just a matter of time before the sheepish lame stupid general masses understands this and makes the swich
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: MAXX on March 19, 2016, 12:44:39 PM
Boxing and Grappling have been around for years. Do you really think that all this "Modern" MMA fighting is new? I have Boxed and have a Judo Background and i know the value off both but also the "giving" or JU is in Aiki. Look into the History. Study an "external" system and then an "Internal" system.
just shut up stupid and talk when you are spoken to
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 12:46:44 PM
just shut up stupid and talk when you are spoken to
I donīt need to "write" much, your posts show how dumb you are  ;)
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Europe on March 19, 2016, 12:50:13 PM
I miss old K1 & K1-max.. more epic battles than anything boxing and Ufc has brought  :'( :'(



Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: local hero on March 19, 2016, 12:58:00 PM
it's just a matter of time before the sheepish lame stupid general masses understands this and makes the swich


Nah, ufc is as big as its going to get more or less, boxing is where its at and shows no signs of dipping...

I actually do enjoy UFC, it doesn't have to be one or the other
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: MAXX on March 19, 2016, 01:00:07 PM

Nah, ufc is as big as its going to get more or less, boxing is where its at and shows no signs of dipping...

I actually do enjoy UFC, it doesn't have to be one or the other
Well see who's right, I'll remember to quote this in 5 years from now.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 01:01:29 PM
Well see who's right, I'll remember to quote this in 5 years from now.
you compete?
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: MAXX on March 19, 2016, 01:03:50 PM
you compete?
hey Im a lover not a fighter
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: local hero on March 19, 2016, 01:07:35 PM
Well see who's right, I'll remember to quote this in 5 years from now.


Its been going for ages and still hasn't realy moved on, its biggest problem is the fighters are still percieved to be trash, and alot of sports fans get bored of 'ground game'.
The stand up can be boring as the fighters are weary of being took down.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 01:08:29 PM
just shut up stupid and talk when you are spoken to
OK Lover Man.. :D
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: MAXX on March 19, 2016, 01:09:26 PM

Its been going for ages and still hasn't realy moved on, its biggest problem is the fighters are still percieved to be trash, and alot of sports fans get bored of 'ground game'.
The stand up can be boring as the fighters are weary of being took down.
well not like boxers ever been percieved to be the smartest out of the bunch is it?

In alot of European countries MMA is now alot bigger than boxing. Like I said, we'll see.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: SuperTed on March 19, 2016, 01:13:36 PM
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Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 01:14:10 PM
well not like boxers ever been percieved to be the smartest out of the bunch is it?

In alot of European countries MMA is now alot bigger than boxing. Like I said, we'll see.
Give you right on the technical spectrum but not on the individual Fighters mentality. Nothing to do with being stupid.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Hulkotron on March 19, 2016, 02:27:39 PM
just shut up stupid and talk when you are spoken to

 :D
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: titusisback on March 19, 2016, 02:41:28 PM
It's pointless to compare the two - MMA fighter would win with MMA rules and boxer would win with boxing rules. What's shifting here now is how people perceive the sports. Old people are not going to change their opinion, their mind is set. But younger people are going to look at boxing and ask how come the guy is not doing this or that. Certain things being not allowed is not going to make sense to them. They'll think MMA is "real" fighting and boxing is some weird limited fighting that doesn't look like an actual fight. Yes, boxing is worse for your brain and more people die. MMA looks more shocking because of the cuts, bleeding and broken bones and that looks like a "real" fight to people. MMA will take over, but it'll take decades.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 02:49:13 PM
It's pointless to compare the two - MMA fighter would win with MMA rules and boxer would win with boxing rules. What's shifting here now is how people perceive the sports. Old people are not going to change their opinion, their mind is set. But younger people are going to look at boxing and ask how come the guy is not doing this or that. Certain things being not allowed is not going to make sense to them. They'll think MMA is "real" fighting and boxing is some weird limited fighting that doesn't look like an actual fight. Yes, boxing is worse for your brain and more people die. MMA looks more shocking because of the cuts, bleeding and broken bones and that looks like a "real" fight to people. MMA will take over, but it'll take decades.
Jui Jitsu (Traditional) -Judo,Aikido.Kendo,BJJ. The Chinese systems influenced the Japanese too. I think some of you younger guys should look into the origins of "Budo".
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Anna Recksiek on March 19, 2016, 02:57:35 PM
It makes me laugh whenever people assume there is no grappling in boxing. All inside fighting involves grappling and grabbing. If you think boxers are not grappling when they get close and grab you just don't know boxing.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Simple Simon on March 19, 2016, 03:56:13 PM
It makes me laugh whenever people assume there is no grappling in boxing. All inside fighting involves grappling and grabbing. If you think boxers are not grappling when they get close and grab you just don't know boxing.

this thread is littered with gimmicks
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 03:58:34 PM
this thread is littered with gimmicks
::)
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: oldtimer1 on March 19, 2016, 04:08:00 PM
It makes me laugh whenever people assume there is no grappling in boxing. All inside fighting involves grappling and grabbing. If you think boxers are not grappling when they get close and grab you just don't know boxing.

No one in boxing is intentionally trying to ground and pound the other opponent.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: oldtimer1 on March 19, 2016, 04:10:07 PM
It's pointless to compare the two - MMA fighter would win with MMA rules and boxer would win with boxing rules. What's shifting here now is how people perceive the sports. Old people are not going to change their opinion, their mind is set. But younger people are going to look at boxing and ask how come the guy is not doing this or that. Certain things being not allowed is not going to make sense to them. They'll think MMA is "real" fighting and boxing is some weird limited fighting that doesn't look like an actual fight. Yes, boxing is worse for your brain and more people die. MMA looks more shocking because of the cuts, bleeding and broken bones and that looks like a "real" fight to people. MMA will take over, but it'll take decades.

You really think MMA isn't real fighting. These guys would take your head off in a back alley.  How could they make it more real for you?
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 04:18:21 PM
You really think MMA isn't real fighting. These guys would take your head off in a back alley.  How could they make it more real for you?
Still .. do they know the old Atemi waza and vital points. I had a single finger thrust in my throat and i could not breath. This was a guy just showing me.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: sancho ed on March 19, 2016, 04:23:14 PM
I dont know bro....im an mma fan and i never said that....  ::)
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Mclovin on March 19, 2016, 04:23:27 PM
I just can't get into MMA but I've always liked boxing. Just looks like dudes rolling around on top of each other....gets boring.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: Donny on March 19, 2016, 04:27:37 PM
I just can't get into MMA but I've always liked boxing. Just looks like dudes rolling around on top of each other....gets boring.
What i canīt hear anymore is this system is better than this system. ALL fighting systems have an origin. That is the spirit of Budo. This then makes the Fighter.
Title: Re: MMA fans and boxing
Post by: oldtimer1 on March 19, 2016, 04:52:30 PM
I just can't get into MMA but I've always liked boxing. Just looks like dudes rolling around on top of each other....gets boring.

I understand where you are coming from. Guys that roll on the mats know it's a chest match and a endurance race.  They appreciate the ground game. I will agree the striking game is more exciting.