Let's put it this way slick.....I'd rather be an expert in boxing and a novice in kicking and grappling in a street fight vs. being a novice in boxing and an expert in kicking and grappling. It's doesn't take years and years of training to learn how to kick. Nor does it take years and years of training to learn how to grapple and most of the time in a real fight grappling isn't very effective. Hence, when it comes down to it....I'd much rather be able to throw some powerful fucking punches on some motherfuckers, with speed and precision. A good boxer is 10x faster than your best MMA guy at throwing a solid punch. A jab is one of the most effective skills in a fight short of kicking. Plus boxers are used to taking punches to the head. This silly debate could go on and on. Put Randy Couture in a parking lot and a Mike Tyson and the latter would fucking destroy the former. That's about as realistic as MMA fighting is in the street. In other words let me put it to you in fucking retard terms so you can understand........put the BEST that boxing has to offer i.e. MIKE TYSON vs. the best that MMA has to offer aka Chuck Liddell or Couture or jackass Jackson and Tyson would destroy any of them. That's my point. James Toney is probably the worst boxing has to offer going up against the best MMA has to offer.
Every word of this is retarded. What you would "rather be" is irrelevant to the discussion. Its take longer to learn to kick well than to punch well. Thats why there are lots of great punchers, few great kickers. People use their hands every day constantly. They are much more coordinated than your legs.
Its does take years of training to be a great grappler. The best in MMA have been wrestling or training BJJ since they were small children. With no rules, no time limits, in real fights in the most violent cities in the world, BJJ reigns supreme.
A good boxer is 10x faster? Retarded.
Couture and Tyson would look just like aby boxer vs MMA guy: Boxer gets taken down, is completely helpless, gets beaten until the MMA guy is tired of beating on him.
James Toney has almost 70 fights, 44 knockouts and has never been stopped in a fight. Couture is almost 50 years old, has a 15-8 record, and hasn't been the top of the sport for tears now, if ever. Toney is the worst boxing has to offer against the best MMA has to offer? Proof that you are clueless. Put any boxer in the world ANY boxer against the best MMA has to offer, Lesnar, Fedor, GSP, the same thing happens. Boxing gets another black eye.
Now, as Pellius said, try actually answering the post instead of going off on one of your emotional Bitch rants where all you do is name call and spew garbage instead of answering any of the points made.