which boxers would be successful in MMA ?

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  1. flashy k.o

    flashy k.o Supporter of E.E fighters Full Member

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    Active boxers of any weight division .

    I'd say that smart boxers that can adapt&adjust in a fight as: Mayweather,Ward,Hopkins can be successful in a mma career .

    sorry if this kind of thread was before !
     
  2. Vano-Irons

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    Wlad would be pretty good I reckon, so long as he doesnt get hit with 4oz gloved bombs.

    Same could probably be said for Haye, Kirkland and Rios
     
  3. Jimjom

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    i think anyone that can bang and has decent head movement foot speed, or someone who can control range, i remember bj penn beat sean sherk ( a wrestle) by introduing a decent jab, sherk couldnt get near him to take it to the ground and took a bit of a beating from boxing 101, the jab
     
  4. SouthpawSlayer

    SouthpawSlayer Im coming for you Full Member

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    none of the above, they would all get mullered and butt ****ed

    vic darchinyan and kermit cintron (ignore his mental issues for now) would be the 2 best imo, both have good wrestling backgrounds especially vic
     
  5. Flea Man

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    Absolutely none of them, they'd get wretle ****ed and destroyed.

    Cintron hasn't trained wrestling for years either.
     
  6. Flea Man

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    Old school fighters: Berlanbach and and Masashi Kudo came from wrestling backgrounds.

    Bob Fitzsimmons would be more suited to MMA than boxing nowadays.
     
  7. Scotty321

    Scotty321 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Denis Lebedev might be ok
     
  8. Thomas!!

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    Vitali could be good considering his kickboxing backround
     
  9. roe

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    Floyd Mayweather would've been absolutely shite at MMA, even if he'd been training in every aspect for the last decade. He just doesn't have the mentality.

    But even though I dislike Floyd, that's why boxing is better than MMA (and not the only reason too)
     
  10. Flea Man

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    :patsch Better? No, different.
     
  11. Flea Man

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    That's gonna' help him get out a rear named choke. I guess Pele Reid would be UFC HW champ' if that's the case.
     
  12. roe

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    IMO of course. Relax Flea :good
     
  13. Flea Man

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    Of course, and I am relaxed ;-)

    Jus interested as why Floyd (who has gone about his career in one of the most infuriating ways possible) is an indication of boxings superiority? :think
     
  14. SkillspayBills

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    :lol: @ Wlad in MMA, He'd get taken down in matter of seconds. I don't know any really cos you got to be able to deal with takedowns,fighting on the floor.
     
  15. The Spider

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    Darchinyan is a good call. He has the vital wrestling skills to add to his impressive hand striking. I agree that some of the enthusiam for other boxers in MMA is misplaced. Good hands alone will only get you so far.