If Jon Jones Started In Boxing Would He Be A Champion?

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  1. Alien

    Alien Chin Scholar Full Member

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    If he's a MMAer he most likely has a vile Glass Jaw.
     
  2. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't think you guys realize just how different boxing and MMA really are.
     
  3. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Any answer other than maybe is utterly ridiculous.
     
  4. Vysotskyy

    Vysotskyy Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Can't poke people in the eyes with boxing gloves on so no.
     
  5. Karl

    Karl Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A career better than Haye. Jones kept moving foward with a broken toe.
     
  6. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Hell no. Why join the UFC when he could clearly make more money in Boxing?
     
  7. Boxmaster

    Boxmaster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's not a particularly good boxer. Anderson Silva maybe could have been a champion but not Jon Jones. Anderson Silva actually reminds me of Tarver in some of his movements and his reflexes are good enough along with chin that he could have possibly.

    But I don't see Jon Jones chin having been tested, his hand speed was never all that great either. Jon Jones is a wrestler who can strike, and who doesn't really have any particularly dangerous weapons with his hands.
     
  8. the_bigunit

    the_bigunit Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He fights at 205 and has long contemplated moving ABOVE that. So no, he would not win a world title fighting in boxing's heavyweight division.

    Lusty Gusty completely tore him apart on the inside in their fight. And Jones' 84" reach is impressive but there are multiple men who measure over 80 in boxing unlike in MMA.
     
  9. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If you have a glass jaw in MMA , Then that's even worst .

    Because Punches are not the only thing you need to watch out for

    Knees , Backhand fist , elbows , feet , Legs ETC .
     
  10. wellsini

    wellsini Boxing Addict Full Member

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  11. Dos Huevos

    Dos Huevos Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You can still use the thumb and the tape. Just ask Lennox Lewis.
     
  12. boxeo#1

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  13. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I don't know but one thing I do know is that I really hope Comier knocks his head into orbit around the Stratosphere. Comier is a genuine nice guy and very likeable, whereas Jones is as fake as a plastic cake. His phoney goody two shoes act becomes more and more transparent with each passing day.
     
  14. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    guys who can't box go to mma.
     
  15. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hell ****1ng no, I take it it'll be cruiserweight since he fights 205, gustafson took him to school with the double Jab, and he was just a top amateur boxer, machida outboxed him when he had the chance then Jones manhandled him