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

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  1. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Well his game is very big on elbows back fists leg kicks submissions and take downs so from the skillset available it would look like he would be so limited from his strengths

    -but to consider if he was a boxer young and never took up MMA I guess given his athletic ability, size and reach could he be a world champion cruiserweight given he is 205, I say no, might crack the RING 10
     
  2. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :good Thread Closed.
     
  3. jesse

    jesse Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I wonder how many more glass jaws they would have in boxing if they used 4 oz. gloves moron
     
  4. grumpy old man

    grumpy old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He would have been an adequate boxer probably. But there's no guarantee he would have been a champion. Anderson Silva was nothing special in the boxing ring.
     
  5. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I highly doubt he would even make it to 10-0 in his first 10 professional fights .
     
  6. EL BULLY

    EL BULLY Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He picked up MMA at an unbelievably quick rate and was pretty much still learning the game while holding the LHW strap. Anyone that thinks he couldn't do well in boxing is deluded. Maybe he wouldn't be Floyd Mayweather but with his discipline and reach he could for sure have been a world title level boxer if he had pursued boxing as fervently as he did wrestling and then MMA.

    Boxers and MMA fighters aren't different species. They're just human beings with different skill sets. Some of this boxer V MMA fighter stuff is so childish it makes me despair.
     
  7. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  8. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Glass jawed and couldn't punch to save his life.Typical UFC fraud that only skin heads and fanboys follow.:tired
     
  9. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :deal:bbb