Could Floyd beat BJ Penn in an MMA fight?

What you say is correct.. You should also mention that Ray Mercer has always been a guy with good power, as well as deceptive speed. Power is the last thing to go in a fighter..

So you get this guy who is powerful enough, even at this stage in his career to finish off pretty much anybody if he lands a clean punch. He fights a guy who is overconfident, and it's bound to happen..

When you talk about Mayweather, you aren't talking about a guy known for destructive power in his hands, but a guy who is a master class boxer who puts people away with cumulative punishment. If Penn stood in front of Floyd for a round, and tried to trade with Floyd with those gloves? I will say, Floyd has a better than good shot at knocking Penn out.. If Floyd threw a running right cross, sure, he could knock Penn out, but outside of those, very odd circumstances, Floyd would either get choked out, or his face pushed in. Maybe Penn would even pull an arm off.

 

Sylvia was shot dude. Just because he's a former 2X champion doesn't mean he was really good. The division was so weak when Sylvia was champ, someone had to hold the title. If you followed the division a few years ago then you would agree. Anybody can hold a title. Even a bum. Hell look at Boxing, Carlos Maussa even had a title Sylvia was never that good. Just a title holder at a time when the organization's HW division wasn't very good. Stop kidding yourself.

 

I think the thing is, Mercer has dangerous power.. He catches either of the Klitcho's clean with those gloves, they are out cold.

Sylvia isn't the smartest tool in the shed, I don't know what was going through his head when he went and tried to trade with a guy who was a world champ boxer, who was known for deceptive quickness, along with knockout power.

Sylvia, was simply cocky.

Maybe Penn would be too, but Penn is known to be a brilliant fighter, even though he is Hawaiian and probably couldn't fill in the answers of a childrens practice mathbook.

 

I agree Sylvia isn't the smartest tool in the shed. And Tim doesn't have the best chin to be standing in front of an ex world Boxing champ like that. He's been dropped a few times before the Mercer fight. Tim was just a knockout waiting to happen that night. Penn would not make this mistake.

 

I doubt anybody would come in over confident in a fight against Mayweather, but I think he'd have the right gameplan. I think he has a better chance in the stand up against Floyd than people think, remember all the other tools he can utilize like legs kicks, thai clinches and dirty boxing, what would Floyd's answer to this be?

 

This is a ******ed thread.

 

he would hav to have a lidel type takedown defence but i dont fink so so no chance

 

not a chance in hell

 

I am a huge boxing fan, and only a relatively new/casual fan of MMA, but anyone thinking a boxer could beat a Mixed Martial Artist in an MMA fight is - :rasta

Floyd would indeed have much better boxing skills than BJ, but what would that matter when the bell rings, BJ takes him down immediately, then either GnP's him into next week, or takes his arm home as a back-scratcher??

In a boxing ring, a good boxer outclasses and embarrasses a good Mixed Martial Artist.

In an MMA fight, a good Mixed Martial Artist demolishes a good boxer.

End silly thread here.

 

:yep

 

Agreed!!

 

:good An excellent analysis!!

 

Bruce Lee beats both at the same time.

 

what i mean is a clean KO punch.. it's not like floyd has ZERO power. he has decent to good power IMO, it was just that his defensive boxing style doesnt showcase much of his power.

 

no.