Is boxing the toughest mentally and physically?

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What a joke. Sit in the dug out half the game, stand in the outfield the other half.

 

my mother was an astronaut

 

It's ridiculous comparing pro sports to hobbies and normal work.

 

of course, just look at the posts on here.

We have people calling Cintron and mayweather pussies...guys who punch and get hit in the face FOR A LIVING.

 

True, but MMA is only 3 or 4 rounds. Under some rulesets they have 5 minute rounds, but it's still a lot less than 12 x 3 minute rounds. Anyone who has boxed knows how easy you get tired and how hard it is to go a strong 4 rounds, let alone more.


MMA does have smaller gloves though, and knees etc hurt like hell, so i'd say it's about even.

 

That is what I was getting at, they are both mentally and physically tough. I think it would be hard to say one is harder than the other.

 

Great , out of curiosity , what's her name ? (unless you were kidding)...if true , then i'm more impressed by her than any men in pro boxing.

 

I think I'd fight the bull before I fought tyson.

 

It's due to the grappling component. Wrestling someone to the ground, picking them up for a slam or getting back to your feet take huge amounts of strength and cardio. Having done both sports the cardio required for MMA is just as brutal if not more so than boxing. Guys like Randy Couture compete in Eco challenges in their sparetime for fun, or Nick Diaz has done Triathalons while not fighting. The cardio element is out of this world. And if you think eating a punch can make you lose focus, try and elbow or a kick to the face :yikes

I'd give it a tie between MMA and boxing. Probably followed closely by olympic freestlye wrestling.

 

Yes, without a doubt

 

Before taking up boxing I competed as a middle-distance runner and played Aussie Rules football. The training is physically more demaning then either. Mentally, I can't really think of anything that would compare. I cant really explain, but anyone who has ever had a fight knows what i mean.

And MMA (or kick-boxing, or muai-thai) would be on the same level as boxing. Pretty similar style of training; and would be every bit as demaning physically. Mentally they have to beat the same demons as boxers.

 

Not every pro boxer is fighting 12 rounders like every MMA fighter is not fighting 5 rounders.

There are too many weapons and scenarios in a MMA fight that would make it any less demanding than boxing. Both require a enormous amount of talent but with the politics of boxing we have world champions being pampered into their 30's and we don't have unified weight classes. I'm sure its a lot easier to remain on top as a beltholder in boxing rather than one in MMA.

I enjoy boxing more but MMA is harder to suceed at and stay on top if you're actually that good. That sport doesn't have as many shortcuts as pro boxers do.

 

One of the other key factors with any fight sport is that it is garaunteed that you are going to get hurt every time you fight. With these other things, there is a chance you may get hurt while competing wheras with boxing you KNOW its gonig to happen.

 

I would say boxing no doubt, its tyring enough to say go 12 rounds with the sparring bag and you need to be very fit to do that, never mind being in the ring and having someone throwing hundreds of punches at you

 

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