Is Boxing the World's Most Grueling Sport?

clearly,ive never seen a benn-mclellan type in any other sport

 

MMA fans will tell you their sport is. Maybe...but boxing gets my vote

 

Boxing. In MMA you can just position yourself on top of another man and win. Boxing you can be hit for 36 minutes straight in the face.

 

100 percent yes. no comparison to MMA, boxers train harder, endure more longterm damage, more head trauma, more deaths in the ring etc....

 

That's a reason boxers will generaly make more money. Bad fights in both sports but when you square up and KO somebody it will always be more exciting. Other sports wouldn't even compare to the physical toll boxers endure. You can always sit a play out in football and no body punches you in the face(usually) in basketball and soccer.

 

Thaiboxing isn't exactly for pussies either...I mean real Muay Thai, not kickboxing. MMA is not has grueling because a lot of fights end with choking techniques until someone gives up, I would rather tap out if I am in a chocke than being hit 300 times by Vitali.

And then I guess it depends on the person. For someone like Arreola, an Ironman triathlon on the pro level would be a more grueling challenge, he seems to be OK with being hit in the face, but train 40 hours a week? Keep 8% bodyfat almost year round? Then again for a lover of endurance training that's OK and they probably would not want to get hit in the face. Grueling is subjective...

 

Yes...It Is...by a distance

 

I'd rather take a beating in the ring than ride up them mountains in the Tour de France.

 

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You know what grueling means?

Boxing is in no way as exhausting on your body as cycling or distance running. The sports science research has been done.

Those guys who take part in the Giro d'Italia or Tour de France and also the Triathletes, especially those who do Ironman, are the athletes who take part in the most grueling sport(s).

 

The only arguement I may make against it is being a lineman (particularly on the defensive side) in pro football. By far the shortest careers of any sport, and pretty brutal in it's own right.

 

Rugby can take its toll too. Left plenty of people dribbling into a hanky.

 

I say boxing edges MMA for the following reasons:

• Fighters can take extended beatings to both the head and body. As long as the fighter is competitive and not taking too much punishment at once(or in the case of a Corrales-Castillo or Ali-Frazier III are taking lots of punishment but are giving back just as much) or not being visibly badly hurt or unable to defend themself
• The action cannot be stalled by excessive clinching(unless John Ruiz and one of Don King's referees du jour is invloved) or going to the ground. A fight wanting a break from the action must stay on the move and at least throw enough punches to keep the opponent at bay. Fighters are on their feet at all times.
• If knocked down a fighter can get back up and must stay up, multiple times if necessary....whether the KD is legitimate and clean, offbalance, a push, trip/slip/feet tangled up
• The only method of attack are blows and due to their sole nature being from the hands, a multitude can be delivered in a short manner of time
• Some of the worst mismatches in sports occur in boxing and result in frightful beatings.
• Some matches that on paper looked to be competitive turned into sickening beatdowns. Duran-Moore, Pacquaio-Barrera 1, V.Klitschko-Williams, Qawi-Muhammad are prime examples
• The longer fighters fight after their primes the worse the beatings gets as they deteriorate yet continue to try and fight at a high level of competition.

Thde only other sport that comes close is Muay Thai, and that's because of the weapons used in that sport(shins, elbows, and knees in addition to fists) can do even more damage than just fists alone. How ever the longevity of the fights and the fighters is far shorter than in boxing. In boxing the the beating durations both fight and careerwise edge it over even Muay Thai.

 

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