Pure Wrestler vs Pure Boxer, MMA match, no cross training for either.

Of course the wrestler would be the heavy favorite. It is a hell of a lot easier to take down a guy with no wrestling experienced than it is to knock out a guy with one punch before he can get his hands on you. It is hard enough just to land a clean shot on a really good wrestler as he is attempting takedown... let alone hoping that the one shot knocks him out. It isn't exactly as if you can plant your feet and throw heat or combinations at a guy taking you down either. It's really a no brainer.

Of course, individuals are different and not every wrestler is cut out for fighting, ect... but the odds are heavily stacked in the wrestler's favor.

 

I would like to meet these mythical boxers who will magically knock out everyone with a single punch whenever the wrestler "charges in" like he's some high school football player.

 

**** off Johnstown!

 

**** off Johnstown!

 

Then the point is moot because the overwhelming majority of the time either just that happens or the boxer is being put flat on his ass/back.

Go to even your local high school and pick out even a moderately decent wrestler and it will be astoundingly easy for that person to take you down before you can probably even react. Now take that moderately decent high school wrestler and insert an N.C.A.A. National Champion or an Olympic calibur wrestler...

You can do the mental work, I'm sure.

 

**** off Johnstown!

 

nick would kill anyone.

 

I don't have any experience in either (I wish I did) but I'd have to go with the percentages theory and go for the wrestler.

A larger surface area for effective 'targeting', more appendages for 'targeting' (got hold of a leg or an arm? Yank and leverage. Even if a boxer hits arms or legs, that will yield lesser results). Of course, if a boxer hits flush on the temple/temple, or the ribs/solarp plexus...

So,
Boxer: higher risk, higher reward = has to pick and choose unleashing his weapons more selectively;
Wrestler: lower risk, lower reward = can afford to 'unleash' more often and has bigger leeway in failed takedowns

Of course, I'm assuming, on a P4P basis, that the wrestler has more cardio and stamina (considering that Joe Rogan is always screaming on about how wrestlers have the most intense conditioning). If the wrestler has BJ Penn or Jason Miller-like stamina, all bets are off.

 

Its a lot easier for the wrestler to take the boxer down than it would be for the boxer to get back up.