Rico Verhoeven vs Ray Mercer, Jarrell Miller and James Toney?

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  1. d4n1elc

    d4n1elc DLC Full Member

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    Because Rico Verhoeven, former kickboxing heavyweight champion of the world and former MMA athlete and boxer is challenging for boxing's heavyweight world championship against Usyk, how does he fare against these 3 heavyweight fighters who dabbled in kickboxing and MMA?

    Ray Mercer, former K1 and MMA athlete and WBO heavyweight champion of the world
    Jarrell Miller, former K1 athlete and rated heavyweight contender
    James Toney, former UFC fighter and IBF middleweight, super middleweight, cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight champion of the world

    He faces all 3 of them in the boxing ring, the cage/octagon, and the kickboxing ring. Who wins?
     
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  2. catchwtboxing

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    Calling Mercer and Toney MMA athletes is generous.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

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    Goes 0-3 in boxing, washes them in kickboxing, probably washes them in MMA.
     
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  4. d4n1elc

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    Out of everyone on the meagre list of boxers who tried MMA, Mercer and Toney are the most decorated and known, which says alot about how boxers fare in the octagon
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

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    It doesn't really tho, it says a lot about how athletes who've trained one martial art do against athletes who've trained half a dozen. Anytime a pure bjj guy goes into MMA, they learn to strike or get knocked out. Same with pure kickboxers and Thai fighters. It's not that boxing is terrible for MMA, it's having one thing that's terrible for MMA.
     
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