This MMA fighter Tyrone Spong wants K2 HA!

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  1. JeanPaulValley

    JeanPaulValley Boxing Addict banned

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    Apparently this guy is an MMA fighter and kickboxer. He has sparred with Michael Grant and he says "... I would like to challenge both Klitschko's and go at it...that is something I would really like to do..."

    If Boxing is so dead,why does every big name from MMA's heavyweight division want to make his name in boxing winning a real heavyweight championship?

    Dos Santos included. Obviously Boxing titles hold some weight still in terms of history,legitimacy etc
     
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  2. larsker

    larsker Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Badr Hari has a better chance than he does.
     
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  3. damian38

    damian38 BigDramaShow Full Member

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    cries for attention, similar to David Haye's plea for Vitali's attention by running naked in the jungle
     
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  4. HeGlassedMe

    HeGlassedMe ufc is the new pet rock Full Member

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    They want the cheddah.
     
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  5. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    NO he doesnt, Badr Hari is like Ortiz talented but stupid as they come, no control no balance what so ever and glass chin Badr would be KOd by Wlads jab Schilt dropped him with a jab and Wlad has much harder jab than Schilt!
     
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  6. JeanPaulValley

    JeanPaulValley Boxing Addict banned

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    :deal
     
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    JeanPaulValley Boxing Addict banned

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    At least Haye has a chance though being a pro fist fighter n everything.
     
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  8. larsker

    larsker Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I know but still he has a better chance than Spong. Hari has Brother Naazim in his corner.
     
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  9. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Spong could do very well if he switched over to boxing NOW. I don't think he;d win a world title or anything(maybe after the Klitschkos retired) but he and a few other k-1 guys have what it takes to mix up in boxing. Skelton came from k-1 as well, and didn't start boxing professionally until he was 35 and he did alright for himself. Guys like Ghita, Spong, and Saki have what it takes to compete in boxing. Like others have said in this thread, Hari is too wild, has bad balance as well as a glass chin.... He wouldn't do well in boxing.
     
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  10. damian38

    damian38 BigDramaShow Full Member

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    true

    shame he's bigger in the mouth than in heart, hopefully the jungle's changed something in him
     
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  11. RSBonos

    RSBonos Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Spong struggled at HW in K-1. He has a poor chin too.
     
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  12. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    His chin isn't the greatest, but look at Skelton he got KTFO in k-1 several times and did alright in boxing.
     
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  13. Saltzy

    Saltzy Bam-O Full Member

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    Mma fighters want the money boxing is able to give for big fights. Even stars in the MMA world make a fraction of top boxers, getting used.
     
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  14. irishny

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    Is he actually ever going to become a boxer?
     
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  15. irishny

    irishny Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    After a lot of time,he made it to being a good British level fighter.

    Being a kickboxer helps you over the average athlete though of course, since you are using your hands and you are training as a pro athlete.
     
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