Oh, c'mon now.
Boxing is probably the worst base you can start with if you are trasitioning to MMA. Wasn't that proven almost 20 years ago?
A wrestler or bjj expert can step in with no cross training and be competitive from day 1. A boxer will almost always lose, and look bad doing so.
How many major league fighters came from boxing? Noons? Phil Baroni? Who else? Brad Blackburn? I might be missing someone, but if those are the three best names I can come up with, what does that say?
During the early days in Japan, when they did alot of sport vs. sport fights, only the sumos and freakshow giants did worse than the boxers.
Now if you want to argue that a top level, world class boxer can dominate, I still say no shot. He will never be good enough to consistantly stop takedowns, and the footwork and distance issues would be a problem.
Boxing is probably the worst base you can start with if you are trasitioning to MMA. Wasn't that proven almost 20 years ago?
A wrestler or bjj expert can step in with no cross training and be competitive from day 1. A boxer will almost always lose, and look bad doing so.
How many major league fighters came from boxing? Noons? Phil Baroni? Who else? Brad Blackburn? I might be missing someone, but if those are the three best names I can come up with, what does that say?
During the early days in Japan, when they did alot of sport vs. sport fights, only the sumos and freakshow giants did worse than the boxers.
Now if you want to argue that a top level, world class boxer can dominate, I still say no shot. He will never be good enough to consistantly stop takedowns, and the footwork and distance issues would be a problem.
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