ass whoopin

[Anthony Starks]

What is it about boxers anyway that makes you believe they have these amazing abilities? MMA is made up of world champion wrestlers and martial artists that have spent the same amount of time mastering their craft, just because they don't have 10 million dollar purses and Don King doesn't make them less of an athlete.

 

[shootfighter1975]

i am just saying that elite boxers if they chose too could do very well in mma but i doubt most of the mma champions have the talent to fight in pro boxing. i take nothing away from mma, it is unbelievable and its different. i am not saying floyd mayweather is tougher than mma fighters i am just saying in my opinion he is a more elite athlete then they are. the same goes for roy jones and many others. matt hughes could not decide to fight at 205 and win the heavyweight belt, but i bet you that young tyson could have been taught a month of mma and dominated

I have to respectfully disagree with you on this point Bruce. MMA guys have to be skilled in boxing, wrestling, brazillian jiu jitsu & Muay Thai..... Sure they all have an art that they are best at, but pretty much all the fighters who are successful are very well rounded.

6 months of grappling and muay thai would barely be enough for Tyson to catch up to speed let alone 1 month!!! He would most likely get taken down with a double leg, mounted and submitted..... It has happened soooooo many times in the past to guys with no ground game but were pro boxers trying their hand at MMA.

Either way, boxers are tough guys and great atheletes. Elite world class athletes with loads of skills and dynamite in their fists. Mayweather would still murder a 300 pound bodybuilder with a few blazing combos.... However he would not be able to last 2 minutes with someone like Georges St Pierre or BJ Penn.