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Originally Posted by valetudo
This is correct. A boxer can only bring a fraction of the skills required to win an MMA match. Of course he knows better to do this, even for matching pay.
Anyway, the rest isn't opinion. It's easier to become pro in MMA, it just is. It's not easier to become [I]successful[I]. All the guys who will be remembered as the best in their weight class have been training since they were kids or teens, just like boxers. However, earning the title "pro" means nothing in MMA. If you get paid, you're considered pro. It really isn't a matter of a skill. That will probably change in time.
I'm going with better athlete in MMA even in cardio. You can't compare the number of rounds when you're doing two totally different things. The amount of energy required to shoot for a takedown, defend a takedown, kicks to the legs/body, punches to the face/body, knees is a totally different scenario than worrying about punches.
Someone tries to argue that since clinching isn't allowed that this means boxers have better cardio? Why? A clinch isn't a rest. You have to actively fight in the clinch in MMA with your opponent's weight on you or constantly fighting to get off the cage while taking knees to your body and legs or defend trip takedowns and slams.
To underestimate the amount of skill that's in a top level MMA fight is a weak troll or a 100% guarantee the person has no idea what he's talking about.
Try both for yourself. I have and everyone else I know who's done both agrees with me.
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lol no they don't. I've done both and boxing is waaaaaay more exhausting. It's tiring just facing off with someone and matching their movement while you keep their hands up. If I get tired in BJJ I can pick a spot and rest, in boxing they break the clinch.
Also in MMA one lucky shot can end the fight, and the better fighter has a much larger chance to lose an MMA fight than he does a boxing match. Randleman can beat Crocop with one leaping left hook. Anyone can have a mental slip and get triangled.
One lucky shot isn't going to win you the fight against Bernard Hopkins....
Also Dana White will NOT pay boxers their normal pay against MMA guys. Most boxers and MMA guys as well will fight any man and most animals if the pay is right, they don't care. It's management that makes those decsions. I can't remember who the MMA guy was who just called out Floyd Mayweather, but Kermit Cintron stepped up and offerered to the fight the guy for half the money they were going to pay Floyd and they didn't want any.
It would be 10x easier for a boxer to fight MMA style than for your typical MMA guy to become an outstanding boxer. Boxing is more difficult, and I'm not speaking from a hate standpoint, I respect fighters in both arts, but it's just a fact. A good BJJ blue belt with outstanding hands could fight MMA and do ok. Give a world class boxer time to get his purple, learn good takedown defense and he could be a top MMA fighter easily. It takes rare talent to become a top notch boxer... it's more than a matter of learning, you have to be a physical phenom to reach the top in boxing.