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Originally Posted by guccilvr
huh. wonder why? Maybe because it's alot more taxing on the body to be tangled up struggling for position than just standing around throwing a punch or two every minute. Or.. the fact that in MMA it's actually against the rules to not engange or work.
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No offense, but you have no idea what you're on about. As someone who fought at a high level (including fighting a World Champion, albeit long before he ever became champ) boxing is far, far more taxing than that. The training is, at the highest levels, extreme - you punch, you move, you get hit ... worst of all is when you miss (that's tiring as anyone who has ever chased a faster fighter around the ring will attest, as George Foreman will attest after Ali pulled the Rope a Dope on him).
Having said that, I have little doubt that the best MMA fighters would defeat the best boxers simply due to having more options to attack and defend at their disposal. I do have to say that the average MMA fighter's stand up ability is pretty poor, but then, they do concentrate a lot more on ground fighting. And some of the conditioning of the MMA fighters is reminiscent of "Tough Man" contests (e.g., beer bellies) - but certainly, most of the top fighters show up in good condition, and I think the silly Tank Abbot days are long gone.