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Merciless Ray Mercer was a great boxer. I have no doubt though, that someone schooled in the gentlemanly art would find it difficult and probably lose badly if they are in a cage and put into a fight with elbows and kicks and common grappling.
I once saw a boxer vs MMA fight too... I think it was Trevor Berbick against a Japanese guy... Berbick was sent to the ring wearing normal boxing gloves (so he COULD NOT grabble) and was not even informed of the rules... the Japanese kicked him several times in the legs, and when Berbick complained he was being struck below the belt, the ref did nothing to protect him... so he walked out
An utter farce, a ridiculous spectacle, and an embarassment for everyone involved.
Put Kimbo Slice in a boxing ring, and you would see him painfully be given a lesson in the sweet science. Put a boxer into a cage in an anything goes fight, and yes - of course most times they'll simply get taken down have their arm twisted behind their back and have to quit.
You may as well ask a badminton player to play a tennis player.
The only real test for an alternative combat sport vs boxing - which is fair - is for two men to go down into the beer cellar and one to come back.
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