Chris Algieri views boxing as the top combat sport & wouldn't "backtrack" into MMA.

[George's Dilemma]

http://www.badlefthook.com/2014/10/...eri-not-worried-about-judges-against-pacquiao

Was MMA ever on your mind?

"No, because I grew up a boxing fan. I grew up watching boxing champions. I wanted to be a boxing champion, and for me there was no MMA when I was a kid, so there was no drive to want to be a UFC or MMA fighter."

Maybe in the future?

"No. I think boxing is the top of combat sports. I really do. It's the prettiest and the best and the most highly skilled. So there's no reason for me to backtrack."




Can't say I disagree with him.

 

[TheNig]

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Master Teacher]

he was a kick boxing champ too I heard

but boxing is more refined than MMA which is why is at the top

 

[onelastdeath]

Of course boxing is the top combat sport. You have to do more with less.

 

[Sugar]

Truth.com

 

[Tom Foolery]

MMA fell off hard.

 

[joeychizzle]

I grew up watching boxing too. Then I discovered kickboxing. Then I discovered MMA. Some like it, some don't

MMA and KB are more fun to watch, personally. And more realistic. Boxing is the best sport in the world until a leg kick has you head over heels, or you get slammed. Getting a limb, joint or neck cranked isn't fun either. But then again footwork is so goddamn important, and boxers excel. Ah fukk it it doesn't matter
all combat sports are the greatest
except wheelchair boxing

 

[Master Teacher]

I grew up watching boxing too. Then I discovered kickboxing. Then I discovered MMA. Some like it, some don't

MMA and KB are more fun to watch, personally. And more realistic. Boxing is the best sport in the world until a leg kick has you head over heels, or you get slammed. Getting a limb, joint or neck cranked isn't fun either. But then again footwork is so goddamn important, and boxers excel. Ah fukk it it doesn't matter
all combat sports are the greatest
except wheelchair boxing

Based on what?

Is fencing more realistic than a gun fight

 

[joeychizzle]

Based on what?

Is fencing more realistic than a gun fight

in an unarmed combat situation, there are many unknown factors. if we're strictly talking unarmed, the multitude of different martial arts will mean that unless you are prepared for many of them, the fight will end quickly. a judoka could fukk up your spine if he is able to slip a few punches and grab you. or the boxer could knock him the fukk out before he even grabs a hold.

to be fair, I'm seeing this from my perspective - as in where I live (and lived), guns are ridiculously illegal. So when I fight a dude the most that can happen is a knockout, blunt trauma, or stabbing. stabbing obviously fukking sucks but it's probably better than taking a bullet to centre mass.

i have first hand seen fighters from different disciplines get smashed due to not being prepared.

 

[Master Teacher]

in an unarmed combat situation, there are many unknown factors. if we're strictly talking unarmed, the multitude of different martial arts will mean that unless you are prepared for many of them, the fight will end quickly. a judoka could fukk up your spine if he is able to slip a few punches and grab you. or the boxer could knock him the fukk out before he even grabs a hold.

to be fair, I'm seeing this from my perspective - as in where I live (and lived), guns are ridiculously illegal. So when I fight a dude the most that can happen is a knockout, blunt trauma, or stabbing. stabbing obviously fukking sucks but it's probably better than taking a bullet to centre mass.

i have first hand seen fighters from different disciplines get smashed due to not being prepared.

all that is irrelevant, the best man is going to win regardless of disciplines

and when Algeri says its the most skilled, in boxing to get to the world level is harder than making it in the NBA

only time you see boxers in kickboxing is when they washed up, funny you never see any washed up kick boxers in boxing

Riddikk Bowe who was a great boxer did a kick boxing fight at nearly 50 years old and got chopped down by leg kicks simply because he doesn't know shyt about his opponent who is a 26 year old kick boxer

francois botha who is a terrible boxer and a terrible boxer beat Peter Aerts one of the GREATEST kick boxers of all time, simply because he understood how to check kick

I could've trained riddikk bowe how to check leg kicks and he would've knocked out the guy out

its all bout studying what you are opponent is doing

couture beat toney not because of boxing isn't good against wrestling, its because he was prepared and james toney was not

couture had a training camp based on a strategy to eliminate the only possible threat and it still came down to a matter of seconds, because if he would have missed timed that single leg he would have been KO'd

toney on the other hand had no plan coming to take way couture's wrestling by his in out and movement, switching his angles, and timing an uppercut to land as he shoots in

 

[joeychizzle]

all that is irrelevant, the best man is going to win regardless of disciplines

and when Algeri says its the most skilled, in boxing to get to the world level is harder than making it in the NBA

only time you see boxers in kickboxing is when they washed up, funny you never see any washed up kick boxers in boxing

Riddikk Bowe who was a great boxer did a kick boxing fight at nearly 50 years old and got chopped down by leg kicks simply because he doesn't know shyt about his opponent who is a 26 year old kick boxer

francois botha who is a terrible boxer and a terrible boxer beat Peter Aerts one of the GREATEST kick boxers of all time, simply because he understood how to check kick

I could've trained riddikk bowe how to check leg kicks and he would've knocked out the guy out

its all bout studying what you are opponent is doing

couture beat toney not because of boxing isn't good against wrestling, its because he was prepared and james toney was not

couture had a training camp based on a strategy to eliminate the only possible threat and it still came down to a matter of seconds, because if he would have missed timed that single leg he would have been KO'd

toney on the other hand had no plan coming to take way couture's wrestling by his in out and movement, switching his angles, and timing an uppercut to land as he shoots in

at botha beating aerts, but he got subbed by akiyama and had 11 losses in k1 compared to 4 wins. he's fought some greats in boxing though.

doesn't your last couple of points go back to what I said? being prepared/ unprepared in other disciplines?

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

#AlgeiriAssassins spitting that real.

 

[Master Teacher]

at botha beating aerts, but he got subbed by akiyama and had 11 losses in k1 compared to 4 wins. he's fought some greats in boxing though.

doesn't your last couple of points go back to what I said? being prepared/ unprepared in other disciplines?

being unprepared is being unprepared

if a boxer is going up against another boxer who has a great left hook and doesn't prepare to negate that, he will be in trouble come fight time

there's ways a boxer can negate a wrestling, and kick boxing if they train that strategy during camp

if you're trying to fight a boxer and you're fighting a wrestler or kick boxing, you're not preparing for your enemy

 

[joeychizzle]

being unprepared is being unprepared

if a boxer is going up against another boxer who has a great left hook and doesn't prepare to negate that, he will be in trouble come fight time

there's ways a boxer can negate a wrestling, and kick boxing if they train that strategy during camp

if you're trying to fight a boxer and you're fighting a wrestler or kick boxing, you're not preparing for your enemy

That's all true, but I was really talking about no training, right on the street. You would revert to what you've trained for. And that might not be enough to counter what the other's trained for. With training camps obviously gameplans can be created to counter anything.