HamdenRice
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Thu May-21-09 10:51 AM
Response to Reply #28 |
| 30. Not at all an analogous comparison |
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Edited on Thu May-21-09 10:51 AM by HamdenRice
Boxing is a subset of the skillset that MMA fighters bring to MMA. You have to be able to box to compete in MMA.
Golf is not a subset of the skillset that MMA fighters bring to MMA.
The point is, therefore, that the boxing that MMA fighters do is quite unimpressive and nowhere near the skill level that "real" boxers have.
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| -Boxing or Mixed Martial Arts? |
Fountain79 |
May-20-09 10:08 PM |
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Iron Mike getting KOed was the death knell for boxing. |
LostInAnomie |
May-20-09 10:19 PM |
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Definitely MMA |
Mojambo |
May-20-09 10:33 PM |
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I wish I had the game console for it... |
Fountain79 |
May-20-09 10:42 PM |
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I'm amazed they got the ground game right. |
Mojambo |
May-20-09 10:44 PM |
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Good, I can't stand Sanchez! |
LostinVA |
May-21-09 05:21 AM |
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MMA |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
May-20-09 10:43 PM |
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I've been turned off to MMA ever since I watched an armless and legless person try to fight |
DS1 |
May-20-09 10:47 PM |
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Wha??? |
Fountain79 |
May-20-09 10:48 PM |
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That was a disgrace |
Mojambo |
May-21-09 01:07 AM |
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That was no more mma than a bar fight is boxing |
LostinVA |
May-21-09 05:19 AM |
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Boxing, like Greco-Roman Wrestling, is a sport |
no name no slogan |
May-21-09 01:08 AM |
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I don't think you understand what MMA is |
LostinVA |
May-21-09 05:17 AM |
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I disagree... |
Fountain79 |
May-21-09 10:32 AM |
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Respectfully, your view of MMA is quite outdated. n/t |
Mojambo |
May-21-09 12:22 PM |
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Boxing, with the caveat that I've probably never seen good MMA |
WildEyedLiberal |
May-21-09 01:16 AM |
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Still like up to middleweight boxing, but |
Dappleganger |
May-21-09 01:19 AM |
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Neither. I don't understand folks wanting to see people hurt other people. |
flvegan |
May-21-09 01:24 AM |
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Hmmm...... |
Fountain79 |
May-21-09 10:48 AM |
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In the first boxing match I watched, "Boom boom" Mancini killed Duk Koo Kim |
Kolesar |
May-21-09 05:18 AM |
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MMA -- love it! |
LostinVA |
May-21-09 05:20 AM |
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They'll never call mixed martial arts, "The Sweet Science" |
HamdenRice |
May-21-09 06:47 AM |
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Bruce Lee didn't do karate |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
May-21-09 06:57 AM |
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Bruce Lee "did" everything, although correct, he did not teach or espouse karate |
HamdenRice |
May-21-09 09:26 AM |
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Yeah, but no one in anything had near the level of Bruce Lee's skill |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
May-21-09 09:30 AM |
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Since Bruce did western boxing (1958 amateur champion), I would like to have seen |
HamdenRice |
May-21-09 10:19 AM |
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And Arnold Palmer, in his prime, would beat a MMA guy in golf |
AngryAmish |
May-21-09 10:45 AM |
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Not at all an analogous comparison |
HamdenRice |
May-21-09 10:51 AM |
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I disagree... |
Fountain79 |
May-21-09 10:54 AM |
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I don't think we disagree as much as you think. But I do think that MMA is an "anti-sport". |
HamdenRice |
May-21-09 11:45 AM |
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What you call the elegance of boxing is an artifact of the rules |
AngryAmish |
May-21-09 01:11 PM |
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still boxing |
Blue_Tires |
May-21-09 07:20 AM |
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Boxing |
SoxFan |
May-21-09 08:39 AM |
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Actually, most MMA fighters are college educated |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
May-21-09 08:43 AM |
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The MMA has never contained Thimerosal |
Orrex |
May-21-09 08:59 AM |
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Boxing |
jakefrep |
May-21-09 12:38 PM |
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MMA is boring, I almost threw my shoe at how bad the last pay per view was |
Tektonik |
May-21-09 01:15 PM |
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Neither |
ForrestGump |
May-21-09 01:40 PM |
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A very well thought out post but to point out one point you made... |
Fountain79 |
May-21-09 02:13 PM |
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Nope, I think you're |
ForrestGump |
May-21-09 02:53 PM |
#39 |
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