Mayweather: I'm Going Toe To Toe!

[Impractical Poster]

BS, Boxing is WAY harder that MMA so that's not true at all. Not even close. I came from an MMA/Wrestling background and had been doing it for years...I too, thought it would be a simple transition to boxing and boxing tore the ass out of me. I quit that sport pretty quickly after picking it up. Way harder.

The rest of your reply and insults about EO are right on.

You are silly. You must have been training like a little sissy in MMA/wrestling then. If you are training correctly, any discipline can be exerting. Maybe boxing was just tougher for you because you were accustomed to MMA/wrestling? I too have trained MMA and boxing. There is much more to learn in MMA than boxing. I just don't get how boxing was much tougher for you than MMA/wrestling. Doesn't make sense. What made it tougher?

I'd really like to know that myself honestly. I made the transition to Boxing thinking the same thing. Stand up and grappling were my strengths in MMA. Kicking was not. I did not have the karate background that the others had in my weight class. I honestly left MMA because of the lower leg kicks below the knee inside and outside of the leg. They are very effective, I know...but just a gay way to fight IMO and i got sick of the lower leg kicks...take a bunch of those from anyone and you are a sitting duck and immobile.

I would bet a good amount of money that Conor doesn't finish 12 rounds with Floyd. In MMA, there are plenty of places to rest in there especially when action takes to the mat. If I had top control on most of my opponents, they weren't going anywhere and I'm not working hard to keep them there. I could fight hard for 15 seconds and rest for 30 without getting locked up into an arm bar. Or if we are in stand up in the traditional overhook/underhook against the wall or fencing, any good wrestler easily could bide time in that area as well.

In Boxing, there's nowhere to hide like MMA. Yes, you could be finished at any point in a fight in MMA while loafing but it's way easier to find a way to lock up and get your wind back. In boxing, there was no where like that. In sparring, you obviously can't go and hold the other guy to buy time...it's sparring. You are supposed to give him a look and he you...but mostly me give them a look because they were the "boxers". Then i found that you use so many more muscles than i ever imagined with Boxing. Your core is way more important...legs are enormous and once you lose those, they are gonzo for the rest of the fight...they don't come back. Neck...you need to constantly be moving the head and dodging punches via the neck and head. While doing all this, I need to make sure to keep my freaking hands up? Come on man...Throwing punches continuously is way more tiring than MMA action.

We'll see how Conor performs and I'll be interested in seeing how quickly he tires in there. Maybe it is just me. Who knows.

Nice post. But you use more muscles in MMA. It is overall more grueling. Even though it might look like they are taking a breather when tied up against the cage, that is actually the most grueling aspect of the sport. That is where tons of energy is being put forth to score the better position. And you are using your entire body. So, more muscles are being utilized, in turn burning more oxygen then you would just throwing punches. I understand boxing, and it is more than just throwing punches, but in no way is it more strenuous than MMA, generally speaking.

I believe Conor will tire. He did against Nate twice and it was a stand up battle. But he does so much in there. He throws with everything he has in kicking and punching. I'm sure adrenaline dump has quite a bit to do with it as well. I expect Conor to tire around round 4 and then we might see Floyd go "toe to toe".