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Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 01:39
by athompson1632
MMA fighters trying boxing seems to be more common lately. Who are some boxers who have gone the other way and tried MMA?
So far the ones I have found are:
Ray Mercer
Jeremy Williams
Dashon Johnson
Raphael Butler
Eric Esch
Lucas Browne
Izuagbe Ugonoh
James Warring
Ava Knight
Holly Holm
Heather Hardy
Elena Reid
Mia St. John
Chevelle Hallback
Peter Graham
Jennifer Chieng
Danyelle Wolf
Muhammad Ali (kinda)
James Toney
Art Jimmerson
Ricardo Mayorga
Rubin Williams
Yosuke Nishijima
Alexandr Ustinov
Ana Julaton
Julius Francis
Milo Savage
Matt Skelton
Francois Botha
Is there anyone else that I'm missing?
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 07:39
by joshj909
Not the top level in boxing but he had some success in mma. Karl Noons 11-2 boxing (2004-2009) is KJ Noons 13-9 mma (2002-2016) though he only had 2 MMA fights going 1-1 prior to starting his boxing career.
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/259486
https://m.sherdog.com/fighter/record/KJ-Noons-6727
Also, Lucas Browne started his MMA career just before his professional boxing career.
Although primarily known for Kickboxing and MMA, Mark Hunt's first boxing match was in 1998, while his first kickboxing in 1999 and first MMA in 2004.
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 07:49
by Syntax Error
Pele Reid?
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 07:52
by JamesPhilips
Chris Lytle
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 09:49
by GreenLightning
Mark Potter the guy Danny Williams knocked out with one arm, Marcus Davis had a decent UFC run after the first Ultimate Fighter show, Dillian Whyte has an MMA KO
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 16:50
by gregregegg
Dillian whyte.
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 18:10
by Ruthless-RKO
Big Baby Jarrell Miller..
Was it kickboxing he did?
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 18:45
by GreenLightning
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑03 May 2021, 18:10
Big Baby Jarrell Miller..
Was it kickboxing he did?
Yeah lost to an ancient CroCop
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 03 May 2021, 18:48
by f read
Melton Bowen UFC 4. He was soundly defeated by UFC 3 Champion Steve Jennum.
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 04 May 2021, 17:33
by dookus
In-jin Chi
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 04 May 2021, 19:38
by victor-romeo
Chris Algegri was kick boxing champ no quiet MMA, anybody remember bad Brad Hefton kick boxer from the 1980"s on ESPN.
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 04 May 2021, 22:56
by RScarf1
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 05 May 2021, 05:00
by Puncher7
Claressa Shields MMA debut scheduled for June 10
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 05 May 2021, 08:14
by Verdi
Mark Potter
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 05 May 2021, 09:43
by JamesPhilips
Kimbo Slice had some pro fights in boxing.
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 05 May 2021, 18:56
by goose 5
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 05 May 2021, 18:59
by Boxing Prospect
Yokthai Sithoar, he went 0-1 in MMA
Dulce Garcia (Johnny Gonzalez's wife, and a pro boxer, pro wrestler and mma fighter) - recently got battered in an mma fight
Suspect there's probably thousands of these btw and it's not as rare as we first think
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 06 May 2021, 08:42
by JamesPhilips
Tom Aspinall the UFC heavyweight had a pro boxing fight. Doesn’t look that impressive.
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 06 May 2021, 09:07
by Jaywheel
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 06 May 2021, 12:47
by athompson1632
Boxing Prospect wrote: ↑05 May 2021, 18:59
Yokthai Sithoar, he went 0-1 in MMA
Dulce Garcia (Johnny Gonzalez's wife, and a pro boxer, pro wrestler and mma fighter) - recently got battered in an mma fight
Suspect there's probably thousands of these btw and it's not as rare as we first think
So far I've found 52 boxers who have done MMA and 93 MMA fighters who have done boxing
https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/list ... d.4181306/
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 06 May 2021, 14:24
by nfc90210
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 12 May 2021, 13:38
by ERIC GUY
Chris p bacon
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 12 May 2021, 13:53
by Impractical Poster
Holly Holm is the most successful combatant within both sports. She held world titles in professional boxing in multiple weight classes. She also KOed Ronda Rousey to win the UFC Bantamweight title.
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 14 May 2021, 13:19
by JohnL
Ali and Inoki invented MMA. It has never been improved upon.
Re: Boxers who have done MMA
Posted: 14 May 2021, 16:30
by joshj909
JohnL wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 13:19
Ali and Inoki invented MMA. It has never been improved upon.
Bob Fitzsimmons faced wrestler Earnest Roeber in 1897 in a mixed martial arts match, 79 years before Ali and Inoki. It's been going on for centuries.
Reportedly, Roeber suffered a fractured cheekbone but was able to get Fitzsimmons down and submitted Bob with an armlock.