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Originally Posted by Dhalsim
Ill have to disagree with you there. If you mean only boxing skills, then sure.
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yes I mean boxing skills I thought it'd be pretty obvious since we all know you can't do anything else but punch in boxing, but to be more specific I mean the following
-hand speed & timing along with accuracy
-defense & ability to bob and weave to avoid punches
-footwork & ability to set up combos and various punches
nobody in MMA is even close in the above departments to Mayweather
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Originally Posted by Dhalsim
Top tier MMA fighters have incredible all around skills and conditioning that Mayweather could only hope to have.
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all around skills, yes sure... but all that's left from that list I got above for MMA guys is ground game/grappling, and kicking, and Mayweather obviously has none of those....
now as far as conditioning, you're not familiar with Mayweather at all if you think any MMA fighter out there has "superior" conditioning to Floyd... he is well known for always being in top notch form
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44xjuFRwpMM
shit even Roy Jones JR's conditioning regiment would eat up any current MMA fighter, Jones used to shadow box at the bottom of the swimming pool and still punch faster than normal people.... I've actually heard talk that Anderson Silva wants to fight Roy Jones in a boxing match.... now as good as Silva is, he wouldn't stand a chance against Jones even now after Jones has retired....
here's a quote from Silva's manager
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We respect Jones’ boxing ability and think he’s one of the best,” said Soares, “but we’re tired of different boxers saying that MMA fighters aren’t technical. Anderson would love to fight Roy Jones in a boxing match under boxing rules to prove that MMA fighters are technical, too.”"