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Originally Posted by bushwacker
You said a one dimensional boxer could not beat an mma fighter. I showed that it could and has happened. Yes, 80% of the time a well rounded mma fighter would win against a boxer. Back to the original topic, Mike tyson would kill bruce lee. Hell jackie chan might kick bruces ass.
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80% is a very soft estimate I'd say it's closer to 95%. The one example you posted is against a guy 60 pounds overweight out of shape and at the tail end of his career. If you are saying that a boxer has an extremely long shot 'puncher's chance to win' - yeah, Matt Serra beat George St. Pierre so anything can happen... but that's clearly not anywhere close to likely.
As to Lee, since it can't be tested, it's a matter of pure opinion. I believe he would have done very well, you believe he would not... that's about all we can say about it. As to pro MMA fighters vs pro boxers it's much easier to determine how that fight is likely to end and Tyson himself agrees with me. As to weight being a big deal, it isn't as big a deal as people make it out to be unless you are dealing with comparable fighters... and a one dimensional boxer is not a comparable fighter unless he is wearing boxing gloves in a boxing ring using boxing rules.
Aldo vs Mayweather in a cage... who wins? If you say Mayweather, at least we can stop chatting at that point.
