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alabamaman
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gsxr750r
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Dropped him pretty hard, eh?
Man, a professional boxer would wipe the floor with these guys if it were just about standing there and punching like this was. |
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freshking
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| A lot of fun to watch, but pretty sloppy. |
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JJK1
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| gsxr750r wrote: |
Dropped him pretty hard, eh?
Man, a professional boxer would wipe the floor with these guys if it were just about standing there and punching like this was. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8pnNyJFX6I |
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Snowmeow
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| I'd say it's because of the many options in a MMA fight that sometimes at the start they spend a lot of time feeling each other out before attacking. Mo had to be wary of the other's guy's grappling, and of course Min Su Kim has to keep distance. Mighty Mo sure did unleash when he felt he had the opportunity. |
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Wrench
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Snowmeow wrote: |
| I'd say it's because of the many options in a MMA fight that sometimes at the start they spend a lot of time feeling each other out before attacking. Mo had to be wary of the other's guy's grappling, and of course Min Su Kim has to keep distance. Mighty Mo sure did unleash when he felt he had the opportunity. |
Yeah but K1 is straight out kickboxing. MMA stuff like pride/UFC is much different. |
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Snowmeow
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Wrench wrote: |
| Snowmeow wrote: |
| I'd say it's because of the many options in a MMA fight that sometimes at the start they spend a lot of time feeling each other out before attacking. Mo had to be wary of the other's guy's grappling, and of course Min Su Kim has to keep distance. Mighty Mo sure did unleash when he felt he had the opportunity. |
Yeah but K1 is straight out kickboxing. MMA stuff like pride/UFC is much different. |
it was a K-1 Hero's match though, which follows MMA rules. |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| JJK1 wrote: |
| gsxr750r wrote: |
Dropped him pretty hard, eh?
Man, a professional boxer would wipe the floor with these guys if it were just about standing there and punching like this was. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8pnNyJFX6I |
Somebody recent, please? And somebody we've even heard of?
I did find this about that guy, "December 9, 1995 September 7, 19963 Francois Botha IBF
A drug test following Botha's victory over Axel Schulz for the IBF title vacated by George Foreman revealed that he had used illegal anabolic steroids. Upon the discovery the IBF "vacated" its championship. The organization has subsequently erased the episode from its own written history, not listing Botha among its recognized champions. "
So this Botha guy was some stiff matched up against another stiff after Foreman "vacated" his title. And Botha was found to have been on drugs.
This was all over 10 years ago, mind you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavyweight_boxing_champions
Interesting to see recent heavyweight champions seem to be from Europe and Russia. |
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bejarano-korea
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Mighty Mo has the makings of a good professional boxer. He has a hell of a punch and if they could work on his conditioning to go 10-12 rounds then he would do well. Frans Botha was slightly past his prime but no-one had KO'd Botha in a round since his amateur days and that was against Corrie Sanders so it was a good legitimate win for Mighty Mo.
The Samoans could take over the boxing world if enough of them took up the sport but they are just too damn nice! |
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riverboy
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Of course they have the three knockdown rule in effect. Botha kept getting up at the count of four.
Mo does have a good overhand right though. |
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Rteacher
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yesman
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| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| gsxr750r wrote: |
Dropped him pretty hard, eh?
Man, a professional boxer would wipe the floor with these guys if it were just about standing there and punching like this was. |
You might be right if the two were only boxing.
But then, Mighty Mo would not have approached a boxer the same way. Keep in mind that different rules determine different stances and distance tactics.
Professional boxers have rarely fared well in more open competition. Their training does not prepare them at all for the onslaught of kicks they invariably recieve from kickboxers in kickboxing matches. And in MMA competition they are doomed when the fight hits the ground. |
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Rteacher
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Ray Mercer - a strong heavyweight boxer who had a reputation for being able to give and take a big punch - lasted only 22 seconds against Remy Bonjasky. When tagged with a high kick, he just smiled and quit - probably realizing he was too old and slow at that stage of his career to learn new tricks...
Another old heavyweight expected to try MMA is Tommy Morrison. Chuck Liddell, on a Texas talk show (where he seemed wasted on some kind of drug or alcohol - his people claim it was just Nyquill...) said he wants his next opponent to be Morrison ...http://ufcmania.com/2007/03/01/chuck-liddell-is-wasted-on-texas-show/
Reportedly, K-1 is trying to line up a HERO pay-per-wiew (tentatively scheduled for May in Las Vegas...) featuring Hong Man Choi against former WWE star, Brock Lesnar - sure to draw a lot of interest (if they can book it...) http://insidefights.insidepulse.com/articles/64877/2007/02/15/brock-lesnar-mma-update.html |
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