If he had a TDD similar to JDS and learnt how to check leg kicks!?
He didnt just have brutal power but also immense strength (which would make him naturally good at wrestling/grappling TDD and randy style dirty boxing. I bet if he learnt a round kick it would be as powerful as cro cops.
Also he has conditioning that lasts for 12 rounds.
Imagine his punches in MMA gloves colliding with arlovskis jaw!
It's really hard to make any comparison's with HWs... Alot easier with the lighter weight classes. We can assume RJJ would have done well considering his evasiveness. Same with Pac man.
I think any pro boxer with JDS TDD would dominate tbh.
12 Rounds conditioning doesnt come close to MMA conditioning. Grappling takes SO much out of you, and the fact that the rounds last for 5 minutes kills a fighter.
Someone at like 20-0 at a young age like 23 in boxing who moves over to MMA and trains until he is 30 could cover this kind of stuff. Or maybe they could have done karate before they done boxing or something.
I think in general, if a pro boxer is able to fight off grappling and takedowns, he will easily dominate. The power difference between top level pro boxers and top level MMA fighters is crazy. A hook from George Foreman would mimick a kick from Cro Cop.
As a boxer myself transitioning into MMA your leg gets kicked off and its there for an easy single leg. But its possible to work around it and still keep the footwork there to generate power, i think the people who could do it are the rangy guys.
Wildcard pick for me would be Wladimir Klitschko the way he uses that big jab to keep people at bay, he leaves it out there likes Jones and takes a little step back when ever people throw shots at him. Just that little half step and he is away, not needing the great reactions because the distance he is able to keep. Might work for defending takedowns and kicks...with some training. I hope a prime world class boxer makesthe switch at some point and really gives it a go. All we have now is Hypothetical bullshit and James Toney, a horrible representation of what a boxer might do in MMA.
I don't think Klitschko would work. He is so tall that he has such an easy attack against him in the shoot. The taller you are, the easier you are to take down. Bring a guy with the power like Lesnar, Velasquez, Couture in against him and he would have been slammed horribly I think.
Yeah I hope someone eventually makes the switch. Would be interesting to see David Haye do it because word is he has done Judo and he is a very small and centred guy.
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