“It’s a whole different world. People talk about it (like they’re the same sport) but do not confuse the two. Boxing and MMA are two different worlds. You look at someone like a (Floyd) Mayweather or a (Manny) Pacquiao who do that with just the hands, they’re incredible.”

Jens Pulver said this in the leadup to the Sylvia / Mercer fight. He felt Sylvia was undestimating Mercer, which he did and paid for later. Jens has a point: when you have guys like Mayweather who can do what they do with just their hands – watch out. Especially in 4 oz gloves. I think Floyd can destroy anyone if they simply stood with him. I mean, we saw how great Frankie’s boxing and footwork looked against Sherk. Well, Floyd is on a whole other level – another world even. Only an idiot would stand with him. Sure, there are other factors to the standup game like kicks and the clinch, etc, but I would still pick Floyd in a pure standup match.

When was the last time he fought someone with ZERO ground game?
 
And only a full on MMA fight or a strictly boxing match would be uncompetitive between these guys

K-1 style, who knows.

Undefeated. Long-time P4P king. Truly dominant. Makes world-class boxers look like they’re throwing punches in a wind tunnel.

lol, i feel ur sarcasm(MMA Heros), its ok you dont have to take this personally, like every single boxing fan does. but i do notice u said FIGHT, like i did. im not talking just a boxing match or even just an MMA fight, Floyd Trains in 1……1 aspect of combat sports. Jose Aldo trains in them all, Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, Muay Thai. This kid was primarily trained in Jiu Jitsu growing up, but hes been knocking people out constantly, 9 in a row to be exact. Floyd is a way better boxer than he’ll ever be. but Floyd is not nearly as versatilely trained in FIGHTING as Jose Aldo, or BJ Penn, or Urijah Faber, or Miguel Torres. Step outside of your boxing mentality, these guys step in a boxing ring with Floyd Mayweather and they get embarrassed, they FIGHT him, MMA or on the street, hes getting submitted or tko’d on the ground, case closed. Flyod has zero training besides Boxing.

you’re not going to get that many people to agree with you here (if any). Truth of the matter is that in MMA, you just can’t compete with one style nowadays. It doesn’t matter if you have the best hands in the business, that’s one dimensional, MMA is three dimensional, striking, clinch and ground. Sure, if they were going to fight in boxing rules, Aldo would most likely not last two minutes with Floyd, but in MMA it’s a different story. Why would Aldo stay in range with Floyd? He would pick him apart from the outside and/or take him to the ground.

I’m not saying Floyd would get schooled by everyone in MMA, but if he competes in the higher levels (such as the WEC), chances are he wouldn’t win that many fights (if any).

between the thai clinch and knees. No need to go to the ground.

Seriously Floyd in an amaxing boxer, but between his traditional boxing stance (leg in front) and lack of experience using anything but his hands, he’s done. Aldo can choose where to finish the fight, and I’m not even an Aldo fan.

Please use some common sense… Floyds hands are lethal, but he has little more then a punchers chance. Against any high level MT guy he’s going to have issues with the kicks and the Clinch… against any grappler he is done instantly. Lets not pretend the odds are in his favor.