Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson Considering a Move to Boxing
by Tim Burke on Sep 29, 2011 7:30 PM EDT
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Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is coming off a loss to Jon Jones at UFC 135 and has long been known to complain about MMA, and this might be no different than that. But he did tell ESPN UK on a podcast that he would consider a switch over to boxing after his UFC contract runs out. Here's why:
"I hate fighting people who are scared," Jackson told the ESPN UFC Podcast. "When you fight somebody who is scared you never know what they're going to do. They turn and run.
"That's why I'm gonna go to boxing. I'm gonna try boxing because they've got to stand with you. If I get knocked out I don't care because at least it's a fight.
"I've tried a lot of boxing, I'm falling in love with boxing and I know I can put butts on seats over there."
Scott Christ over at Bad Left Hook shares his thoughts on the subject:
Jackson, 33, has been a star in mixed martial arts for years, and is without a question one of its most charismatic fighters in the short history of the sport. I have to assume his move to boxing would, indeed, draw legitimate attention, but as we know, coming into pro boxing isn't just a "hey, I'm here, give me a fight with a top guy" sort of deal.
Also, Jackson is a 205-pound fighter in mixed martial arts, and given his age it would be unlikely he'd be able to cut down to cruiserweight, where there's no U.S. market, and that means he'd have to fight as a heavyweight. At 6'1" with a 73" reach, he'd be undersized and probably underpowered.
I think Rampage would actually consider it if there was big money in it somewhere, but my skepticism comes from the fact that he's got an unfortunate physical build to become a boxing star, even if he were actually good at it.
First Badr Hari, now Rampage? While I highly doubt this will ever come to fruition, it would definitely be an interesting sight to see Jackson in a boxing ring.
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by MattParker117 on Sep 29, 2011 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Jackson vs. Cunningham FTMFW
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by ElliotMatheny on Sep 30, 2011 5:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh Christ.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
This is how he decides to defend against leg kicks?
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by II SMASH II on Sep 29, 2011 7:34 PM EDT reply actions 16 recs
Well, it is a better defense than anything else he has come up with
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Rampage would get embarrassed if he fought even a slightly decent boxer/outside fighter
Rampage is slow, repeats the same combinations over and over and over again.
Right upper cut-left hook over and over.
I don’t think his “power” will translate well into boxing.
He hasn’t knocked anyone out since 2008.
by Mohammedini Hussein on Sep 29, 2011 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I heard he is pretty close with a good boxercise instructor
Don’t underestimate him
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Only thing he could get even the slightest attention/money from would be a fight with Kimbo
by Mohammedini Hussein on Sep 29, 2011 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Ugh
Gross.
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by James Anthony on Sep 29, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
ugh
likely matchup. i can totally see that happening.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Sep 29, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Kimbo AND James Toney. Not that would draw
You know what they say
by NEW-HAMPSHIRE on Sep 30, 2011 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely. Rampage would get annihilated
but they have talked shit in the past and the whole James Toney vs MMA thing would have a second chapter. Would be fun to see.
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by NEW-HAMPSHIRE on Sep 30, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Lots of people running their mouths about going to boxing. Do it. Admit you can’t adapt, then go get your ass handed to you when people “have to” stand and trade with you. Can’t wait to see his reaction when he fights a decent boxer who he still can’t hit even though he’s right in front of him.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Sep 29, 2011 7:36 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
i REALLY hate when guys say "oh hes not really fighting me if it isnt stand up"
This is fucking MMA. you’ve been in this sport long enough Quinton. You know how the game plays. Quit acting like a stupid fucking casual fan
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by Discman2 on Sep 29, 2011 7:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I have been saying this for years now
He thinks he is a “boxer” which is completely retarded.
There are a lot of guys in the UFC with far better “boxing” then him.
He jsut does the same thing over and over again. Have anyone seen him actually throw a cross?
He threw a jab ONCE against a crawling JJ.
rampage “boxing” some of the most overrated attributes of any top fighter in the UFC
by Mohammedini Hussein on Sep 29, 2011 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
he has really solid MMA Boxing
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
what? that he can throw decent hooks?
I think his strenght is supplementing his boxing a lot.
Even with that he can’t barely Ko anyone anymore due to being so damn slow.
As I asked before, have you ever seen him throw a cross once in the ufc?
Wow he threw one jab against JJ, his first career jab lol.
Rampage doesn’t know how to set up his strikes if the world depended on it and he repeat the same shit over and over again. IF his opponent is running away a hugely telegraphed leaping lefthook/right hook. I his opponent is close, right upper cut left hook
by Mohammedini Hussein on Sep 29, 2011 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
You can’t KO everyone, especially when you are fighting the elite of the division (sans Matt Hamill).
But okay.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
He has solid defense and counters. That KO against Silva shows that.
He also has good footwork for MMA.
As far as traditional set-ups and angles in the purely offensive sense? I don’t know about that.
BOOSH
Wanderlei flailing punches like he always does
Yeeeees, very hard to counter.
Block- left hook and its night night for Silva.
by Mohammedini Hussein on Sep 30, 2011 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
MY point was It doesn't take a great counter-puncher to counter Wanderlei's flailing
Rampage do have a good defense and are often fearless in the pocket.
Plus he used to have legit KO power, plus Wanderlei’s chin wasn’t there anymore.
by Mohammedini Hussein on Sep 30, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
During the Juanito Ibarra years (which lasted up until his loss to Forrest Griffindor at UFC 86) I thought boxing was pretty damn good.
I feel his striking technique has been corroding away since then, though.
by Pyrgz Krum on Sep 29, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
this is what I wanted to say but I brain farted the guys name
“Rotund man in the funny hat” doesn’t really narrow it down to that guy.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
hahaha!
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Sep 30, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, Ibarra did wonders for his boxing. But apparently he stole from him or something, so there's that... life is about balance, right? haha.
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I think he's more stressing the point that
He wants people to fight him and to not run away.
Liddell: 'I'll fight anyone, Silva? Yeah sure, Quinton Jackson? Sure, Randy Couture? Sure'
Reporter: 'What about Fedor Emelianenko?'
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Yeah was he implying that Jones ran away from him? I know Jones “ran” like twice maybe in their fight, and I know that Jones and Rampage had a really cool post fight interview where Rampage brought that up, but for the vast majority of that fight Jones was standing right in front of him.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Sep 30, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Also Rampage would have to fight HW
against a bunch of fat bums. Get a top guy? hahaha GTFO
by Mohammedini Hussein on Sep 29, 2011 7:37 PM EDT reply actions
Too old to start, too slow, too small
his “I want someone to stand and fight me” rationale sounds familiar….Dan Hardy at a catch weight?
by Dootch on Sep 29, 2011 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
Rec the shit out of this!
Seriously PAGE I love you as a fighter, but you are dumb as rocks outside the cage. YOU ARE A MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST man not a boxer!
I think it is funny that MMA fighters think that because they have good hands in MMA that they can jump over to boxing and have it translate 100%. It just does not work like that man..
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by James Anthony on Sep 29, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I dont think Page is doing it for a car upgrade
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
They don't say "Hotwheels" on them by any chance, do they?
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wrong car mdh
in his interview with ariel he said muscle farm gave him a new lambo.
secondly rampage makes around 2 mil per fight, does he really think he gets that in boxing?
okay.
I bet he gets Oprah-rich in boxing.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
trollface
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Please beat Alistair Overeem. That is all.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 30, 2011 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
he was driving an R8 during his time on TUF with rashad
it’s because he shows up to press conferences that he’s not stuck in a broken down honda
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by BROCKLESNAR!!!!! on Sep 29, 2011 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Does he really make that much per fight? If so, he shouldn’t be complaining at all!
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by SentientAndroid on Sep 30, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m down to see it. What else is he going to do at this point? I don’t see Rampage playing the role of gatekeeper.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
Lord knows there will be at least 3 more A Team movies in the next 6 or 7 years
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
$77mm domestic gross? I don’t think we will see them dipping their ink in the A-Team well again. That’s a pretty big bomb.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
how many Beverly Hills Chihuahua movies are there?
Beethoven? Air Bud?
Even if all the actors but Rampage get replaced they can still do them. I hope we don’t but I wouldnt be shocked.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Those movies have vastly different budgets and expectations as a result.
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Beverly Hill Chihuahua doesn’t cost $110-125mm to make and another $40mm+ to market and it has multiple times the length in ancillaries. Quinton will act again but no way does Fox make another A-Team.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
That is for the best.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Amen.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
I'll see you at the opening screening of
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 5 – Avonturen bij Gouden Glorie
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
That will bring a whole new take on Meat Wednesdays.
It's that the world is basically a forced labor camp from which the workers, perfectly innocent, are led forth by lottery, a few each day, to be executed.
I don't think that's just the way I see it. I think that's the way it is. Are there alternative views? Yes. Will any of them stand close scrutiny? No.
well
there is an Expendables 2 coming out…
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by SentientAndroid on Sep 30, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd complain about it
then turn around and pay to watch
by LBo on Sep 29, 2011 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 10 recs
this pretty much sums it up
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 29, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Sigh. Rampage's complaint is like if Aoki complained that Melendez refused to butt scoot with him.
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by pud333 on Sep 29, 2011 7:51 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
If anyone's interested here's the last tiem Rampage wore 12oz gloves in a K-1 fight
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fucking kicks
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by Discman2 on Sep 29, 2011 8:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
There's gonna be a new aphorism if this keeps up:
“People who can’t fight, box.”
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by IKiIIed007 on Sep 29, 2011 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
hahahah Jackson would be killed in boxing maybe Jackson who fought Hendo but not the jackson who fought Machida Hamill Jones
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weight class
rampage is a 205 lb. fighter in mma but you don’t think he can cut all the way down to 200 to make cruiserweight?
especially since dana said Rampage cut 6 lbs to make 205 vs Jones
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by BROCKLESNAR!!!!! on Sep 29, 2011 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Rampage vs Toney?
MMA guy to take on boxer that failed at mma. It would sell and be interesting
by tmcdon16 on Sep 29, 2011 8:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I actually like it...or Kimbo...
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by The American Ronin on Sep 29, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I like this too
Toney has been running his mouth and calling out Rampage for quite a bit.
by BrandtShaft! on Sep 29, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
heh.
Rampage mocking Toney’s slurred gibberish and far-from-Adonis physique will be all sorts of wrong, and eight kinds of funny.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Sep 29, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Toney would beat the shit out of Jackson
Might be a fat old slouch but he is still one of Boxings all time greats.
In a boxing match?
Abso-f’n-lutely, but in an MMA fight, where Rampage will be the one to not want to stand and trade…
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by The American Ronin on Sep 29, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
He isn’t fat anymore I heard. Just old
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by NEW-HAMPSHIRE on Sep 30, 2011 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Uh, I think he is either trying to get a pay raise by pulling a Diaz
But that isn’t gonna work.
He isn’t going to make it to another UFC title shot anytime soon…he is on the tail end of his career.
Color me uninterested.
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Yeah I’m done with Rampage. I’ve lost interest in him altogether.
The only thing I like about him is that howl he does but other than that…
"Fuck your MOTHERRRRRRRR!!!!!"
by Nightmare_wears_prada on Sep 29, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
He can get another shot. The fight wasn’t a blowout and he is a marketable star. I think he’ll be fine. He can still beat a majority of the division.
by discoandherpes on Sep 29, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think he is much of a star any more
And marketability goes down the more people see you lose.
Pre-UFC 135, his last 3 headliners saw declining results. 114>123>130
He hasn’t knocked anyone out in like 3 years…continues to keep showing the signs that he is only interested in boxing…is only getting older and slipping more and more past his prime. He’s now showing disinterest in MMA and wants to go to boxing. He stated in the past that he would like to retire at 35. He would have to win 3 pretty big fights to get back to a title shot…I don’t see him doing it.
He can still win, but unless he gets another rather easy #1 contender fight like Matt Hamill…he isn’t getting another title shot.
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by Chris Groves on Sep 30, 2011 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I think he’s probably still the biggest star in the division, and there are other possible reasons for the declining PPV sales. For better or worse, Rampage is one of MMA’s biggest names, it’s just that his star is fading. Maybe he thinks this is the way to bring his stock back up.
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by clarkkentpunch on Sep 29, 2011 9:19 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
I actually wouldn't mind watching this in the UFC
Otherwise Page vs Badr Hari in a boxing match would be fun.
by vicesquad26 on Sep 29, 2011 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
what weight class would he actually be able to compete in?
I know almost nothing about boxing except that they have a ton of weight classes.
It is pretty annoying hearing guys complain about “fighters not fighting”/ ground game.
It just shows their unwillingness to adapt, thus why they fail. They don’t wanna put in the work to sharpen out their total game. I can’t stand fighters like that.
"Fuck your MOTHERRRRRRRR!!!!!"
by Nightmare_wears_prada on Sep 29, 2011 9:44 PM EDT reply actions
I whinge about fighters not fighting every week. But I agree that fighters need to adapt, get more well rounded and improve their games to the point where they aren’t at a huge disadvantage in all areas.
When I talk about fighters not fighting, I mean it in the purest sense of the word. The UFC is becoming more and more a sport and less and less about an actual fight. Thats why Rampage is still a draw and guys like Fitch who are more of a complete fighter bore the shit out of everyone (even if you can admire their skills).
I wish would just go in there to hurt people. Sadly there isn’t much of that anymore.
by vicesquad26 on Sep 29, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Rampage could do it
He just needs to make peace with Juanito and his natural talent coupled with Ibarra’s technical guidance could take him quite far in the boxing game.
Google Ron Paul!
He needs to avoid any Mma coach his had regardless of what they helped him achieve. Focus on boxing for a year with a high level coach and……man his style,its just so hard to see him hang with a quality boxer. He doesn’t jab, barely throws straight rights, doesn’t really set any shots up to lead to something bigger. Who knows, maybe he’ll do well. If he stays to a level where his suited.
by frandub on Sep 30, 2011 1:50 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Please Rampage i love you as a fighter
and i do not want to see you do this please :(
by Mark Colemans Takedown coach on Sep 30, 2011 1:50 AM EDT reply actions
Toney vs rampage in a boxing ring is not a good idea.
by frandub on Sep 30, 2011 1:55 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
holding out for more money,
But contrary to some here, I think that had ’page gone to boxing like 6+years ago (mid twenties or earlier), he could have been pretty good.
Now he is too old, and too slow. Also, his boxing isn’t what it once was—and it was only MMA boxing at his peak!
All I got from this was Badr Hari v Rampage in a boxing match!
I’d watch the hell out of that, book it!
I got Rampage by DQ.
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by The One Who Wears The Crown on Sep 30, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Sad bastard. Words like these show his attitude towards the sport and why he gets his ass kicked when he fights someone more complete.
"... All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is there. I can't see it, because my educated, average head is being held at the wrong angle..."
by dancingChicken on Sep 30, 2011 10:05 AM EDT reply actions
I knew it wasnt going to end
Rampage was humble in defeat and says he wants to tryout something new and they still try to fade him
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