So James Toney, a past-his-prime elite boxer was just beaten-up badly by Randy Couture, a past-his-prime elite MMA fighter.What have we learned? What everyone already knew; a good boxer would beat an MMA fighter in a boxing match. An MMA fighter will beat a boxer in an MMA, BJJ, Wrestling, or Kickboxing match. But here's the rub, and why this loss hurt boxing:
An MMA fighter would destroy a boxer in a street fight.
The hype of the "bad ass boxer" is over. No longer is boxing's heavyweight champ the toughest dude in the room. That title clearly goes to the MMA fighters. The death of the boxer as the "toughest man" will hurt boxing far more than the corruption of Don King and the other idiot boxing promoters ever did.
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As I've always said, Boxing is a part of MMA whereas Boxing is limited. You can't pit one against the other realistically because they're unevenly yoked. It's like pitting a podiatrist against a general practice physician...the general practice physician studied about the whole body, the podiatrist specialized in feet. The boxer is a martial artist who specializes in punching while the MMA fighter uses punches, kicks and grappling. The sport of boxing was on the ropes to begin with...pun intended.
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