Va-Va-Voom wrote:elkanofan wrote:
Teofrim is a good fighter and a clear star for his weight class considering he's so young i'd advise him to look at moving over to MMA by the time he's 28-30. There will be nothing left whatsoever in boxing by then.
Ah yes, the famous "boxing is dying" narrative that's been spouted for 15 years now.
Yeah sorry but this is a terrible comment by Elkano.
Go look at boxers pay days as champs compared to the UFC there's more than £10m difference sometimes more.
Also stating Teofrim should move to MMA, that shows huge ignorance of the difference in martial arts.
Boxing is actually a pretty bad base art for MMA, probably the worst as its the most limited martial art out there, you only use your fists.
Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling, BJJ are all much better bases for MMA as they cover one half of the tools you can use, i.e stand up or ground game.
If Teofrim is good enough to beat Lomochenko .......... he should go absolutely no where, he's in exactly the right sport and he will be elite.
Throwing that away is like telling Usaine Bolt he should abandon the sprint and become a Javelin thrower.
If your the best in the world at something you don't fk that off for something you may not even be good at, becoming an elite professional requires a life times worth of practice and experience.