Miguel Torres vs. who?
Every so often, talk surfaces of a possible match-up bvetween the boxer and the mixed martial artist. Well, it’s about that time again. This time, the proposed match-up is between Miguel Torres and Manny Pacquiao. Furthermore, this proposed match-up even has a venue. David Mayeda of www.fightticker.com contends that such a fight should take place in the Phillipines.
Mayeda goes on to explain why trhe Phillipines would work and why the match would be a success. But the bottom line that continually resurfaces it that a boxer shouldn’t be able to last one round with a top mixed martial artist. And Torres is just that.
Instead of shipping Torres off to a third world country to fight, why not push for a Urijah Faber vs. Torres showdown right here in the good old United States? A match-up such as that would surely turn into an extravaganza as two of the best fighters in the lighter weight classes would get the chance to square off.
Nevertheless, the boxer vs. the mixed martial artist argument will always arise. Perhaps it needs to be done so that the mma fighter can silence any future ruminations from recurring.
Yea Bobby,
I agree with you, first off MMA and boxing are two different beasts its pitting a bear against a shark you put a bear in water it has no chance you put the shark on land its dead. I hope Manny doesn’t take this fight as he is pound for pound the best boxer (well ok maybe Cotto is better.) To me its two different sports you don’t ask a hockey player to play football and you don’t ask a football player to play baseball (unless he’s Bo Jackson)… the Torres vs. Faber fight would be a tremendous fight and I’d pay to watch that just like i’d pay to see manny pac’s move up in weight to go after Cotto, but if you put torres in a square ring and tell him no kicks elbows or butts he’d be a shark on land. You put Pac’s in the cage for the first time never before having to defend against kicks, elbows and submissions well he’d be a bear in water… Good write up though Bobby.