There is a very, very slim chance that a so-called "streetfighter" could beat a boxer in any normal circumstance, without the use of weapons.
You must remember that a boxer trains, for a living, to fight. Boxers are constantly training to punch things, hard and fast, while positioning themselves in a place where they can avoid being hit. Also, boxers can take a punch. The first time I was punched in the nose, my eyes watered, my nose bled and I couldn't see straight for a while. Now, it barely phases me. Boxers also know how to decrease the power of an opponent’s punch, if it actually makes a connection. So a boxer is well trained in hitting an opponent as hard and often as possible without being hit, for up to over a half an hour. I have never seen a street fight last over a few minutes. And all of these things that we train to do, we train to do it all of the time, day in and day out.
It is a boxer's job to fight. I play street basketball all of the time. My brother and I used to "run the courts" all over town. However, this does not mean I could play for the NBA. Even though I averaged over 30 points per game in high school basketball, I wouldn’t even be able to score a single point against a bunch of professionals. It even takes 9 years before a surgeon is allowed to perform surgery. Most professional boxers begin boxing before they are teenagers. At 9 years of training boxing, I was only 21 yrs old.
So my point is, just because some "tough guy" is good at beating up other "tough guys" on the street with no real training on the best and most effective ways to do so, doesn't mean he could even stand a chance with someone who devotes most of his time training with methods proved to be the most effective means of fighting against other trained fighters.
Boxing is a sport, street fighting is unarmed combat. Obviously a reasonably good boxer has some skill and physical ability, but against a weapon or ground tactics, most boxers are like anyone else....at a distinct disadvantage.
A boxer fights smart going back and they try to win the fight in the later parts of the fight.
A street fighter only knows how to fight going forward and slug like crazy, and wasting his energy for the long run. Boxer is how to win a tough fight. A street brawler lives and dies in the early parts of the fights. Otherwise, in the long run, they are almost completely out.
Good example of fights to watch between boxer and street brawler is...
Lennox Lewis/ Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson.
Mayweather vs Mosley
Mayweather vs Hatton
Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers
Mayweather vs Cotto
Mohamed Ali vs George Foreman.
Jermaine Taylor vs Bernard Hopkins (not good example though)
A boxer would will even if the person had a weapon (depending). A boxer knows where to hit a person and do it fast. The boxer can easily k.o the person fast and get out of trouble.
A boxer would win a fair fight but with weapons the boxer is at a disatvantage unless the boxer can disarm him of his weapon
Boxers - are fighters like. ali, Leonard, PacquiaO , Floyd..etc.
- they throw special techniques called uppercut, hook, jab etc..
Street Fighters - are fighters like Ryu, Ken, Chun-li, vega..etc.
- they throw special combos and hadoukens and sonic booms...etc.
I am trying to argue that a good boxer would win a fight against a "good streetfighter", or a guy who gets into, & mostly wins, street &/or bar fights.
To me, it's obvious that this is true, and why this is true.
But I want to have a valid argument from a more expert opinion.
So, if you can, help me out.
Thanks!
