Anderson Silva is one that comes to mind and he's had Boxing bouts before. I'll also add Crocop because of his kickboxing background.
Which MMA Fighters Could HAVE Made A SUCCESSFUL Transition To Boxing?
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James Gordon
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Kimbo Slice three more wins he would been knockin at a title shot
Vitor Belfort had some bout if Im not mistaken
Vitor Belfort had some bout if Im not mistaken
Kimbo Slice three more wins he would been knockin at a title shot
Vitor Belfort had some bout if Im not mistaken
BlackSuperman
Pro
Successful as in win fights? Cro Cop had amateur boxing fights. Yves Edwards won at least two pro matches. Nick Diaz won 1 pro. George Sotoricantspellhisname won 1. Chris Lytle and KJ Noons won a few and won a small time championship, I think. Arlovski got an amateur bout on youtube he won. Pos Aleks Emelianenko drawed. Anderson Silva won 1 or two. Chris Lozano has a win, I think. Joe Duffy is undefeated in boxing with a few. Stephan Bonnar was a Golden Gloves champ. So was Brendan Shaub. I think Nam Phan was Silver Gloves. I hear Conor McGregor and Mousasi were amateur boxing champs. Holly Holm was of course a world woman's boxing champ. Rakovcy (sp?) too. Eric Prindle and some other dude he fought had military boxing bouts. I hear Couture did too but I find that hard to believe. All off of the top of my head. Don't ask me how I remembered all of that sht 
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BlackSuperman
Pro
Oh yeah, Vitor shredded some dude. Hold on.Kimbo Slice three more wins he would been knockin at a title shot
Vitor Belfort had some bout if Im not mistaken
2 Up 2 Down
Superstar
Silva was a C class boxer at best from what I seen.
Jens Pulver had some fights. Don't know how far he wouldve gotten if he stepped up the competition
Jens Pulver had some fights. Don't know how far he wouldve gotten if he stepped up the competition
Not sure why, if you could achieve similar success in boxing that you could achieve in MMA, that you would choose to participate in MMA to be honest. The real money is in boxing (for successful fighters).
Of course, all of this depends on what is the base line definition for success.
Of course, all of this depends on what is the base line definition for success.
krackdagawd
Inspire.
This. Take a pay cut to catch elbows n knees n shyt instead
Ol "I couldve been a doctor but I'd rather be a nurse ass nikkas"
Chuck liddell.
Blessed with those long arms
Blessed with those long arms
iFightSeagullsForBread
The Working Class Hero
Jon Jones
Junior Dos Santos
Mark Hunt
Melvin Manhoef
Eddie Alvarez
Vitor Belfort
Uriah Hall
Junior Dos Santos
Mark Hunt
Melvin Manhoef
Eddie Alvarez
Vitor Belfort
Uriah Hall
The Infamous
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I have a hard time seeing any MMA fighter finding success as a pro boxer. Boxing is just a different animal. It would very hard to compete with people who have been boxing their whole life. The gap between the best MMA strikers and successful pro boxers is too wide imo
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Loop Ba$eCrawler
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McGregor would probably do well. He was a boxing champ in Ireland before he switched to mma. That's probably why his ground game is terrible.