Ricky Hatton passed away.

[Jaylen Tatum]

i always liked fighters with the hitman nickname

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

Damn. I really liked that early to mid 2000s era of boxing. It was lowkey “starting to die” so they say, but that era was my personal favorite. I used to go crazy w/ him and Jermaine Taylor on FNR3.

 

[feelosofer]

Damn. I really liked that early to mid 2000s era of boxing. It was lowkey “starting to die” so they say, but that era was my personal favorite. I used to go crazy w/ him and Jermaine Taylor on FNR3.

That era had good boxers in all weight classes and a lot of different styles. Probably the last time boxing was still 'great'.

 

[Mike18jj]

Damn RIP that era of boxing will always be my favorite

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

That era had good boxers in all weight classes and a lot of different styles. Probably the last time boxing was still 'great'.

Damn RIP that era of boxing will always be my favorite

Ay nah. Remember that Super Six shiit from back in the day?

 

[benjamin]

i always liked fighters with the hitman nickname

 

[Mike18jj]

Ay nah. Remember that Super Six shiit from back in the day?

my nikka Andre SOG Ward won that

 

[Rick Fox at UNC]

Boxing is not a good sport at the pro level

RIP

That's part of it, but these dudes live hard lives a lot of times.

You have to be a bit off to make it at anything, much less boxing.

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

I always wonder how much damage MMA fighters take to their brain because they catching fist, feet, knees,and elbows to the head.

I'd figure less. MMA fights are usually stopped quicker than boxing and there's no eight count. If someone is obviously concussed in MMA, the ref calls it.

 

[Problematic Pat]

One thing MMA has over boxing is that the matches are much shorter. You aren't taking blows to the head for 20-30 minutes relatively continuously like you can in boxing.

Yeah but in those shorter rounds opponents are getting kneed and elbowed on top of their heads and directly on the forhead with no padding especially when ground and pound.

 

[Erratic415]

I always wonder how much damage MMA fighters take to their brain because they catching fist, feet, knees,and elbows to the head.

I’m sure they take a lot of damage.

Boxing is probably more dangerous from the repetitive damage. Most ring deaths are from a boxer taking a long beating in a fight, not a quick brutal knockout.

Sparring plays a notable role in brain damage too.

 

[3rdWorld]

Too soon to say what did it.

He fought with heart, RIP.

 

[Dr. Acula]

It would be interesting to have a comparison between the average boxer and MMA fighter on the number of punch they get on their head during their careers.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I was always under the impression MMA careers were shorter. Taking punches to the head isn’t good with gloves of any size but part of the reason I never respect MMA is that it just seem more like a meathead and more brutal sport than boxing.