Why do people act like poirier is a good boxer?

[mister piscadinha]

he is a good mma striker, dont get me wrong

but people here talk about him like he's some great boxer when all he does is blitzes throwing looping hooks

he also has old fedor levels of head hunting, cant throw a body shot to save his life

 

['Suga Daddy']

Cause he outboxed Conor and Max….

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Because he is

 

[KarateYeah]

Cause he would beat Mike Tyson in his prime

 

[Theynevergoeasy]

Cause he is

 

[b00tysweat]

show us how it's done TS

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

He has great boxing fundamentals from what we have seen in MMA.

 

[Chomsky Honk]

He's one of the best LW standup fighters of all time and his standup style is... boxing. Nobody thinks Poirier is going to win a belt in professional boxing.

 

[Levi_]

Cause he would beat Mike Tyson in his prime

Proof.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

cant throw a body shot to save his life

 

[Levi_]

These kinds of threads always have a relative answer. A good boxer in what context? I'd say he's pretty good for MMA.

 

[JoeganMoldberg]

TS should back up his words and challenge Dustin outside his home

 

[DelanoRunnymede]

Cause he outboxed Conor and Max….

Ended the thread with the first reply

 

[VinceArch]

Cause Poirier IS a good boxer. We never said he could beat Manny Pacquiao.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Because he beats a lot of good fighters with punches. What else?

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

he is a good mma striker, dont get me wrong

but people here talk about him like he's some great boxer when all he does is blitzes throwing looping hooks

he also has old fedor levels of head hunting, cant throw a body shot to save his life

What a shit take. Poirier has good footwork, head movement, parries well, has good killer instinct, good power and throws combos.
Way to expose your lack of understanding.

 

[OleBuffalo]

ah man that’s an easy one - it’s cus he is one in terms of adapting and applying a boxing-centric style for MMA. Great defense in 4oz gloves and the ability to counter off of slips/rolls, efficient straight left from distance w unique timing and little windup, good check hook, multi-punch combos, ability to prod and rangefind w his lead hand w/o being too reckless, the ability to stance switch mid combo, really good accuracy while still delivering big power instead of sacrificing too much in either direction.

Think you gotta judge skills as they relate to the sport the athlete has spent their life preparing for.

What mma fighters would you consider good boxers, if any in your opinion? Conor, Max? Cus those experiments have been run

 

[Fergelmince]

he is a good mma striker, dont get me wrong

but people here talk about him like he's some great boxer when all he does is blitzes throwing looping hooks

he also has old fedor levels of head hunting, cant throw a body shot to save his life

Because he was an Olympic bronze medalist at 63.5kg in the 2008 Athens Olympic Games.

 

[textwarrior]

he is a good mma striker, dont get me wrong

but people here talk about him like he's some great boxer when all he does is blitzes throwing looping hooks

he also has old fedor levels of head hunting, cant throw a body shot to save his life

Because Joe Rogan said so, his commentary is 100 percent accurate...I graduated from Harvard and I do my research on his every comment, and he has not lied once, because Joe said so....Joe knows.

 

[Megatronlee]

Bruh they been callin dustin a legend