Re: why no mma to boxing conversions?
A few reasons:
1 - most people start MMA later than boxers start their training, and wouldn't have the time to switch to boxing after - Liddell, for example is way too old.
2 - MMA standup, even for pure strikers, is much different than boxing.
3 - The best strikers in MMA would not EVER rise to elite status in boxing, so why bother? Boxers spend years and years training specific skills to work in a specific sport. MMA fighters spend much less time specifically on boxing, and would be starting from way behind.
The best strikers in MMA would be far worse at boxing, be far less famous, and make far less money if they went over to boxing.
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