Why do people act like poirier is a good boxer?

[Question]

He got pieced up and finished in the first fight, he got beat soundly in a pure boxing round until the leg kicks sunk in in the 2nd, and the third was weird cause mcgregor wasn’t fighting normally and initiated grappling

man vs boy, max on 6 weeks notice with love handles, poirier gassed and pushed max against the fence to save himself from getting finished

The first fight was when both were way more green, especially Dustin. Ever since he moved he really took it up a notch and became a way better fighter.
And no Dustin was catching Conor with the check hook all night in their rematch and it kept landing until Conor crumbled, it was a lot more then just the leg kicks. Dustin outboxed him.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Max, Dustin, Ilia, Gaethje, O’Malley, Jack Della Madalena, Mcgregor, Yan, Song, Volk, Strickland, and Pereira are my current top mma boxers

 

[drbolony]

I think he could have won a belt in boxing at one point, they have some scrubs that hold some of those belts.

I love you bro, but.....idk

Yes I get it, he won all of these fights (har har), but I hope you see what all of these have in common. The Ryan Garcia special.

He's a brawler

He's a little more than that, but he does always get sad when Teddy doesn't tell him what he wants to hear. In fact I'm almost certain Teddy has praised other MMA fighters boxing in front of DP, one of them being Max Holloway, lol. Even after he beat him at LW.

Max, Dustin, Ilia, Gaethje, O’Malley, Jack Della Madalena, Mcgregor, Yan, Song, Volk, Strickland, and Pereira are my current top mma boxers

Excellent list. Would be interested to see the way you tier even then these guys.

 

[Xoleth]

It hit Gaethje's elbow, dude!

Cause he outboxed Conor and Max….

A drunk guy and a guy with a 69 in reach at LW

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Hes one of the better all time MMA boxers.

 

[loisestrad]

The first fight was when both were way more green, especially Dustin.

Not "especially Dustin".

Poirier had 19 fights prior to the McGregor-Poirier fight, Conor had 17.
Poirier had 10 fights in the UFC prior to the fight, Conor had 3.

 

[Question]

Not "especially Dustin".

Poirier had 19 fights prior to the McGregor-Poirier fight, Conor had 17.
Poirier had 10 fights in the UFC prior to the fight, Conor had 3.

He's evolved way more then Conor since that first fight.
Dustin really began hitting his peak and getting his bigger wins after moving up at lightweight where he managed to beat Alvarez, Chandler, Miller, Duffy, Ferreira, Green, Pettis, Gaethje, Holloway, Hooker and Conor twice.

So yes, Dustin was pretty green back then and became way better after that loss(entering his prime by returning to lightweight).

 

[SkinnyClaw]

I don't think any of Dustin's past opponents beat him in a 12 round boxing match

 

[ulysse]

Poirier can punch for sure

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Well, Max is the best boxer in the UFC. He told me so during one of his fights.

 

[Rum that Chimay-Leffe]

Anyway, his boxing skills won't save him to be cut in half by BSD tree trunk kicks

 

[RonDante]

Conor always initiates grappling after he gets outboxed. That's 1:1 extremely normal.

When

 

[DoubleTrouble]

When

Diaz 1 lol

 

[Hellowhosthat]

When people say someone is a good boxer when talking about an MMA fighter they mean a good boxer in an MMA context, not that he's going to win a WBC title. Dustin is a good boxer under an MMA ruleset.

 

[LoneLynx]

Poirier is great boxer

 

[kingmob6]

Teddy Atlas ranks Dustin's mma boxing very high, as some of the best, that should tell you something.

 

[Bojka]

The first fight was when both were way more green, especially Dustin. Ever since he moved he really took it up a notch and became a way better fighter.
And no Dustin was catching Conor with the check hook all night in their rematch and it kept landing until Conor crumbled, it was a lot more then just the leg kicks. Dustin outboxed him.

Dustin established the TD threat early in both rematches. He didn't win with pure boxing or even striking. Conor's TD sucks and he had to fight around that.

Dustin was also feinting TD attempts and landing strikes thanks to that.

Yes this is MMA and Dustin is the better MMA fighter, but I don't think he's a better pure boxer than Conor.

 

[RemyR]

Dustin: outboxes Conor, Halloway, Gaethje in the first match

TS: guys I don't think Dustin is a good boxer

This fucking place I swear...

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

You're a digrace TS

 

[RockyLockridge]

I think he's good but they put him on this legendary all time best-esque pedestal which I never really understood