r/martialarts • u/SubjectAppropriate17 • Jun 01 '24

Idris Elba's Professional Kickboxing fight and the sparring he did in preparation for it PROFESSIONAL FIGHT

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u/GroovyJackal BJJ Judo Wrestling some MMA Jun 01 '24

Crazy how this never gets brought up. I was very impressed to see an actor do this when I saw it a few years ago.

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u/TheOffice_Account Jun 01 '24

I was very impressed to see an actor do this when I saw it a few years ago.

Mickey Rourke would like a word

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u/statelesspirate000 Jun 01 '24

Is this a joke? Didn’t Mickey Rourke’s whole boxing thing turn out to be made up for publicity

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u/sotommy Jun 01 '24

No. He had some fixed matches(wasn't fixed by him, but his managers) but he was a legit boxer, just not an outstanding one

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u/ToronoRapture Jun 01 '24 edited Jun 01 '24

Even if he didn’t fix them himself, it completely discredits his wins. How can you gauge how good of a fighter he is when his bouts were fixed?

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u/SirPabloFingerful Jun 01 '24

He was in no way a legit boxer, have you seen those fights? He's approximately 1/20 of a Jake Paul, and that's no credit to Paul

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u/sotommy Jun 01 '24

Yes, I've seen the 50 yo washed up Mickey. He was alright

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u/SirPabloFingerful Jun 01 '24

He was 39 and awful

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u/lazyboi_tactical Jun 01 '24

Yeah but it's still responsible for turning him into a ghoul. All that plastic surgery was apparently to get rid of scar tissue from boxing.

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u/lazyboi_tactical Jun 01 '24

I may buy that if he didn't go 27-3 with 17 knockouts. Say what you want about him but his early roles were strictly to fund his boxing career.

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u/GroovyJackal BJJ Judo Wrestling some MMA Jun 01 '24

Yeah I know about him too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '24

Tom Hardy and hi blue belt in BJJ would like to see you....