Coach: I know Rousey would out box Holm
Edmon Tarerdyabn: “I’ve never seen Ronda lose a single round. You don’t see guy MMA fighters out there — name me one — that can get the best of boxing world champions.”
If Ronda Rousey makes it past Cat Zingano at UFC 184, there is only one woman left in the UFC the fans are interested in seeing her fight and that is ex-professional boxer Holly Holm, who has transitioned successfully to MMA. Despite her professional boxing pedigree, Rousey’s coach believes that his fighter has the better standup:
“Ronda beats Holly in a boxing match,” Tarverdyan said Wednesday during a UFC 184 media day at Glendale Fighting Club. “I don’t believe it — I know so. And I believe in my fighter a lot.”
Holm holds an impressive 33-2-3 record in pro boxing. She competed professionally from 2002 to 2013, winning WBC, WBA and IBF titles, among others. She was The Ring magazine’s female fighter of the year in 2005 and 2006.
But Tarverdyan is so confident in Rousey’s developing striking ability that he would pick Rousey to win. The coach, a former boxer and Muay Thai fighter himself, bases his judgment on what Rousey does in training.
“We have her sparring with boxing world champions in the gym,” Tarverdyan said. “I’ve never seen Ronda lose a single round. You don’t see guy MMA fighters out there — name me one — that can get the best of boxing world champions. Within every round. Maybe one round they might. I’m not going to underestimate any of the fighters out there or talk negative about any of the MMA fighters out there. They’re great. There’s a few of them can really box and they do box with professional world champions. But not the way Ronda does.”