Rich Franklin on Belfort’s boxing

In keeping with the MMA vs. boxing theme of the day, here’s a good interview with Rich Franklin, who faces Vitor Belfort in tonight’s UFC 103 main event. I like what Franklin has to say, I like his casual frankness, and I hope his face doesn’t get too messed up by Belfort, who might not be a top-10 boxer as his Xtreme Couture coach Shawn Tompkins claims, but he’s still got serious striking ability.

And if you’re still thinking Franklin will come out on top, that quantity of strikes will win out over quality of strikes, remember that Belfort was volunteered to step in against Fedor Elemianenko after Josh Barnett failed his drug test back during Afflictions’s death throes.