Topic: How are Boba's Unarmed skills?

How would Boba do against todays best fighters? ex. like a cage fighter? Does Boba win by technique and brawn or is he cunning and clever and just better suited to stealth and weaponry?

By fighters you mean like UFC and the like right?

Hm this is an interesting topic, since i don't the the extent of Boba's fighting  ability.  Even then I'd say he coudn't match u to Rampage.

I think he wouldn't with by brawn or strength, but by technique, agility, and karate chops to the neck that Jango does in Star Wars:Bounty Hunter.

yeah, UFC, Pride, K-1, Olympic level judoka wrestlers & tae kwon do guys..

the elite.

me too. btw: sweet Lord Soth Icon.  IMHO Lucas stole "Sith" from "Soth"

Really?! I never knew that...awsome. Its good that someone finally recognizes my icon tho, dont know many Dragonlance fans.

I think boba would win most if not all just because he can beat a jedi with the force and a sber while he himself has only his hands.

This may be a little of teh topic, but does boba have a lightsaber? Theres this comic, where vaders about to kill him, but he pulls a saber, and blocks it (yeah, i know its probably not cannon, it was in SW Tales i think, but its pretty cool.)

this is a good point. although ive always thought the jedi force was a bit overrated. all you have to do is where a mirrored suit to deflect it. but i guess the 'good' people of the jedi didnt want to let anyone in on that tip.

I don't think Boba ever beats anything in actual Canon. 

-CDO

The books are actual canon.  They have to be approved by Lucas.

whered ya hear that?

its pretty common knowledge around the inner circles

........riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...........

Define Inner circle...

do you guys even read the star wars databank? i fyou have such a passion for star wars, i would think you would go the extra mile to know your stuff.

Expanded Universe novels are NOT CANON!.  Lucus just gets royalties from them.

-CDO

I'll believe that when I have a link.  Star Wars databank considers EU canon.

Dude expanded universe just encompasses all the "officially" Star Wars license merchandise.  If you believe that all of that is canon then you believe that Comic Books, Video Games, Television shows, Spin-offs, and Toys are Canon, which they are not.

The cannon includes the SIX movies and the 3 Zahn (sp?) novels.  Not just any old crapmill SW product produced to steal money from the ignorant.

-CDO

Sev never said that the entire EU is cannon. did he?

This will clear it up.
http://blogs.starwars.com/Slug-Blogs/1
So basically it all depends on point of view.

I believe that certain material are canon.  As long as it doesn't directly contradict the movies I would conisder it canon.  But stuflike Tales and Visionaries I don't believe count.  As Obi-Wan said, "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our point of view."

Fett was never formally trained in any kind of hand to hand combat as far as I know. He's as tough and scrappy as they come, being Street, but his skills were geared more toward ranged combat and hunting. If he were to go up against a tae kwon do elitist or a good cage fighter, completely unarmed, he would probably get mauled.... but this doesn't mean he wouldn't go down without a fight. You'd have to finish Fett to make him stay down.

He knows basic combat from what he learned on his time at Kamino.  He'd still get schooled in the cage.  And as unFettered said he would go down punching.

He'd know how to fight without his weapons. It's basic combat. And he must be pretty good...Jango taught him.

well.. "basic combat" is a pretty vauge term. for example the standard unarmed combat out current U.S. Army grunt gets is pretty short and sweet, by no means does it give them great abilities  A soldier is supposed to do his killing with his weapon, not his fists.

Ths more I think about this, the more I think Boba doesn't have the heart to stand toe to toe with a guy. He'll just sneak up on him and shoot him in the back later.  that's the outlaw way!

Think of how jango fights Obi-Wan in Episode II.
Boba Probably has a similar style

the WPC wrestelers are a show.they dont really fight.fett would have mandalorian unarmed training form his father and then more as a journeyman protector.he preferes weapons.

Now thats just retarded, you need to have the "heart" to stand up to a guy, because what if he hears you, what if he turns around, what if he sneakes up on YOU

Killing them from behind is a more efficient wy of getting things done.  In Fett's mind, it would be a waste of time to wind up going toe to toe, unless in extreme circustances. Suffice to say, in his business, it is probably essential that he have top notch hand to hand abilities.  He would probably rank around one of the best in the galaxy, I'd say, just because it would be something that I can imagine him doing.   Why settle for anything less than absolute best?  He probably wouldn't, knowing what we know of him.

In the third book of the Han Solo Trilogy, Rebel Dawn, he's portrayed as having VERY good hand-to-hand skills.  He took out a very skilled Rebel body guard without really trying. 

As to what is and what isn't canon; I look at the starwars.com database for the facts.  Everything else in the EU I take with a grain of salt, and depending on whether I like what I read   :P

I think Boba in a hand-to-hand combat situation would rely more on stealth as opposed to brute force... like a space ninja if sorts!

Ninja!

(If you dont get that look up Civil Protection Friday on youtube, may contain language)

((And I agree with the space ninja coment, stealth and then, if that fails speed :D)

He would dodge a lot, nickel n dime him with quick, critical pressure point jabs and chops, then deliver one final finishing smash. Over just like that. I haven't read much on that, but I know his reflexes are top notch, almost jedi, (unless ur watching the movie it makes him look dumb in ROTJ) and running with all that armor and gear he must be strong. Also, he would obviously have been trained by Jango, I mean Jango trained freakin' ARC troopers, you think he would neglect his son?

i know. thats the most ludicrous statement i've ever heard. Did the aliens tell you that when you quit wearing your tinfoil hat? Or was it the voices inside of your head?

Lets review how the Force works. It originates in the midiclorians, which are in your blood. That's how Force-users can influence and sense life. So if the Force is INSIDE you, how would a mirrored suit reflect it? Its not like light. No offense, but that's just dumb. Where did you hear that? What "Inner Circles"?

Why Zahn's? That would include virtually nothing. Those 9 consist of around 2% of the SW universe. And Zahn wrote a lot more than 3. Try 8 or so. EU includes virtually every novel officially licensed by Lucas Arts. And the video games. For example, the upcoming "The Force Unleashed" Video game was an idea, and they had to take it before Lucas to get his approval. He decides what is "canon". Its way more than that.

I thought anything licensed by lucasfilm or lucasarts or lucaswhatever was canon. For example, all books and video games which are contained in the EU on the databank. So, is all EU canon or not?

I think that what's in the databank is all that's canon.  And the last time I checked there, Boba's story ends with him escaping the Sarlacc.  With KT getting a free hand direct from Lucas, that'll probably change....