Originally Posted by Damian Mavis

Dude, MTF, we told you before that was not true. Western Muay Thai has adopted western boxing as it's foundation for hands, but this is not so in Traditional Muay Thai in Thailand. In the past Muay Thai's punches were lacking the real fire power of western boxing, they didn't commit their body to it, it was mostly arm power. Ever since many European fighters started coming here and knocking people out left and right with powerful boxing Muay Thai here started adopting Western boxing at many camps. There are still many camps that do not use Western boxing though and still punch like the traditional Muay Thai fighters. It doesn't mean they can't kick ass, it just means it probably won't be with punches.

Damian Mavis
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