Boxing is superior to any form of Oriental MA which involves striking. I've watched my fill of MT fights and with the various weapons they use, elbows, knees and kicks find very few knockdowns and vicious cuts and KO's. MT fighters have no footwork and tend to stand in front of each other. Stiff and straight up and very open to just about all a boxer's punches. Most knockdowns in MT are from a short right counter to a kick and it is only armpunching. The clinches again offer a lot of targets for the boxer. MT fighters don't crouch and leave their sides wide open to body shots. they don't slip punches and as a result would absorb the full weight of a boxer's punch. Kicking can easily be neutralized by lateral movement, and the MT fighter NEEDS to set in order to kick. Sad to say the kickboxer will be set up by the very kicks he relies so much. The MT fighter has a tendency to approach his opponent trying to hold unto the back of the neck, in so doing leaves himself so open. Grasping the opponent at the waist and throwing knees, the blows have no leverage.The moment the MT fighter starts to knee, just walking forward would easily put the MT fighter in an off-balanced position. Grasping the back of the neck is even worse. Wide open for body shots!
Also the boxer's trick of spinning the opponent is devastating to a fighter who is poor in footwork. Elbows as thrown by MT fighters are don't cause the same cuts as punches in boxing does. the technique of turning the punch at the moment of contact causes this. Elbows are illegal in boxing but there are occasions where the use of the elbow is used with finesse and inflicting damage without the ref ever noticing. (Holyfield -Holmes) Throwing a hook and "missing" only to catch the opponent with the elbow in te follow through 'Nuff said!
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