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Tom Yum · 07-13-2003, 12:13 PM

Nice.

The purpose of this post was to show the relative differences in boxing and muay thai and their boxing component - I think one of the opinions was that a boxer could best a muay thai fighter if each were to use their own rules.

The overwhelming consensus was that boxers spend 100% of their time working on hands, so naturally they are better with their hands wheras muay thai fighters can develop pretty good boxing skills, but also rely alot on kicks, elbows and knees to deliver their KOs.

With no preparation in Thai rules fighting, the MT fighter wins. In a boxing rules match, the thai boxer would be comfortable enough with boxing but not have the same time investment and training as the boxer and would loose. In the past 10 years, muay thai fighters have dabbled in boxing. Historically, some of the top 10 pro western boxers in the light weight, feather weight and bantam weight divisions have been from Thailand.

Check out the thread posted in the archives called "San Shou vs. Boxing" It was an exhbition match of San Shou fighters vs. American boxers.

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Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,301 Groans: 0 Groaned at 2 Times in 2 Posts	Nice. The purpose of this post was to show the relative differences in boxing and muay thai and their boxing component - I think one of the opinions was that a boxer could best a muay thai fighter if each were to use their own rules. The overwhelming consensus was that boxers spend 100% of their time working on hands, so naturally they are better with their hands wheras muay thai fighters can develop pretty good boxing skills, but also rely alot on kicks, elbows and knees to deliver their KOs. With no preparation in Thai rules fighting, the MT fighter wins. In a boxing rules match, the thai boxer would be comfortable enough with boxing but not have the same time investment and training as the boxer and would loose. In the past 10 years, muay thai fighters have dabbled in boxing. Historically, some of the top 10 pro western boxers in the light weight, feather weight and bantam weight divisions have been from Thailand. Check out the thread posted in the archives called "San Shou vs. Boxing" It was an exhbition match of San Shou fighters vs. American boxers. __________________ Love it, leave it or fix it. Last edited by Tom Yum; 07-13-2003 at 12:16 PM.