Their difficulty is from not being used to being hit that way, so they are not prepared.
Compared to an untrained guy, I can get a boxer responding to these kicks properly way faster.
It is a matter of training and experience, not strength. As always, technique trumps strength every time.
As for popular, I guess that will be up to the general public to decide over time. Boxing seems pretty secure to me.
He's not wrong in that the best way to beat a boxer is with leg kicks. When boxers have entered K-1, Muay Thai, and MMA, they've essentially been kicked to death, in the instances they weren't wrestled to the ground in MMA.
You can be kicked in the legs long before you can get close enough to punch, so the new range throws off guys who have spent a lifetime only worrying about punches.
It's not that the legs are "weak", but having a guy smash his shin into your thighs will bring down anyone. The area that kickboxers and Muay Thai guys normally aim for is the outside of the leg, along the tendon and nerves, or on the inside of the leg, along the femoral artery. These areas aren't nearly as well-muscled as the front of the leg.
Your friend might be right I don't know. But one thing you are diefently wrong in is that the boxer would win. And I just have to say who cares how many pushups they do? Do you really think that the guys in other sports train less? Don't be naive.
If two fighters from two different sports fight using only boxing rules the boxer would win. No doubt. However if a muay thai fighter came in and he was allowed to do leg kicks he would win without the shadow of a doubt. All he has to do is keep his distance and leg kick him over and over and over again.
Same thing with mma. Take it the ground. What's a boxer suppose to do?
I started boxing at 12 and I would squat on the wall for 3 minutes without moving 3 times a day, then jump as high as I can for 3 minutes without slowing down right after the squats without a break. So we have very strong legs. A kick boxer can beat a boxer and a boxer could beat a kick boxer. It just depends on who the fighter is and how hard they practice. I'm the kind of boxer that makes his moves off of your mistakes, I never fought aggressively or clinched unless I was wrestling. But the whole 300 reps you said are beginers work, and those 3 fighting styles all train hard. Boxing as a sport is dying? That's fools talk. That's like saying wrestling is a dying sport... Boxing, wrestling, and jiu jitsu are the most dominate fighting styles, without a doubt.
Neither one of you guys know what you are talking about. Many, many boxers have gone to Kickboxing matches and lost because of leg kicks. There have been some boxers who have also found ways in side of kicking range and ko'd their opponents, but those are much fewer and far between.
Muay Thai is in no way shape or form going to replace boxing. The organizations that really promoted it world wide are dying out.
MMA is not replacing boxing by any means, either. I don't understand why so many peeps don't want the two to coexist.
Neither boxing nor MMA will ever be the worlds most popular sport... ever
Boxing is not a dying sport, it still rakes in more money than MMA and those profits only go up. The UFC is only interested in making money for itself and controlling the sport, not creating a world wide federation. They concentrate on bringing the talent to them rather than fostering it within various countries. Also the UFC is only the largest of many separate organisations, that don't often get along. While it is not fake like wrestling, the business model professional wrestling uses is what the UFC wants.
While it is true that boxers without experience or knowledge of Kickboxing are prone to kicks, saying boxers have weak legs is a load of rubbish, your friend has gotten good at repeating the trash talk he has heard other twits babble on about. Being weak to kicks does not mean you have weak legs.
Boxing is not about blind aggression, it is a sport of tactics and subtleties, controlling the rhythm of the match, countering, feints, territory etc
As with any combat sport there is always much more going on than most see.
Boxers are smart (when it comes to their sport). They know that arms are strong, but also know that they are 10x as powerful when they use their whole body. Ex. They squat down then shoot up when throwing an uppercut. So yes they do train legs. Because they only train punches, and kickboxers train both (and are less agressive). In a street fight I'd predict the boxer would knock out the kick boxer. Now in the mma ring, the glove would pad the fist so the Muy thai fighter might win, but in the street I still think the boxer would win (maybe break a leg, but still win).
Boxing, like almost any fighting style, does not encompass all techniques. Boxers are very good at what they do, which is punching. Since boxing does not have any leg techniques, they are weak in the legs. So yes, a few low kicks would leave a boxer on his knees, just like BJJ practitioner could probably get an Muay Thai fighter in an armbar in seconds. Point is, almost every fighting style has a weakness. Boxers don't know how to kick, Muay Thai fighters would be clueless if taken to the ground, and a Judoka or BJJ practitioner wouldn't know how to strike. And MMA is not a martial art, it is a sport where different martial arts come together. Most MMA fighters train in multiple martial arts. In short, boxers are good at what they do and nothing else (assuming they haven't trained in anything else).
Not the most popular sport but more popular i hate mma i hate muay thai too. I respect muay thai not ufc or mma, kickboxing is ok and a boxer would win if they are good they should be lightening quick they generally train harder than any martial artist and there is no such thing as mma, the ONLY REASON you can call yourself a "cage fighter" or say i do "mma" is that you trained in a group of styles and you decided what to add and what to take out. 3/4 of the matchs of mma are wrestling and the other are kicking and knee you generally dont see jabs. I just have the biggest hate for the supposed MMA fans. Plus the only true MMA is JKD. Plus most fans of mma who bash martial artists probably go to LA Boxing. another thing i hate about "MMA" and "UFC" is that they think they're the best fighters even people who say they practiced it. I study wing chun and some fatass always talks back to the sifu and says well in "mma" we generally, like just stfu noone cares about ******* mma or gay *** ufc also no mma practiconer are in better shape than any boxers. And boxers have extremly strong legs thats where there power comes from. Boxing is almost all legs alot of people think the opposite, people are so ignorant
dosen't matter how strong your legs are leg kicks hurt. boxing isn't ever going to die. but it won't be the most viewed combat sport for ever. in 20 years mma will probably surpass boxing
I was having a discussion with my friend and he keeps on saying that a kickboxer/muay thai fighter would destroy a boxer,for the muay thai fighter has leg kicks and boxers legs are to weak to handle it. Now my friend knows nothing about boxing except the names of Ali and Tyson so he doesnt know how many pro boxers train.Most (good) boxers do around 300 push ups,300 sit ups ,300 squats a day so I highly doubt to beat a boxer you need to use leg kicks.He also told me that boxing is all pure aggression,just punching and clinching.Though I told him boxing is about hit and dont be hit such as using slipping to counter your opponent. Do you aggree,he keeps saying that boxing is a dying sport and that muay thai and mma would rise and be the mostpopular sport in the world in the next 20 years.
