Kindly, avoid talking about something you do not understand. Gloves on the temple is to cover the high elbows which are more deadly than a punch. A muay thai fighter also let their hands down sometimes because they know for sure if you rush with a punch they will slip and knee you,sweep you, or front kick you, spar a muay thai fighter to understand. I do muay thai and attend a boxing class once every six months and let me tell you even in a boxing fight ALONE if you are not higher than two years experience all the boxers were easy. Imagine if I can kick them too.

This is why Dutch style Muay Thai is so effective. The emphasis boxing more than traditional Muay Thai

I love boxing but muay thai is way better than boxing. Mouay Thai boxers tranig when they are young. Especially Mouay Boran their training is butal.

Usage a fight is going to start with a punch, so some boxing training would be great if you want to quickly end a fight if you’re a professional with your hands. However, the average person isn’t going to expect nor be prepared to handle a leg kick. If it’s your first time getting kicked in the calves buy someone who knows how to kick, it’ll take some miracle to still be standing after taking a couple of kicks.

I have been boxing for almost 3 decdes, its my love and passion. With that said, im 3 years into mma training now as well, why you ask, leg kicks , grappling, ekbows, knees, etc. Boxing ia amazing against 90 percent of attackers on the street, but get into it with someone who is skilled in certain martial arts, they can negate my advantages using different styles without much struggle. This is dishonest peripd.

A boxer will get destroyed by a Muay Thai fighter, it's no contest.

Muay Thai destroys boxing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

It’s better to have 9 limbs as a weapon than a knuckle, just saying. Unless you have a gun, sword or a knife

I think street wise, Boxing will always be better in defense terms; clean movement and straigth punishes, I trained Muay Thai, BJJ and Combat Sambo my entirely life at this point and one of my biggest step ups was including boxing foot drills... Muay thai will always be very good at predicting attacks but most of those attacks can simply be dodged for a smaller price in your body. I would simply recomend for someone who is only focused in self defense to be in Boxing and Krav Maga, learn the fundamentals and train where it hurts, this will save u one day. Not everyone as years of Muay Thai to stomp a knife attacker and break is rib, not everyone knows how to sweep off a big dude, not everyone can choke... Boxing will keep you measuring your distance and always moving... Take the advice of someone who fougth too much in the street and mainly in self defense scenarios

If boxing was do easy.. every contact sport athlete will do it and make more

I get where you're coming from but personally I've won street fights just by sweeping ppl

Why would a sport that’s limited to the use of hands be better for self defence? Lol

you can call it muay thai but it i jut bxing with kicks... -_- our greeks used pankration (the real one) it was litereally than today mma but they did this in bc 500 already! punches kicks grapplings and joing locks!

Boxing Hit and not get hit sweet scientific violence of boxing MT is like rock em sock blow for blow with punches , kicks , elbows ,knees

Muay thai is better and arguably keyokeshin karate is comparable to boxing far as effectiveness.

Why was boxing the popular choice in the Wild West and in ancient Rome? Because boxing is the best fit in case of escalation Good luck on landing a kick or moving in with elbows on a boxer holding a knife or any other adequate tool It the art of gentlemanly defence - very fit for the ungentlemanly escalation

Muay Thai is when you want to be better on fighting and self defense,boxing is if you want to have a simple but effective self defense.

I agree with you, 96% of street fights are only punch to the Head, when you're boxing this IS what you get experto at dealing with

I honestly believe its just because you can get better at boxing faster than muay Thai because its just hands rather than everything else and realistically you only need your hands in a street fight (I do train muayThai)

Better way to rephrase this is boxing focused muay thai aka muay mat is better than general muay thai in a street fight I dont see myself kicking - its gonna be punch, clinch, knees, takedown, kimura

People in the comment section don’t know anything

do both then you can talk you are unEducated in the sport , There’s different distances Muay Thai mate to boxing The first thing you do in a street fight hit first and don’t stop ! Good trying to sale 😂

Mauy thai beats boxing in mauy thai not in boxing and as far as street fight boxing beats mauy Thai because what ull learn in the first couple of months will get you by frfr and your non professional mauy thai person is much more likely to make a mistake now professionally Muay Thai definitely wins fo sure buh regardless all martial arts should be respected

Muay thai is better than boxing in self defense. In a street fight(Assuming it's a fight without weapons) people will sometimes grab you in the hair, head, shirt, they will hug you, muay thai may not be better compared to boxing when it comes to head movement, footwork and handstriking, but it has many weapons in its arsenal to used against different attacks, aside from elbows, knees and kicks, it has a better techniques in the clinch and it has footsweeps. This is not to say that boxing is useless, im just saying that it's not better compared to muay thai when it comes to self-defense.

Muay Thai people are delusional.

with boxing you will break your hand while using it in the street. Try to punch a muay thai practitionner and he will block with his elbows causing your fist to break. Even a non trained guy if he blocks your punches with his elbows you will break your arm. With muay thai you can stop a guy without having to hit on a hard skull.

He's got some good points here, but I'd really beg to differ. In some perspectives, yes, boxing may seem better than muay thai for self-defense especially with the head defense and movement, footwork and agility. But then again, these attributes are also seen in greats such as Samart Payakaroon, Saenchai, Lerdsila, Tawanchai, pretty much anyone with a Muay Femur style archetype. The reason why we rarely see this type of thing in modern Muay Thai is because becoming a Muay Femur itself is pretty difficult since it requires you to learn Muay Thai thoroughly (But then again, you'd have to do the same for boxing). Nowadays, everyone wants to be like Rodtang where style is shown through power and good body conditioning where the fighters look like they were made of steel, something Muay Thai is known for. But that's not exactly the point here, it's just that the examples shown here aren't really showing the full potential of Muay Thai as a self-defense martial art while he calls some aspects of it awful, and I think I speak for everyone who disagrees with this video. I reckon kicking may be a bad idea for close-quarters combat (which most street fights are), but the clinch speaks for itself which opens a myriad of dangerous weapons like the elbows and knees (100% more lethal than punches) which this video does not address and even then, if clinching is a bad idea (for example the attacker has a weapon), a teep can be used for distance and a good low kick should do the trick to immobilize the attacker. Regardless, both boxing and muay thai won't work in the streets without a decent amount of training, so in the end, it would still depend on the martial artist.

Why are so many fake MT guys here trying to talk tough. If any of you were trained legitimately in MT you would know you never start ANY fight with a kick. 2nd,in a Real street situation. The weight classes are not the same. Unless you trained in thailand and developed your shins for hour's a day. You are not crippling a heavyweight. 3rd,MT head defense is non existent. Your hand position leaves you open to uppercuts. Try pulling that BS low kick when you get punched 3 times in a row. Same bunch of flyweights think they can take mike tyson out in his prime "yeah bro,id like low kick him and he's done,Bro"... Delusional cherries

confidently incorrect describes all your videos

Lomo can have all the heads movement in the world, john haggerty would kick him all day with oit being touched

I agree with this. Most street fights don't involve professional Muay Thai fighters, but everyone else will try to box you.

Mostly agreed. Just learning basics of boxing (and ideally some submission grappling) is much easier for most people. That being said, you just can't beat a teep kick for self defence lol.

I feel like Muay Thai is also good for self defence because Muay Thai only for striking

Boxing + grappling is probably the best. Street fights are quick and chaotic. Alot of what you know goes out the window and you stick to the basics. This is why i believe boxing > muaythai, because punching and head movement is more natural than a round house. Keep it stupid simple. Grappling is king since it slows the fight, allows for more control and takes away punchers chance. Chokes are also great for those that are small and don't have great knockout power. Only problem with Grappling is multiple opponents and thats also why you want to know how to grapple; break grips and get the fuck out.

Nice video, BUT, you never mention that, when boxing, you wear GLOVES, to protect your HANDS. In a street fight, you're not going to be wearing those. One wrong hit to your opponent's head, especially the skull, and you can EASILY break your hand, then you're proper fucked.

You are silly

Come on , I could still identify some words. Try harder next time with the background music....

Now that's an ending 😂

100 pullups at 50 mins is kinda slow. And ur legs flop around a lot.

Apologizing and deescalating/runing away > wrestling/boxing > jiu-jitsu > kicking

Both are very good for self-defense, but if you fight in a street against two or three guys at once in a tight corner, believe me Boxing is the best to destroy them all very quickly. In general people make mistakes and believe that Thai or Kickboxers are also Boxers because they use punches as well. However that's a big misconception. Only a Boxer is a Boxer, a Thaiboxer is someone who can throw punches, a Karateka can also throw punches, but there are galaxies between a Boxer and someone who just learnt how to throw punches.

No disrespect intended towards the fighters in this video, but I don't think this is necessarily the best representation of muay thai/boxing defense; I wouldn't make judgements about the viability of muay thai vs boxing in a street self defense situation based on this.

I wanna see you throw some kick combos pls just asking best fan here man you are the scholar athlete!

You clearly don’t know what your talking about lol have you ever boxed or did mauy thai?? Im going to say never lol

Worst take I've seen in a while

My thought is, most arguments in the street,pub, club etc always seem to start within punching range. So what better skill to have then boxing. Thats it, if someone jumps you from behind and has you in a head lock, well i suppose this video would be, judo is better then boxing in a street fight. Just my way of thinking😊

This is simply not true. As a 12 year Martial artist with combat / fight experience in Thai boxing and K1 kickboxing, I can tell you I’ve used Muay Thai techniques in the street with great success. Ive dropped a 230 lb attacker with 3x leg kicks. I’ve teeped a guy into a wall and knocked him out. None of these attacks require you to risk breaking your hand on someone’s hard skull. The advantage boxing techniques have are that it’s generally easier to land, but once you’re good you’re good and Muay Thai has so many more weapons: elbows, clinch techniques, throws, knees. It’s much more dynamic and versatile as a result. Just my two cents.

Judo is the best

Boxing is better than Muay Thai for self defense only if you wear tight trousers or not even then. Even if they don't kick, Thai fighters have clinch + elbows, above what boxing has. Also, about Thai fighters who don't slip punches, learn that punches do not score high under Thai rules, which means they are not rewarded for the best punches or defense from punches. On the streets? Try to punch a Thai fighter, land one or two and wake up clinched. You'd wish he were a boxer.

I'm a boxer. But i think you lacking insight on why some moves are not done on Thai. For example ducking is extremely dunger, causa of knees on the face. You have MMA examples of that. I understand footwork is better. But not always you will have space to implement boxing footwork