Muay Thai strategy against boxing

[fire cobra]

Nothing tires a fighter out more than hitting his body,shins and knees to the body of a puncher then moving into the clinch is a good tactic,
low kicks can be used but can leave you vunerable to counter right hands for example after throwing a low kick,
not that many fighters get stopped with low kicks,better to use them behind the knees for loss of opponents balance.

[KickNit]

you must take the offensive posture and go for the clinch [/U]

As I said before, clinchers have the advantage. Offense is always better than defense and you have to quickly turn the tables and take control. Clinching is a good way to do that.

[Caveman]

Hard part about clinching is moving inside into the boxer. Boxers always have theirs hand up if their good, and wont let anybody get inside.

[Ghost]

Hard part about clinching is moving inside into the boxer. Boxers always have theirs hand up if their good, and wont let anybody get inside.

you dont have to get inside to get the clinch you can have it onn the outside with their arms on the inside, if you pull it tight they cant punch.
although you want to work for the inside its not vital.

there is no requirement for a clinch to be on the inside as such.

[fire cobra]

Kick the arms and body to get inside.

As Ghost says there is no need to get your arms inside(though thats positionally better) if your arms are on the outside and you have a good head grip then you can still work knees.

Ive found that usually in that position the boxer will start to body punch,this leaves him very open to a knee to the head and to be pulled off balance badly,
if they try to roll out of your grip let go and kick to the neck as their head pops up,also if anyone puts there hands on your hips to stop the knees,let go of the head and fire some elbows.

[Ghost]

Kick the arms and body to get inside.

As Ghost says there is no need to get your arms inside(though thats positionally better) if your arms are on the outside and you have a good head grip then you can still work knees.

Ive found that usually in that position the boxer will start to body punch,this leaves him very open to a knee to the head and to be pulled off balance badly,
if they try to roll out of your grip let go and kick to the neck as their head pops up,also if anyone puts there hands on your hips to stop the knees,let go of the head and fire some elbows.

yeah good points, and really open to the elbow to the head as well, in fact if you have reasonably good elbows and the boxer starts punching when you have him clinched you are pretty much at end game there, if he is punching low his head is wide open to both elbows and kness to the head as you rightly pointed out.
an elbow landed with one arm when the other is holding their head in place is fairly devastating, especially if you fire off a combination of them and some knees.
if you have him against a wall or some other object then even better.

[William]

One example of...

....utilizing the round kick and clinch against a boxer.


[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edz99Oua4Uo[/YOUTUBE]



William

[fire cobra]

Oh Dear! that guy was totally unprepared! low and high kicks,so there we go it shows against a guy with only 2 weapons to attack with and NO defence against the other 6 weapons you can do most anything!.

[npk9]

Wow. . . did the boxer even train for that fight?! It looked like he never even sparred against one!

[Ghost]

you can see how the low kick is effective when the boxer goes sideways.

[fire cobra]

you can see how the low kick is effective when the boxer goes sideways.

Yeah Ghost,

Thats why i think the low kick is best used to stop someone going in circles and keep them in front of you,that way you can use all the weapons of Muay Thai more effectively.

[Yessir]

My advice would be to attack the legs with lowkicks, and going for the clinch. Boxers aren't used to the thai clinch.

[rickyparis]

seems like you didn´t had very much sucess at first , so the best thing to do is to keep training and learning, there is always a way to get things done.You can always get better.

[KickNit]

Nice video. It does prove that low kicks and clinches can be effective against the right type of boxer. Did you notice how the clincher went straight for the same target every time? That's how you do it. Just wear them down - one kick at a time!

[matbla]

nice video low kick are deadly some times
and can you post more or p.m me and i can give you my address