Boxing is will not help you in a street fight.

[Alexis Vastine]

someone said knuckles are the hardest part of the had - wrong! u can break your knuckles on a persons face. the palm is the way to go for face strikes.

but, sticking to the subject, i would put my money more times than not on a boxer or martial artists winning a one on one fight. especially martial artists who train to **** people up and practice contact sparring - which is what i do.

i think, as long as a boxer doesn't only think in terms of boxing as a sport, then he would hold his own for sure.

Bull****. I seen them palm shots, you can't even crack a tortilla with them! You are right in the second paragraph. Even non-effective martial arts such as tae Kwon Do will give you an edge on the streets because you practice fighting regulalry. Most of the time they win on fitness alone. Even if they think of TWD, Boxing or whhatever they practice just as a sport, I still think they have the edge.

if you are saying that boxing is the top form of fighting, get out more often!

I'm not just saying it, I know it is from experience!

[MaTTuP]

I will take the boxer over the streetfighter any day. I've seen a number of boxers really lay into other guys starting trouble. I think regardless of the situation, the hand speed is the biggest factor along with the boxing instincts of seeing punches coming from a mile away & knowing how to react.

[Salty]

Exactly, you train your body and mind countless hours day in and day out to turn it into a weapon to ultimately harm another man. If that doesn't give you an advantage in a street fight nothing will.

[Southpaw Stinger]

A man who gets in shape and learns to throw punchers properly with speed and power and learns to react to an opponents shots will have an advantage over some average street guy who thinks he's tough. In a street fight if you're the first to land a good hard shot chances are you will win since street fghts are brief.

[j]

Bull****. I seen them palm shots, you can't even crack a tortilla with them! You are right in the second paragraph. Even non-effective martial arts such as tae Kwon Do will give you an edge on the streets because you practice fighting regulalry. Most of the time they win on fitness alone. Even if they think of TWD, Boxing or whhatever they practice just as a sport, I still think they have the edge.


I'm not just saying it, I know it is from experience!

wait, u have seen palm strikes??? have u ever been on the recieving end of one? and palm strikes from who?

need references? search for video on bas rutten.

for fighting, i don't think it just comes down to fitness. i think it comes down to trained fighting instinct a bit more. a person doesn't have to look like an olympic athlete to beat some ass.

of course anyone who trains in a contact sport will have some edge. and a person who trains in a fighting art/sport with contact work will have even more of an edge.

i would love to demo a palm strike for ya.

peace

[Trrmo]

Palm stirkes are effective and you are less likely o damage your hand but a knuckle punch gives you a couple more inches reach, which can be the difference in the first moments of a streetfight. I like elbows too but a left hook works well against non boxers after a straight left or left right. If you are in close range to start with just one left hook can end a fight (worked for me on a couple of occasions)

[j]

your right, palm strikes are safer for u. they also have the ability to cause more damage and transfer more force. i have been folded in half from a light palm strike to my liver from a high level fighter. that **** won't push u back, it sort of penetrates right into u.

in what i train, we like to use both. but really, it is best to use fist on soft parts of your opponent and palms on harder parts.