Quote Originally Posted by Poom
"Punches are quicker than kicks " - Victor Belfort
This is true most of the time. But I would point out that there are plenty of MT guys that kick faster than lots of boxers can jab so it's not ALWAYS true that punches are faster. And there's no "c" in Vitor.

Quote Originally Posted by The_One77
Kicks are more powerful
This is true almost 100% of the time. Anybody who has taken a couple of weeks to develop half decent kicking technique kicks MUCH harder than they can punch.

Quote Originally Posted by marvrealdeal
Boxing skills itself does not make it superior, its the training methods that makes it superior and in general who takes it. Most MA/kickboxers takes the art for self defence or fitness, most boxers in the gym train to compete...you can guess who will push themselves more.
Some excellent points here. I still think if you compare MT Fighters from Thailand where the sport and the money are as big as boxing is here, the MT fighters win based on there arsenal and tolerance for pain. Speed and movement is comparable between good western boxers and good Thai kickboxers.

But as it's already been said before, we're talking about generalities. In reality, the better fighters wins. We all know Alex could go over to Thailand and beat the snot out of all those skinny Thai fighters with his left hand tied behind his back.