How to Fight a Boxer
This is a very interesting video clip of a kick boxer fighting a boxer. This is a K-1 match up from 2004. The fighters are a kick boxer named Alexey “The Red Scorpion” Ignashov and a boxer named Arthur Williams. Ignashov just slaughters Williams with low roundhouse kicks to the knee and thigh, which Ignashov is know for.
This is a great example of fighting your own fight, and at your own range. Ignashov stays at kicking range and when Williams comes in past that Ignashov clinches and throws knees. He never let’s himself get at the end of Williams fists.
The funniest part is that you can tell Williams has never been kicked in the thigh before and he doesn’t even know how to react. He gets so afraid to get kicked in the leg again, ever time he sees it coming he tries to block it with his hands. I was waiting for Ignashov to act like he was going for the leg, but go for the head and get a knock out that way, but it ended before that. Williams brought down with leg kicks in one minute and forty eight seconds.
The roundhouse to the leg is just a devastating kick. I’ve caught them just sparring and couldn’t walk for three days.
My friend Dixon that I train with tells a story about being at a party and some guy was having a beef with a friend of his. The guy was in Dixon’s friend’s face, challenging him. Dixon’s friend fired a roundhouse to the guy’s thigh, and then the guy was going “it’s cool, it’s cool” then walked away, or hobbled away as it were.
In Krav we also use the round kick (what we call a roundhouse kick) for knife defense. (I’ll have to put that down on the list to blog about.)
Check out these posts I did about Rob “Mr. Low Kick” Kaman. Rob Kaman low roundhouse kick instructional and his highlight reel with lots of wicked leg kicks.
on December 13th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
This kinds of reminds me of the second Sapp VS Hoost fight in the 2002 K-1 World Finals, except in the opposite way. In the first part of the fight Hoost was nailing Sapp with leg kicks and you could see that it was taking it’s toll, then Hoost all of a sudden decided her was going to punch it out with Sapp. Bad move on Hoost’s part because it was called when Sapp got a hold of him and just started pounding. The funny thing is Sapp broke his hand and Hoost was the one that advanced and ended up winning the whole tournament.
on December 13th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
I remember that fight. I was very strange on Hoost’s part. It was like he’s ego told him he wanted to win punching Sapp out or something. I’ll have to look for the video of it on youtube.
on December 18th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Wow, this really shows the power of some well placed kicks and how to stay with a game plan. One time I sparred with a boxer after a few drinks and noticed he did not respect my hands… I’d throw a back-knuckle, counter punch and pay for it with hooks… on the third attack I fake, back-knuckled, shuffle rear kick… he did not see that coming. Great video and interesting posts.
on December 22nd, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Thanks for the post John. Your post proves the adage “never box a boxer”.