Kickboxer DESTROYING World Champion Boxer | How He Did It 

How bad did you feel for Vince Phillips??? I was cringing for him. Didn't look like he even knew how to check the low kicks.

As a boxer who transitioned to Thai boxing I can totally relate. Low kicks are devastating. I trained with pros and was swiped so often, because my stance wasn't good for Thai boxing and I was too slow at checking kicks... The only other real problem for me was the active clinch, but way easier to handle than the low kicks.

Waking up to a Gabriel Varga upload fr the best way to start the day Honestly respect to Vince Philips for taking all those leg kicks initially

Spoiler alert: boxers are susceptible to kicks.

In all fairness to Vince, he was 40 when this fight took place and Masato was 24. They also fought at 70KG; 14 lbs heavier than Vince’s ideal boxing weight class. That all being said, he would’ve lost this fight either way. Masato is one of the best to ever do it and Vince looked like he didn’t have a clue on what to do with the low kicks. Love your content Gabe! Appreciate all you do.

Francois Botha v Jerome Le Banner was a fight where Le Banner decided to go mostly toe to toe with Botha and relatively ignore his kicking and that could only end in one way. Fighting a man good enough to have fought Tyson, Holyfield, and Lennox Louis you are never going to win just mainly using your hands.

I agree with Victor. The age, the weight class are important. I think, Vince Philipps used the wrong tactic to fight an kickboxer. You have to close the range very quick so you can avoid the low kicks (3:10-3:16). He fights as he is fighting a boxer. This low kicks are a nightmare. Great job Gabriel. Great channel!

I really wish someone would offer a boxer in his prime enough money to make this type of fight with two prime fighters

Interesting. I remember the opposite, especially for the lower skill levels. It was often the case that solid boxers would enter kickboxing competitions, corner kickboxers and then outpunch them. It was so prevalent that new rules were introduced, where competitors had to make a certain amount of high kicks per round, because otherwise matches devolved into boxing, which wasn't different enough for promotion to happen. I can't recall the exact details, if someone in the comments knows this, please share the info. I remember Wonderboy mentioning this too in one of his breakdowns of his own kickboxing matches.

Kickboxing is like a game of Chess where you play the full set, Boxing is like playing Chess with just the pawns and the King, of course one would expect playing the full set to win. K-1 back in the 90's and 2000's did a lot of cool things with their style vs. style matches. They had no problem getting top level practitioners of Karate, Kenpo, Taekwondo, Dutch Kickboxing, Muay Thai, even Sanda to compete. For some reason Boxers seemed to be reluctant, they could only get a few good ones here and there, and in a disappointing way, they always lose. Here's my takeaway on why that happens a lot: 1. Kicks, especially ones aimed at the legs. Not only do they have more power, but they also have longer reach. Not only that, but unlike straights and hooks, they come seemingly from below the floor, making them hard to predict or catch when one hasn't dealt with kicks before. 2. Clinch, when in clinch range, knees (elbows sometimes) are a factor to look for, whereas Boxing only has the hug as the clinch, which is only used to reset the competitors. 3. Three Ranges, Kickboxing (From Muay Thai to Kyokushin to Dutch/Japanese Style, etc.) works in all three ranges, from long range where kicking can happen, to medium range where punches can happen, and close/clinch range where clinch holds and elbows/knees can happen. So that's what makes Kickboxing way more than Boxing with Kicks, it's the sport of striking, and I think it's silly to think that Boxing by itself is the strongest/best striking style there is when there are way better out there.

Hi, Gabriel! Could you please break down Petchtanong - Akimoto recent fight in ONE? Reminded me of Superbon - Grigorian. Really wonder of how this knee & kick approach works against great boxers.

Hello Gabriel, there is another fight which changed everything in usa and Europe : Rick Roufus vs Changpuek. And it is more interesting because Roufus was an absolute monster at this time, with his fists and legs, but he didn't use low kick (american full contact rules). Changpuek beat him only using this technic. From this moment kickboxing and Muay thaï have dominated.

Yesterday had a sparring session with a friend who does boxing, i do dutch kickboxing and bjj, we did 3 rounds: boxing, mma and kickboxing. I did pretty well in boxing because i am a bit bigger but he was lightning fast and if he had hit harder it wouldn’t have been a good ending. mma went as planned, double leg takedown and submitted him with an arm triangle. Kickboxing was interesting, i could have killed him with low kicks but there was nothing to gain from that, we were just exchanging some punches, till i landed a slow headkick just to try, he didnt even flinch, just took it right on the chin, he was so focused on my hands, this is why kickboxers transition much better into mma i think, because boxers have a lot of bad habits when it comes to headkicks (example: leon edwards vs kamaru usman 2).

Awesome commentary, I like the advice about not sitting when leg(s) are compromised

someone show this to chael sonen

I remember when Shannon Briggs did a kickboxing bout. The leg kicks almost made him quit because he wasn't used to that kind of pain but he finally wound up koing the guy. I can't remember who his opponent was but needless to say Briggs didn't do many kickboxing bouts

What kind of coach allows their fighter to do a kickboxing match without teaching him how to check kicks?

It's still amazing that Phillips could stand in the 1st round. In my experience people who are not accustomed to leg kicks get dropped fast. The fight prep must've been really hard for him, yet with very little good responses for lowkicks :/

It’s always very painful to watch someone slowly getting chopped to bit via low kicks.

I like kickboxing because it’s the same price to watch boxing but you get extra because people are kicking too.

This is how Tenshin vs Floyd Mayweather should've been

Not sure if catching was allowed but it's worth noting that Masato didn't throw body kicks presumably to avoid getting them grabbed against the torso and counter-punched.

I feel like Gabe just recently got into an argument with a boxer about this or something, cause we all knew what was going to happen. People usually say boxing is the best fight sport for street fighting because of the impracticality of grappling (if your opponent has a weapon or there's more than one) and because of the danger of missing a kick, getting your kick caught, or slipping and falling while kicking.

I remember this fight. I think they promoted this as Sugar Ray Leonard sending an 'assassin' to take out Masato.

I enjoy these fight reviews with a champion, great insight flow.

This is abvious, because for the boxers the legs maybe are strong in stamina but they never take a shot there and the stance is weak point for them as you explained. I see a mauythai destroying a teakwandoo fighter also by the low kick. So im not surprised.

Big age advantage for the kick boxer. The boxer didn't use his weapons - cornering, closing the gap and outpunching the kickboxer and by the other hand the kickboxer was using his weapon (lowkicks) constantly. I have seen similar fights with quite different outcome.

3:55 very good point . That’s what I have to do because I am small …

Excellent. Thank you !

Kudos to me😁, I guessed what fight you meant, right off the Bat.....Man you have been straight up spoiling us with GEMS this year.

It might be interesting to do a review of Francois Botha (Heavyweight Boxer) vs Jerome Le Banner. The fight was pretty even , Botha with a slight edge and a KD, until Jerome Le Banner didn’t return from the stool in the final round. Maybe you can do one of those “tips to improve” videos for Jerome Le Banner.

I've transitioned from boxing to kickboxing about 5ish years ago and I know one major difference between the two is the distancing and the pace. With boxing, you can stand pretty close to your opponent and still be safe. Also, you can combine offense and defense, switching between them fluidly. With Kickboxing, if you're within kicking range of your opponent, you're vulnerable. Also, you have to decide between attacking and defending. One or the other. Obviously, counter-striking is possible, but that falls under defending. It's really difficult and impractical to stand in the pocket and try to fluidly switch back and forth between offense and defense. A lot of times my sparring partners want to do a boxing round first because they know it will totally scramble my timing and distancing for the kickboxing rounds. I prefer kickboxing first before ending with boxing.

Great breakdown

8:08 totally agree…

But would masato could Beat him in a street fight?

Next video suggestion: Essential exercises to do in a kickboxing session. I think would be great

Considering the obvious disadvantage of competing outside of one's game, he must have been offered a lot of money. You're being paid to be devastated.

Leg Kicks, and body kicks, and even teeps, are exceptionally hard for people to deal with that are coming from boxing without any real knowledge of kicking or defense against kicking. Once they correct their stance and learn to leg check and learn kick tells, and have kick defense ingrained in them, they can actually use their boxing; but before then they're gonna get destroyed. And kicks open up opportunities to outbox even someone that focuses on boxing. One of my former sparring partners was a boxer originally, and when he joined us is when he first started learning muay thai. He had better boxing than me, but he couldn't really get past my high guard, and my kicks and knees and clinch gave him serious trouble; to the point that I would combo on him with punches in between kicks when things went well. During hands only sparring, which we did and still do sometimes, he would have the advantage, though he could mostly only land ineffectual body shots - but same here. Him because of how close I watch him in combination with my high guard and angling my defense properly, and him because of good head movement when kicks were taken away. He used a philly shell when kicks werent involved.

There was a guy from South Africa (a boxer) who went the distance VS Bouakaw, he unlike Philips actually knew how to defend a low kick, and of course Botha beat some really high lvl kickboxers just with his hands and durability. Philips would have done much much better if he actually put any effort into learning how to deal with a low kick.

Mike Bernardo was a boxer much probably. If you go raw on boxing you'll lost nice and easy, but, if you make the transition with some program in mind beforehand, maybe you'll get some advantage sometimes just being a specialist in something that most of kickboxers aren't.

Already at a disadvantage using two arms to fight four arms.

It's no wonder mayweather survived against the best punches in boxing. Backpedaling is his game lol

Alexey ignashov vs Arthur Williams is another good fight. Doesn’t last as long as this one but still good

I don't know Vinces style, but I wonder if in fighting styles, someone that tries to push his opponent to the ropes or something like roberto durans 'wrestling' would allow a boxer to have a far easier time dealing with a kickboxers low kicks without necesserily learning to check.

Transitioning from boxing to kickboxing without learning to check kicks is a recipe for disaster. Not exactly a surprise outcome.

I mean a kickboxer has a longer reach with his legs if I can’t clear the distance to were he can’t kick me im pretty much screwed and then we’re not trained to get kicked and check kicks 😓

Yeah I wouldn’t want to be in his place taking those leg kicks. Doesn’t seem like anyone helped him develop either offence or defence tactics for this fight.

I want everyone to look up Francois Botha - when he learned to check low kicks - than that again changed the game . All boxers have to do Is learn to check low kicks and adjust front foot positioning.

Any video ideas or tips to make reads and countering

Why not break down the Shannon Briggs K1 fight

Why just roundhouses to the leg and no teeps to the body to keep the boxer from closing into punching range?

My uncle could always outbox me he was good but he could not defend kicks.

Gabriel, dude he beat Kostya Tszuy how can you not recognise that?

Lowkicks (First guess before watching vid)

I don't understand why the boxing stance don't work in kickboxing but it worked in mma and worked for Israel adesanya in kickboxing can this please be explained

I wonder what impact Vince training any kind of leg checking would have done?

Boxers may need some time doing Dutch kickboxing before transitioning to avoid this kind of scenario and be better prepared for a non boxer in non boxing rules

I'm hungry man

I think the boxer would have a good chance if there would be no low kicks.

Jake Paul was just signed to the PFL. He should watch this.

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Nothing beats Muy thai or Let Wei . Except jujitsu if we end up to the ground …

So you are saying a boxer lost to a kickboxing in a kickboxing match. No surprise there as they are 2 different sports. Foe your next breakdown hiw about an NBA all -star versus a major league baseball player in a game of 1 on 1.

Why is this guy ignoring the fact that Vince Phillips was 40 years old and Masoto was 24 years old. This wasn't a high level boxer, it was a C level old washed up boxer fighting one of the best kick boxers of all time in his prime. Vince Phillips in his prime at his best was mediocre, as a 40 year old he was clearly trash, thats why he had to go to kickboxing in the first place 🙄 🤔

Thank you again Coach Gabriel for another wonderful, entertaining and highly instructional video. Cheers!!

Gabriel it's not fair to say that he beat a boxer when he's kicking him. A boxer's punches of predicated on where his feet are and if you have to defend and throw kicks, you're not going to be a good boxer. Boxers don't fight with their feet. If there were no kicks involved then you could literally say he beat him