Why did kickboxing failed, what did boxing hold over kickboxing...

Cause they don't need to throw many punches KO someone with the thin paddings. Glass chins and poor defense play a larger role IMO.

Cause they don't need to throw many punches KO someone with the thin paddings.

Now tell me, how come i don't hear a lot of mma fights breaking their hands punching the opponents heads off. Because they don't throw as many punches, and more importantly the fights are shorter and they don't generate the same power due to poor technique. I would like to see boxing go back to 8 ounce above 147 and 6 ounce below it.

Now tell me, how come i don't hear a lot of mma fights breaking their hands punching the opponents heads off.

I wasn't around in that era but from a few matches that I did get to see the rules seemed really lame. No low kicks/clinch with limited kicks, so it basically turned in to low level boxing. Maybe they changed some of the rules to allow K-1 style fights (they do in Nevada for sure, though ive heard most states don't sanction kickboxing) but there are no top American fighters and if we have learned anything in sports is that Americans largely only care about themselves. Btw, K-1 is awesome but they are on the brink of financial collapse and boxing draws bigger ratings in Japan.

Benny "the Jet" Urquidez.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_xwhs9GUIQ Yup maybe thats why.

The less people have to do in a sport, the better they'll be at it. All that kicking and knews don't compare to just 2 guys throwing fists. Not to mention, boring boxing matches r far more entertaining than boring kickboxing matches and boring MMA fights.

Who says it failed? It's huge in Thailand (where it originated) and other parts of the world.

MMA came out so I think its mixed in with that.

Kickboxing was banned in America or in particular K-1 rules for some reason was banned at one point in time. So that could have some effect. Anyways, kickboxing hasn't really failed. K-1 is most popular combat sport in Japan. It's also popular in europe; eastern(artur kyshenko is Ukrainian) and western. K-1 has also made a deal with some huge China investor, so it's only gonna add to it's exposure. Not to mention Muay Thai is technically what you would call kickboxing (just add elbows) and the WBC WBA all that good stuff has a hand in Muay Thai events now. So, kickboxing is still legit.

Boxing gloves are meant to protect the hands which are fragile, not stop from damaging the opponent. If you break your hand on someones face how useful is that hand for the rest of the fight~

I kinda think it is lame that you can use your kicks, knees, and elbows bare but fists are with cushions. IMO it is the sets of rules that they implement in the game that makes the sport look bad. Like when they can kick the knee off an opponent at a distance for the whole fight just screams cheap or unfair to me.

Cos kicking is gay

it didnt fail? K1 is still as popular as ever...especially in western europe and japan I mean american kickboxing when they wore the saggy pants with colord stripes and what have you. Also american kickboxing had unique moves like the spinning back fish and the spinning back kick and no kneeing or elbowing. So when you watched it, it looked very flashy and yet these guys had the best boxing out of all the kickboxing styles

it didnt fail? K1 is still as popular as ever...especially in western europe and japan

I think it is just kind of human nature people want to see people going toe to toe throwing huge punches and do not really want to see kicks they just want to see people like Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, and fighters like Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward go toe to toe.

Boxing has had very unique personalities...

the found plaster in one of the fighter's shoes That made me LOL.

because the US fighters were **** at kickboxing compared to the rest of the world? aanndd because boxing is the ****