If Prime Mike Tyson went to fight top kickboxers/muay thai fighters, how he would do? Win kickboxing world championship?
With Muay Thai ruleset? No way, he'd get kicked to pieces. Boxing ruleset? Off course Mike beats them up. You could put more effort into your trolling, many others here are morde dedicated than you
This depends on the style of kickboxing. boxing is effective in standup . If throws are not permitted, Tyson just needs to adjust his range and learn a few knee blocks for low kicks - his reflexes will let him deal with the high kicks. The actual biggest problem against a kicker is that when you are set coming forward on the front foot to attack (ie an aggressive come forward power puncher or swarmer) it is easy to sweep the lead foot. Back foot boxers are far less susceptible to this ... BUT they will never be in range, and you want to close that kicking range. Kicks are useless inside, where knees and clinches become an option. Elbows are easy work for a boxer to incorporate, especially a dirty one like Mike. I think this favors Mike with his quick foot and handwork, once he adjusts to the range. I have sparred many kickers with a boxing mentality, and the adjustments aren't severe until you start doing tosses and grappling - then it becomes a completely different ballgame and your stand up reflexes and instincts for range don't matter as much.
Having said that, sweeping Tyson's leg might be like kicking a wall ... who knows? His center of gravity is pretty low.
