young fighter

Eh, not to start an arguement and all, but i think GENERAL TKD fighters' overall fighting "capability" is narrow, if u know what I mean. First, to give points to a single technique, makes the fight very one sided, as the fighters would focus on that special techinque, ignoring other openings or effective combination that might knock the opponent. And not using your guard is stupid. You cant dodge punches and kicks to the body successfully, as you would get knocked in an instant if the opponent happens to close in with hooks and punches to the ribs. Thirdly, TKD's dont learn street effective techniques at all. Rather the opposite. Their kicks are loose and flickering, and wont do much damage. When kicking to the body, they almost kick straight up, in stead of focusing the strength straight in to the body. I believe the correct philosophy is to aim passed the body, just as with board braking (you don't aim at the board, but passed it) so that your kicks would break through and sink into the body with most damage possible. Last, they use to much protection. The fights become unrealistic. All in all, Taekwondo isn't lethal at all. I have my respect for it, but the truth is that Taekwondo fighers are the first that would be knocked out in a full contact competiotion.

To jump to the conclusion: If we take an average boxer against an average karateka (shotokan), I believe a boxer would win. Many training Shotokan are distance fighters, keeping the boxer at bay. But as the boxer has a great guard, the shotokan's otherwise dangerous techniques would be useless. If the boxer then could turn the fight around after seeing an opening, he would knock the karateka in just a few combinations. On the other hand, if we take a good boxer against a good kyokushin... Now that would be interesting.................

It also depends on the karate style, because karate can be so many things. I believe a kyokushin fighter would knock a boxer to the ground, as the boxer would become passive and insecure when fighting bare-handed and with kicks. On the other hand, a boxer has more technique and skill with his punches, as kyokushin fighters focuses more on strength, since they only punch the body. Kyokushin also has very intense and hard training, as opposed to light contact karate styles. This means that the physical condition of the kyokushin might be better, as his willpower. If following K-1 rules, without the gloves, a kyokushin fighter would almost always win. With gloves, I don't know. One things for sure, kyokushin fighters has a much wider range in abilities than a boxer. Although, as you guys said before, it varies from individuals and training methods.