Boxing has a limited palette of moves that can be combined in millions of ways, but because it's a rule-governed sport, there are experiences that boxers can never have unless they get into street fights. One of those experiences is being on the receiving end of a roundhouse leg kick (leg kick = kick to the opponent's leg, at or near the knee area, usually to immobilize the opponent, often by breaking the leg). In the linked YouTube Short, a boxer brags about his huge, muscular legs, claiming he can easily withstand a leg kick from a much lighter MMA fighter who's in the gym with him. People around him, who know what's coming, shake their heads and smile. A guy straps a protective pad onto the boxer's leg. The MMA fighter steps forward and delivers a low roundhouse leg kick. What do you think happens?
ADDENDUM: while the boxer's leg is impressively muscular, the real damage is being done to the knee, and no matter much you build up your leg muscles, the knee itself can never become more muscular. Giant guys might have giant knees, but not the rest of us.
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