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Honestly many thais don’t have the best boxing but when you try to get past their kicking range their defense is enough to clinch you or kick while you are punching. The reason they don’t fight like boxers is because they are fighting Muay Thai not boxing.
Even the guy Gabriel varga in his videos said when he went to Thailand he was head and shoulders better at boxing even as an up and coming pro. Although he is a 6x world champion
He doesn’t explicitly say it and he wasn’t talking about his experience of fighting/sparring these guys at the highest level, but it’s still implied thais are just not the best pure boxers outside some of the very best
That's the experience I had. I couldn't even hit these former champs with one kick and they could fling me on the ground anytime they wanted with a sweep but I was surprised that I could actually land some punches on them.