If you get into a street fight would it be better to learn martial arts or boxing?

Say you got in confrontation with someone. He starts getting really physical and you want to beat the hell out of him. He looks reasonably big.





Would you rather be good at boxing or martial arts in this situation. If you say martial arts, which one exactly (jujitsu, kartate, etc.)|||martial arts which by the way does include boxing.but you need to learn a self defence style not a fighting or ring style such as boxing or bjj.|||martial arts blah blah go 2 youtube type in boxing vs martial arts the martial arts guy got pwanded WHY?? cause he was trying 2 grab the boxer...there not gonna let you grab them so its better if you know boxing %26amp; martial arts Report Abuse
|||If you are good at either martial arts or boxing it doesn%26#039;t matter, as long as you hit him with something. It doesn%26#039;t matter if you use a right cross or a front kick, if you strike someone with a good shot, it will have an effect. In my opinion as long as you commit yourself to attacking and move forward with elbows, kicks or punches his body doesn%26#039;t know if it was hit with a technique from karate, boxing or a bat.|||boxing used to be a martial art now it is almost exclusively a sport many other martial arts have gone this way or are going tai chi is sadly very far down a worse road. Personally I would say an escrimador %26quot;or any of the other Filipino arts%26quot; or muay tai meaning muay tai not mma. but still boxing can be a real asset in a fight. the most important thing is the will to act to save your life or the lives of others, with that knowing a fighting style %26quot;including boxing and the other styles I mentioned%26quot; are not always needed|||Learn whatever suits you. Try out a few styles and see what feels most comfortable to you. My friend has naturally quick hands so he does boxing. My legs have always been strong from years of Soccer, so I picked up Muay Thai as a result.





For a street fight, many styles work. Boxing will definitely work, but personally I think for a street fight Kali is the best suited. It teaches you how to quickly disarm someone if they have a weapon. It incorporates close quarter grappling to take someone down. And it is all around a very efficient style.|||Martial Arts.


I have a basic knowledge of it now, and boxing in general seems to be more for sport.


Plus it%26#039;s all about hitting in boxing.... what if you need to do something aside from hit the person?





I think it%26#039;s good to have a well rounded education in martial arts, or to take a self defense class.|||As previously stated boxing is a martial art.As to which one, it would be whatever style i found that had a good instructor, a good school, one i liked and trained hard in, and one that fit me. Anything else beyond these is secondary.|||you could just combine the two and use sanshou or mauy thai. but really the only thing that really wins a fight is fitness and warrior spirit. a very strong fit guy would put the same amount of hurt as a trained boxer.|||You have to be comfortable fighting and maintain a level head. That%26#039;s what%26#039;s best. Your method doesn%26#039;t matter as long as you keep you head about you.





please read the previously asked questions and you will find many answers|||Boxing is a martial art. Martial art means a combative form of fighting. So ANY art including boxing and wrestling would help you if applied well.|||Why not both? Learn boxing and judo for example, that well you have striking and grappling.|||Boxing is a martial art.|||it would be better to learn MMA because it is all types of fighting.|||IMHO a .45 works best.