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Now that real boxing is starting to be implemented there's not much room for MT. It's hard to kick somebody in the leg when they keep countering punching you in the face every time you do. MT is archaic. The boxing is bad and the footwork is worse. The defensive principles are bad as well.
It's hard to punch someone in the face when they're kicking into your head or body from outside punching range and forcing you to block with your arms. Nieky Holzken, who is also an undefeated pro boxer in addition to his kickboxing career got shut down twice and beaten decisively by Buakaw using mostly teeps and knees. Holzken got stuck on the outside eating kicks and when he did manage to get in closer he got kneed and clinched.
Also, face punching is nothing new to MT, many MT fighters have successfully crossed over into boxing and a surprising number of them have won world titles there.