For the past two installments, we’ve dispelled some of the myths that relate to safety and explored the philosophical question of “why boxing” at all? Assuming you’ve made it past those first two rounds and now want to know how to actually get started, there are some basic steps you can take and moves you [...]
Doug Ward
Almost all sports are considered more mainstream and better understood by the general public than boxing. It has always been a little bit of mystery to parents and prospective fighters and yet, people still find their way to sport. Those few are intrigued, even though from the start, it’s harder to find out the how, [...]
From the beginning, boxing has had its ardent critics. Not unlike other sports, it has also had its share of tragedy. In all honesty, accidents happen in competitive sports. Athletes get hurt. This is true in all sports and boxing is not immune. But the fact is, boxing has no more risk than other contact [...]
Back in the day, they used the Tale of the Tape to measure the fighters against each other, but height, weight, reach and even record really only tell one side of the story. The physical facts and how the fighters match-up is told more in the intangibles and most of that doesn’t even become apparent [...]
Although the phrase fight like a girl has been used in a derogative way in the past, there may be some actual value to doing just that. Just as they are the ferocious protectors of their young in the animal kingdom, Women may in some cases be as emotionally and physically wired for fighting as [...]
There are a few people who get introduced to boxing, but it never quite matches their perception of what they thought it would be. The workout is harder than they expected. The training and technical aspects end up being more complicated than they can grasp. The moves require more coordination than what they are capable [...]
As natural as fighting is, there are characteristics human beings develop over time, that do not serve them in the ring and could ultimately spell their downfall. These characteristics are usually unconscious, but were developed over time to protect them from harm. However, in the ring, they actually serve a detrimental effect. What both habits [...]
In boxing, once that opening bell rings, there’s no turning back. You can change strategy. You can choose to dig in and create a new outcome, but the only way out is to finish the fight. You can go out on your back, out on your feet or by doing the unthinkable (quitting), but there [...]
Female MMA sensation, Rhonda Rousey recently made some comments on a couple of talk shows, saying that she tries to have as much sex as possible before she fights. That not only got the attention of male MMA fans around the world, but it also reignited a topic that has been debated by old boxing [...]
Even though some of the old-school ideals about boxers lifting weights have dissipated, there are still many modern day fighters and coaches who hold onto the belief that lifting weights slows a fighter down. They believe that the extra size, bulk or muscle mass that can come for routinely lifting weights is unnecessary for boxing [...]
