How to improve your footwork in boxing

How to improve your footwork in boxing

Fancy footwork is eye-catching and intertwines the violence of boxing with an elegance as you shift your body, lean and deliver power and punches through integrated movement.  Watching Floyd Mayweather slip, parry, shift and use the pull counter is like watching a master artist at work.  Vasyl Lomachenko was made to learn traditional Ukrainian dancing…

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How To Stay Loose In Boxing – Stop Being Stiff & Stay Relaxed

For a lot of beginners, being fluid is a challenge in boxing. It’s easy to let the intense nature of the sport make you uneasy and reactive. This creates tension and rigidity that won’t allow you to move freely and will often result in bad positioning, form, and fluidity. Think about boxing as a motor…

Do Boxers Get Paid More Than Footballers?

Do Boxers Get Paid More Than Footballers?

Floyd Mayweather’s Instagram is an assemblage of cars, money, and watches. A never-ending catalog of luxurious goods. A testament to the American dream. While Floyd is the face of this lifestyle, it could be easy to assume that most professional boxers live a similarly lavish lifestyle. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. The…

Are Straight Punches Better Than Hooks? – Breakdown

Are Straight Punches Better Than Hooks? – Breakdown

Straight punches are often more efficient and effective than looping hooks, but considering them better wouldn’t be correct. They both have a purpose and they are both good for different things. From a sporting perspective, one isn’t objectively better than the other as every punch has a different use case. Straight punches are more effective…

Is Boxing Considered A Martial Art: Fully Explained
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Is Boxing Considered A Martial Art: Fully Explained

In the modern day, I suppose you could consider boxing a martial art. Most people would define martial arts as a form or discipline of fighting. However, it isn’t that simple. The Cambridge Dictionary defines Martial Arts as a traditional Japanese, Chinese, or Korean form of fighting or defending yourself, practiced as a sport or as exercise. Martial arts include karate, judo, kung fu, and aikido. According to these parameters, boxing can’t be considered a martial…

Can You Punch A Bag Without Gloves? – Detailed Explanation

Can You Punch A Bag Without Gloves? – Detailed Explanation

Punching a bag without gloves comes with challenges and isn’t typically recommended. There are two issues with punching a heavy bag without gloves. Firstly, if you put considerable power into your punches, the skin around your knuckles will split open. As you can expect this will hurt your hands and will prevent you from punching…

What Is The Best Boxing Style? – Technical Breakdown

What Is The Best Boxing Style? – Technical Breakdown

The issue with this question is that there is no definitive answer, which will vary depending on the subject. But that’s not very helpful. So in this article, we’ll be breaking down the various styles within boxing and how to develop into a style as a fighter depending on your particular circumstances and tendencies. Personally,…