As popular as it is, boxing has some of the worst ever recorded sports related injuries. As fighters get stronger the chances of devastating knockouts increases substantially. Trauma related injuries are a concern for fighters, repeated blows to the head can result in brain damage. Life threatening injuries are a potential outcome of pro boxing…
The question of whether boxing is dying has been circulating for decades now. The current boxing system has proven that it isn’t capable of producing good fights consistently, and many boxing fans are worried about the sport’s future. That being said, I think its very unlikely that boxing will die out. However, it has been…
Well, for elite fighters it fundamentally comes down to the structure of the organizations within the two sports. In MMA and most other combat sports, everything is centralized. This means there is a league of fighters who can only fight the people in that league. For MMA, this structure has actually proven to be successful…
Boxers are some of the most athletic people on the planet and over the years we’ve witnessed some fighters that were in truly phenomenal shape. While most professional boxers don’t aim to grow muscles, it is often a consequence of their extreme and rigorous training along with being genetically gifted and following a strict diet….
There are a handful of particular countries that have become renowned for consistently producing elite boxers. For some countries, boxing is a major part of their culture and through generations of fighting, they have earned a reputation for producing elite boxers. But who produces the best boxers in the world? Well on the surface the…