Going From Amateur Boxer to Coach

Someone told me that if a person has had a couple of fights, they can lead others through boxing training. Certainly having ring experience helps, but that’s not the only requirement for being a boxing coach. A boxing coach develops fighters’ skills, technique, physical strength, stamina and mental game in order to be the best they can be in the ring. A boxing coach fills many roles depending on the fighters they train: psychologist, friend, cheerleader, taskmaster, mentor, parental figure, Read More

How Does Boxing Rate As a Sport?

Typically, the sport of boxing involves two participants who are usually of similar body weight who fight one another using their fists. It is an intense, physically punishing exercise and is considered by many to be the most challenging of any sport. Perhaps this is because boxing demands so much of the individual and takes a great deal of stamina as well as body strength. Not only does your body have to be tough and strong, so does your mind. Read More