What is Boxing? How to play Boxing? Rules of Boxing and Benefits.

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What is Boxing? How to play Boxing? Rules of Boxing and Benefits.

Boxing:

"The object of the game is to win a contest by either knock out or points."




Boxing, sometimes known as Western Boxing  or English Boxing is a combat sport that is contested between two fighters, and is contested in an area known as the ring. The ring measures a maximum of 20ft x 20ft, with ropes surrounding the perimeter of the ring. Each fighter wears padded gloves, shorts, gum shield and boots for a fight. In Boxing, you can only hit your opponent with your fists, and only above the waist. Doing anything else results in a foul and could result in disqualification. A boxer has several punches that he can use in a fight, and some of these include Jabs, Hooks, Uppercuts, and Crosses, The idea is to hit your opponent, whilst avoiding being hit yourself. If you manage to knock your opponent to the ground, the opponent must stand back up within 10 seconds and be able to show that he can defend himself. If your opponent cannot do this, you will win the fight automatically. This is known as a knock out.


If neither fighter can knock each other out, a panel of judges will score each fighter based upon how well they fought and who was the superior boxer. The fight is contested in up to 12 rounds of 3 minutes each, with a one minute break in between each round. Judges score every round and the boxer with the superior number of points at the end of 12 rounds, wins. That’s pretty much it, but there’s a few other things you’ll need to know before fighting or watching Boxing. For example: Technical Knockout / Stoppage. For safety reasons, if a referee, doctor or a member of each fighter’s corner crew feels that a boxer cannot properly defend himself, or that it’s too dangerous to let him carry on fighting – they can end the fight prematurely and the opponent will win the fight. This is known as a technical knockout or stoppage. Knock down If a boxer hits another boxer forcing him to fall to the ground, he will have 10 seconds to get back up. If a boxer successfully gets back up, this is called a knock down.


If a boxer takes 3 knock downs in any one round, the fight will be stopped immediately and the opponent will win by Technical Knockout. Clinch This is a defensive move where a boxer wraps his arms around his opponent in order to prevent him punching. The referee will immediately separate the two fighters and they both must take one step back before commencing the fight. Fouls & Disqualification Even though boxing is a fighting sport,

There are rules that prevent it becoming a street fight.
If you break any of these rules, the referee may give a boxer a warning, deduct points, 
or disqualify a boxer if they accrue too many fouls. Disqualification for a boxer ends the fight immediately and the opponent is given the win. But one things’ for sure absolutely no biting!




Benefits of Boxing:

Here are six reasons to get fit with 
boxing or kickboxing.

1. Mindfulness

Mindfulness can be defined as in a state of present moment awareness boxing and kickboxing are both so challenging that it's difficult to think about anything else so you are forced to be in the moment.



2. Strength and Power

Boxing and kickboxing can help increase your muscular power by learning how to increase either the force of your punches and kicks which is achieved by using the heavy bag or by increased speed which is achieved by using focus mitts and reactive drills researchers from the University of Copenhagen observed a 17% increase in upper body strength following a training program that focused on heavy bag punching techniques.



3. Cardio

Boxing and kickboxing training also incorporate many of the research proven benefits of high-intensity interval training which is well known for its ability to increase cardiovascular fitness researchers from university of yonder bar found as little as five weeks of kickboxing training can increase aerobic fitness by 13%.




4. Cognitively

Cognitively, 
boxing 
and kickboxing training requires a significant amount of motor coordination and spatial awareness which Prime's key areas of the brain such as somatosensory cortex primary and secondary motor areas in addition boxing and kickboxing training requires both concentration and focus which develop important regions of the brain responsible for attention.



5. Core strength

Both punching 
and kicking techniques require the 
muscles of the upper and lower body to transmit force from the ground up this transfer of force is known as kinetic linking this is where many of the core strengthening effects take place when undertaking boxing or kickboxing training.




6. Flexibility 

Boxing and kickboxing training is also a great way to increase flexibility. Flexibility is amount of movement available in a joint or group of joints boxing and kickboxing require both static and dynamic flexibility to perform many of the explosive punching and kicking techniques.

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