The Mastery Of Boxing
The Mastery Of Boxing
The Mastery Of Boxing
Boxing is a sport and it is a rather peculiar kind of sport. This is not a sport you play. Boxing is unique from other sports, as a fighter must stand alone inside the ring. Each time a boxer walks into the ring they undergo a risk. Boxing is different from other team sports, as many of the decisions must be made on your own. The decision must be made at the individual level. It is like an ancient feeling that was the common feeling for all men; the feeling of aggression towards the enemy, and the feeling of me-or-him. No, they are not animals or beasts or something, they are fighting men and fighting men never think about the pain. Remember, this is a sport where you can get hurt. It is generally presumed that boxing being an aggressive contact sport is one of the most dangerous Sports. The physical abuse a fighter puts his body through is like an emotional roller coaster with fleeting thoughts of invincibility to insecurity, and the ability to control your emotions - your fear, frustration, confidence, anger is absolutely key. You have to believe in yourself and have the self-confidence to fight your own fight, rather than your opponent's when you're under pressure. You have to be able to handle last minute negativity and self-doubts. You have to be able to master your fears. This is a sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists; they must also be able to react quickly and powerfully to an opponent's attack and the object is being able to win over the judges by the end of the match by applying ring generalship, offensive and defensive strategies and/or by knockout, or technical knockout. The challenge of winning a boxing match can be very exciting to some and be very intimidating to others. It is the danger of boxing and it will always be.
Not only is boxing a sport. It is an olympic sport, an international sport that has a long history that goes back thousands of years; and is the only offical sport besides Nascar that does not have a sphere involved in it. Regardless, unlike most team and individual sports with balls as the main focus, competition events are limited during the year. One of the best aspects of being a professional boxer is the money; and that gives the platform for young poverty stricken youth the hope they need to escape their poor conditions and make a better life. You can earn a lot of money if you win many fights. The more you win, the better known you will become and the more money you will earn. If you lose your fights you will not be paid very much. Your manager will also have a harder time finding someone that will box with you.Boxing is a sport for warriors, but, there is a certain intellect in boxing. Fights are not won on pure physical strength, but those that are strong, both mentally and physically. Mentally, you must be strong to succeed in this sport. In fact, the mind has to be stronger than the body to succeed in boxing. An equally important aspect of the fight game is having the mental fortitude to succeed. Therefore, lets look critically on the importance the mental part of the sport is. These mental skills as well as a few important others can be systematically trained to the point where you develop the reputation as a mentally tough fighter. If you want to take your performance to the next level, then you have to be willing to take your training far beyond where most boxers stop.
Training is hard and believing in yourself is the key. No one can make the decision for you to train. The best trainers in the world are only as good as the students they train. They can provide motivation and advice, but ultimately, the decision still rests in the hands of the fighter. Boxing training is notoriously strenuous (ex..body work, draws and fakes, clinching techniques with counters, headhunting, generalship in working the ring) and in the same way it must focus on reactive power, power endurance, muscular endurance and mostly requires both anaerobic and aerobic endurance, ('professional boxers rely heavily on the aerobic system') and much much more. Most serious athletes in this sport religiously work on the physical part of the sport. They'll work on their strength, fitness and quickness. They'll work on their punches and combinations.
In addition, boxing is not just about getting into shape and mastering the tools of the sweet science. Taking on a boxing can be very challenging. Most boxers would agree that boxing is a relationship of love and hate that vacillates in the psyche of just about all who have stepped through those ropes. Let's face it, we all know that boxing is not fun, but the rewards of a being involved in a good boxing match can be an addiction like no other. The high is hard to beat. We see the results of this addiction all the time; fighters boxing beyond their prime. "It's in the blood, you have to keep coming back to it" - sometimes it's too late and you get more disarrayed.
As a consequence, you can't become successful without "paying your physical dues" in this way. Hard work is definitely one of the main keys to your success in the ring. Without it, you'll quickly lose. If it's not, you're playing with fire and will get burned (hurt). While a bout may not come along too often, boxers spend hours every day on this gruelling fitness regimen. Key to the success of any training program. The majority of the annual plan is spent on preparatory training phases planned so that the boxer is at his physical peak for the fight.
"Getting good as a boxer in practice is 95% physical and 5% mental. Translation: You have to work hard on your conditioning and "physical game" to make it happen. However, once you step into that ring for a bout, the percentages flip flop. Being successful is 95% mental and 5% physical. You have the conditioning, technique and fight strategy, now you have to make sure that you stay calm under pressure and keep yourself focused on the right things. For example, your concentration needs to stay in the moment, on executing this punch and this punch only. If you let your mind jump ahead to the future, (i.e. thinking about winning or losing) or slip back to the past (i.e. a previous mistake or bout), then you'll end up getting yourself too uptight and distracted to perform to your potential. This means that you have to be able to rebound quickly from your mistakes and not carry them into the next round or bout." (Dr. Alan Goldberg // Boxing, competitivedge.com/content/boxing)
Boxing is a sport that does not involve luck; it's a sport that rewards those who work hard and overcome obstacles. Regardless of your abilities, the time will come when you must battle fatigue. You may be hurt or injured, yet forced to continue. Boxing is not like other sports where you can look to the referee to call timeout, instead, you must fight until the bell rings. You have the option to quit, but real fighters never will. Real boxers fight regardless of the adversity faced inside the ring. When you decide in your heart, that you want to succeed, your mind will take over. You begin to make boxing your sole purpose in life. You have to eat, sleep, and dream boxing to be the best. If you don't, rest assured that someone else will.
Then there are a lot of those who died while engaged in boxing and a lot of those who develop trauma from getting their brains scrambled, and also the ones who are in comas because of boxing, and no one knows whether they will ever wake up. No one knows what the result of the fight will be, and who will be the winner, and who will be the loser, and whether this fight won't be the very last fight for the one who lost. Unfortunately for many, boxing is not an easy sport. It is the danger of boxing and it will always be....They fight with each other and they punch each other and the only thing they care about is a victory. Though, they sometimes hit too much and they damage each other; they damage their faces and they crack their jaws and they have sliced up eyebrows and so on and so forth, though they never think about that pain and the absence of this though makes them fight like it is the last fight and now and then it turns out to be the really LAST FIGHT for one of them. It sometimes happens they go right to the hospital or the cemetery after their last fight. This is what occurs and it is sometimes the 'Danger of the Sweet Science.'
Finally, one of the best aspects of being a professional boxer is the big bucks; and that gives the platform for young poverty stricken youth the hope they need to escape their squalid conditions and make a better life. You can earn a lot of money if you win many fights. The more you win, the better known and more popular ("at one time being the heavyweight champ was like being more popular than the President of the United States") you will become and the more money you will earn. If you lose your fights you will not be paid very much. Your manager will also have a harder time finding someone that will box with you.
I just covered a mi-nute portion of the Mastery of Boxing. I recommend seeking out books on the study of boxing. Today boxing is quickly becoming very popular activity among those wishing to lose weight. While this may be a fad for some, for others it will be a lifelong journey in pursuit of a amateur or pro career.
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