Frequently Asked Questions...
Why are boxers considered athletes if all they do is punch each other?
I know this is the hockey section, but the reason why I'm asking it here is because if I asked this question in the boxing section, I would get a biased answer.
Now, on to my question.
I know boxers train hard and long for their fights but for what? Just to punch each other in the face? How much skill does that take? You and I can throw punches for crying out loud! It's not like they're skating while handling a puck, or dribbling a basketball while defenders are trying to stop them.
With that said, I would place boxers in the same category as golfers, race car drivers, and bowlers. They're sportsmen - not athletes.
Do you agree or disagree?
Answer:
You can not throw punches actually. Not properly at least. There is so much mechanics behind every punch that you can not comprehend it. It takes months to actually train a person to throw punches properly and years to master it. Punches use every muscle in the body to throw, calves, thighs, glutes, lats, shoulders, abdominals, etc. all working together in a chain, like a whip to maximize power. Just to throw a good punch alone is a task.
You try jumping around on the balls of your feet for 45 minutes, keeping your hands up. It is probably tiring, and your not even fighting. They go though intense conditioning to prepare for fights and even with all of that conditioning they still get winded. They are getting punched in the stomach, jumping around on the balls of their feet, keeping their hands up, throwing punches, blocking and dodging punches and clinching. It takes a lot.
I worked out with my buddy Jerel who runs cross country and plays football and basketball. I boxed. We were hitting the heavy bag and after 5 3 minute rounds he was starting to slow down and lose his breath. Tell me basketball players and cross country runners aren't athletes. Same with another friend who was a wrestler, he gets winded hitting the heavy bag.
Clinching takes a lot of energy as well, when I started I had no idea, but later on I saw that having a guy lean on you for a few rounds really draws a lot of energy.
By the way it isn't just two guys punching each other. It is called "The Sweet Science" for a reason. It is much easier to dribble a basketball through a tight defense than it is to punch a boxer with a tight defense while trying not to get hit yourself. It takes so much practice and time to develop a fighting style, there is so much to it.
For example, I am short, and I am powerful but not the best conditioned so I developed my style around that. I tried to get close to my opponents and throw hooks to the body to slow them down. They would try to keep me at a distance with jabs and straight punches. They kept me at a distance because I had a shorter reach and at close range I had more powerful punches. I always kept them on the move, its called "Ring Generalship", I controlled the ring and where we fought. I liked to get the new guys into corners where they couldn't get distance and hit their bodies to weaken their legs and slow them down. Also because my fighting was up close, I had a very tight defense, my elbows were always at my side so rather than having to get out of the way of punches, my elbows took the hits.
You are obviously very ignorant. For training, I trained 6 days a week. Heavy weight lifting, isometrics, plyometrics, explosive conditioning, countless hours on the punching bag, sparring, punch mitts, drills, jumping rope, jogging, interval training, etc. and even with all of that training I was only a mediocre boxer. Amateur boxers are a lot better athletes than most pro hockey players. If you look at hockey players they are usually muscular, but also fat. They cant run, they cant punch, they aren't nearly as coordinated as boxers, have no where near as much strength, speed strength or explosive strength, boxers are generally great athletes actually.
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