I am a boxer who now wants to learn another martial art. Which one would fit alongside my boxing skills best and flow well with it?|||I am a believer in being prepared for different real world situations. And in the real world, you will not always have the luxury of maintaining the range to throw a punch or kick. This means once it gets close and personal, you will have to wrestle/grapple. Find a good school that teaches grappling such as jujitsu, wrestling, sambo, shuai jiao, etc.|||you can go two ways, either make yourself a rounded fighter with kicks and grappling, or hone your strong point so that you can fend off well rounded fighters. for the well rounded, i would suggest mma, as for honing your strength, i would suggest wing chun, fanzi quan, or both as the world record for most punches in a minute at 442 belongs to a wing chun instructor|||Boxers and thai boxers have a big fault in it they stand in front of u if u stand sideways it would be harder to hit u . And u can just throw a front kick and u got them and u can keep doing it i recomend u do karate , taekwando , kungfu , kenpo, or krav maga
krav maga is simular to boxing but there are no rules witch means it helps u for self defence|||Do some Jiu-Jitsu or Wrestling. You may have the advantage standing up, but once it's on the ground it could be over for you.
To accompany your boxing you could try some Muay Thai for those devastating kicks, knees and elbows.|||You could try out Muay Thai (Thai Kickboxing).
Since boxing covers all punches, there's no other martial art that covers it as good as boxing, so for something that will improve attacks and strikes with your legs.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
What are some methods of boxing against a taller fighter?
Been boxing for a few years. When I spar against a taller person w/ longer reach than me it gives me all kinds of trouble. Any suggestions?|||side to side and a lot of body punch,lower the better(legally).
Lower your stance even lower than normal(comfortably)
this will force him to have to reach out to you.
When he start doing this, give a good uppercut|||Side step, head movement. You have to evade and work your way inside, creating angles is key. You have to limit distance between taller opponents. Nullify their reach advantage. You can't try to stand straight up and throw with a taller opponent, their reach advantage will pick you apart. You have to cut it down, and get inside|||beset thing to do is work urself inside in close range and stay there usually tall fighters dont like that cuz they want to keep u at a punching reach|||Hide a chain saw in one of your gloves.Then take a low shot,about knee height,and cut of the lower half of both his legs.If the ref is fair,he will only deduct one point for a low blow but it will be well worth it.Beware the blood spurting into your eyes and you should get a win on cuts or you should be able to box his ears orf.Dont hug any of your corner men in the ecstasy of winning,as you might have an awfully expensive lawsuit to answer.|||do not try jabbing, and stick to the inside and work body, head movement is key, and work on ur punch slipping. I got my jaw dislocated in a boxing match against a dude that was way taller than me. fighting a tall guy sux.
Lower your stance even lower than normal(comfortably)
this will force him to have to reach out to you.
When he start doing this, give a good uppercut|||Side step, head movement. You have to evade and work your way inside, creating angles is key. You have to limit distance between taller opponents. Nullify their reach advantage. You can't try to stand straight up and throw with a taller opponent, their reach advantage will pick you apart. You have to cut it down, and get inside|||beset thing to do is work urself inside in close range and stay there usually tall fighters dont like that cuz they want to keep u at a punching reach|||Hide a chain saw in one of your gloves.Then take a low shot,about knee height,and cut of the lower half of both his legs.If the ref is fair,he will only deduct one point for a low blow but it will be well worth it.Beware the blood spurting into your eyes and you should get a win on cuts or you should be able to box his ears orf.Dont hug any of your corner men in the ecstasy of winning,as you might have an awfully expensive lawsuit to answer.|||do not try jabbing, and stick to the inside and work body, head movement is key, and work on ur punch slipping. I got my jaw dislocated in a boxing match against a dude that was way taller than me. fighting a tall guy sux.
How much will it hurt boxing if Floyd vs Pac is not ever made?
Is there even a fight out there right now that you even care about other than Pac vs. Money? I really think boxing will suffer a lot if the fight never happens.
Your thoughts?|||I think it will definitely hurt boxing if the fight isn't made. It's really the only fight that matters right now in the sport. I think Haye vs Wladimir would've been interesting but outside of that, what other fight is out there to get the juices flowing? The 168lb tourney is nice, and the 140lb division has great talent, but let's be realistic, the casual fans don't even know those guys, that's why they gotta find a way to get this thing done ASAP. The buzz of Pac vs. Mayweather is tremendous. I mean, how many times do the top 2 P4P fighters in the world that are in the SAME weight classs and are at their peaks get to faceoff? This may not happen again for another 25 years! I think boxing suffers a great deal if this fight isn't made.|||The fight promises to be the biggest payday in the history of the sport. The truth of the matter is that even though pundits love to proclaim boxing is a dying sport, worldwide it is projected to be the second largest athletic form. And believe me, as wrapped up as America and parts of Britain are in Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, the rest of the world would not be affected if their fight does not happen. Boxing would survive just fine.|||Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are the only remaining boxing superstars today as well as the sport's biggest draws and it's rare that the fight game's top two performers are in the same weight class. Them not fighting would be a big disappointment for fight fans especially in the USA and the Philippines.
But even the great Muhammad Ali said before that nobody, not even him at the height of his still unmatched popularity and success, could be even be bigger than boxing. So I will say that that fight not pushing through would not sound the death toll for boxing world-wide.
In fact, I think it would even expand and intensify the search and quest for the next boxing superstars from among the budding stars whose own chance at hitting the big time is being setback by the generally American and Filipino boxing fans obsession with the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight which I believe is being super hyped up by the promoters, the major USA networks and the fighters themselves, particularly Floyd.
Could it be that many of us are only made to believe that it is the biggest, most important super-fight in history on account of the constant publicity bombardment coming mostly from the capitalist media of the USA.? The USA could be the richest boxing market and the Philippines apart from producing some of the best boxers, has the most vocal and active boxing fan bases in the world. But then the USA and the Philippines do not constitute the boxing world.
Last I heard, Indonesia is still a Chris John country, Thailand, A Pongsaklek country and Japan as well as other major boxing countries in Asia, Europe and South and Central Americas remain faithful and partitically patronizing to their own. They care not much about a Floyd-Pacquiao so-called biggest fight in history not pushing through.|||All because of Floyd Junior's admixture of cowardice (laced with racism) will cause further division amongst us and institutionalize that very cowardice as a "virtue".....therefore..pussifiying the sport for many generations to come...It's not getting any better...It's getting worse...
......
This is the direction it will "Definitely" head towards, if floyd junior refuses to step in the ring with Manny Pacquiao...|||it will hurt boxing but
still up way above MMA.
MMA will always be below boxing
even after pac and floyd retires
is there a way you can make floyd
sign the contract so no hurting will
happen? cuz everybody wins, boxing,
the fans, pac....|||IT WILL JUST STAY WHERE IT'S AT THAT FIGHT WOULD TAKE BOXING TO THE NEXT LEVEL LIKE WHERE IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY LIKE THE 70s, 80s AND 90s
BUT BOXING WILL NEVER DIE IT'S HERE TO STAY YEA IT WILL HURT IT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BUT THERE ARE OTHER GREAT SUPERSTARS AND A LOT OF YOUNG FUTURE SUPERSTARS SO BOXING WILL BE OK|||About as much as Larry Holmes and George Foreman did when they didn't fight, which really didn't hurt boxing at all.|||It won't hurt boxing at all. Don't get fooled by Arum. Boxing will move on with its other stars. Manny and Floyd are just the stars on the spotlight now.|||the sport will survive but that's not good! dana white will be laughing like a damn hyena, and will pull out his "boxing is dead" tee shirts, like the fat chump he is.|||boxing will die, just how it will die after that fight takes place even if it does take place.|||it well hurt the industry of boxing but there are up in coming contenders.|||I do not even slightly care if the fight happens or not.|||it would hurt boxing..
We the boxing fans will be most hurt.|||idiots
Your thoughts?|||I think it will definitely hurt boxing if the fight isn't made. It's really the only fight that matters right now in the sport. I think Haye vs Wladimir would've been interesting but outside of that, what other fight is out there to get the juices flowing? The 168lb tourney is nice, and the 140lb division has great talent, but let's be realistic, the casual fans don't even know those guys, that's why they gotta find a way to get this thing done ASAP. The buzz of Pac vs. Mayweather is tremendous. I mean, how many times do the top 2 P4P fighters in the world that are in the SAME weight classs and are at their peaks get to faceoff? This may not happen again for another 25 years! I think boxing suffers a great deal if this fight isn't made.|||The fight promises to be the biggest payday in the history of the sport. The truth of the matter is that even though pundits love to proclaim boxing is a dying sport, worldwide it is projected to be the second largest athletic form. And believe me, as wrapped up as America and parts of Britain are in Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, the rest of the world would not be affected if their fight does not happen. Boxing would survive just fine.|||Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are the only remaining boxing superstars today as well as the sport's biggest draws and it's rare that the fight game's top two performers are in the same weight class. Them not fighting would be a big disappointment for fight fans especially in the USA and the Philippines.
But even the great Muhammad Ali said before that nobody, not even him at the height of his still unmatched popularity and success, could be even be bigger than boxing. So I will say that that fight not pushing through would not sound the death toll for boxing world-wide.
In fact, I think it would even expand and intensify the search and quest for the next boxing superstars from among the budding stars whose own chance at hitting the big time is being setback by the generally American and Filipino boxing fans obsession with the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight which I believe is being super hyped up by the promoters, the major USA networks and the fighters themselves, particularly Floyd.
Could it be that many of us are only made to believe that it is the biggest, most important super-fight in history on account of the constant publicity bombardment coming mostly from the capitalist media of the USA.? The USA could be the richest boxing market and the Philippines apart from producing some of the best boxers, has the most vocal and active boxing fan bases in the world. But then the USA and the Philippines do not constitute the boxing world.
Last I heard, Indonesia is still a Chris John country, Thailand, A Pongsaklek country and Japan as well as other major boxing countries in Asia, Europe and South and Central Americas remain faithful and partitically patronizing to their own. They care not much about a Floyd-Pacquiao so-called biggest fight in history not pushing through.|||All because of Floyd Junior's admixture of cowardice (laced with racism) will cause further division amongst us and institutionalize that very cowardice as a "virtue".....therefore..pussifiying the sport for many generations to come...It's not getting any better...It's getting worse...
......
This is the direction it will "Definitely" head towards, if floyd junior refuses to step in the ring with Manny Pacquiao...|||it will hurt boxing but
still up way above MMA.
MMA will always be below boxing
even after pac and floyd retires
is there a way you can make floyd
sign the contract so no hurting will
happen? cuz everybody wins, boxing,
the fans, pac....|||IT WILL JUST STAY WHERE IT'S AT THAT FIGHT WOULD TAKE BOXING TO THE NEXT LEVEL LIKE WHERE IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY LIKE THE 70s, 80s AND 90s
BUT BOXING WILL NEVER DIE IT'S HERE TO STAY YEA IT WILL HURT IT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BUT THERE ARE OTHER GREAT SUPERSTARS AND A LOT OF YOUNG FUTURE SUPERSTARS SO BOXING WILL BE OK|||About as much as Larry Holmes and George Foreman did when they didn't fight, which really didn't hurt boxing at all.|||It won't hurt boxing at all. Don't get fooled by Arum. Boxing will move on with its other stars. Manny and Floyd are just the stars on the spotlight now.|||the sport will survive but that's not good! dana white will be laughing like a damn hyena, and will pull out his "boxing is dead" tee shirts, like the fat chump he is.|||boxing will die, just how it will die after that fight takes place even if it does take place.|||it well hurt the industry of boxing but there are up in coming contenders.|||I do not even slightly care if the fight happens or not.|||it would hurt boxing..
We the boxing fans will be most hurt.|||idiots
Why has the sport of boxing taken the backseat to this new wave of fighting?
Will you miss the significance of watching title fights to determine who the heavyweight champion of the world will be? Please explain why you think this has happened, and if you think boxing will ever return. Thanks to all who answer.|||Has boxing really lost its audience, or has MMA simply found a whole new audience?
I don't know anyone who gave up being a fan of boxing to watch the UFC. I know people who never cared for boxing who love MMA though. Embarrassingly, I think a lot of MMA fans come from the fans of pro wrestling, rather than of pro boxing.|||Boxing is still pretty popular from what I can see. UFC is just a fad right now. Boxing will have an even stronger come back though. Just wait and see. Patience is a virtue.|||I Personally feel people like MMA because it incorporates all aspects of fighting where as boxing is just stand up and even it's stand up is not as intense as MMA because it doesn't incorporate every limb. I don't think either sport will ever fully take over but if it were too happen boxers will probabbly become Mixed martial artists - many boxers already do. So to answer your question i believe boxing has taken backseat because MMA is more of a thrill to watch i think that MMA is just growing in popularity but i wouldn't expect it to go away any time soon, ever since ufc/mma has become popular it's done nothing but rise in popularity it will have it's ups and downs but mma will most likely be on top. Boxing had a good run but now theres just something more interesting. It's all fighting but it's kind of like comparing floor hockey to ice hockey. Same sport but ice hockey is just more fun to watch.|||Boxing is taking a backseat right now due to the lack of marquee bouts
there hasnt been a high-profile fight where the fighter(s) is known around the world since probly tyson lets face it they dont have any superfights coming up either since pacquiao and mayweather isnt gonna happen|||Boxing isn't taking a back seat. The fact is that both sports can coexist. I'm a MMA fan and practitioner. I'm also a huge fan of boxing, grew up on it. The difference is that boxing has gotten a reputation for corruption and fixing fights. Boxing also doesn't carry as many big names as they used to. It happens from time to time. Right now, there is only one fight in boxing people want to see...Mayweather vs. Pacman. Also, there are too many weightclasses and belts in boxing. People don't know who or what to follow. While MMA has different organizations, there is only one belt per class in each org. making it easier to follow. Another reason is MMA PPV events will give you 5-8 fights for your money, whereas boxing gives only 2 or 3. People want more bang for their buck. I wouldn't call MMA a fad, as it has existed for 17 years. It's been hugely popular for 5 years. Fads only last a year tops. This is more than a fad, it's a sport. It doesn't seem to be declining in popularity any time soon. MMA puts on exciting fights and try to give the fans what they want to see. So I guess you could say, MMA is more about the fans than boxing.|||They don't have the quality of contenders they once did. Most of the really good ones are retired or way past their prime. People got tired of rigged fights too. The homosexual community probably gets the support of the UFC for obvious reasons. I think boxing will return but it will never be the same due to its competition. Alot of people like to watching a wet blanket contest. Boxing will also need a new PR campaign and some exciting heavyweights like past boxer foreman, tyson, holyfield, etc.|||Boxing has had a lot of scandals in it in the last 15 to 20 years , so you can't tell who is legitimate and who is the real deal. Until Boxing cleans itself up (which I do not know that it can do) it is going to be a second class sport.|||Boxing is losing steam right now because there aren't enough talented fighters to keep it interesting. Short of Mayweather - Paquiao. there aren't a lot of fights that would be really popular.
Also, the way boxing is run, it's rare to see two really big, top notch fighters go at it for fear of losing a fight. And it's so convoluted with so many weight classes and organizations giving belts at the like. There are no undisputed champions.
If boxing streamlined it's belts and there was more talent out there, it would gain popularity again.|||Because boxing isn't nearly as complex or as dangerous as something like MMA.
In my opinion all of the rules and the lack of variation as opposed to mixed martial arts makes it less interesting. Sure, I could watch a guy punch another guy in the face and then punch him in the gut, or I could change the channel to UFC and see someone jump kick another guy in the chin.|||because boxing has become boring. Guys build up a record fighting tomato cans and then they fight a real guy on PPV after they get ranked.
You watch boxing on TV, and only the 4 round fights between
nobodies are any good.
You watch main event guys and they dance for 12 rounds.
You can diss the quality of MMA fighters compared with boxing, but at least MMA guys come to fight!
If I want to watch dancing,
I'll watch dancing. MMA has become hot because boxing is boring and pro wrestling is starved for ideas (let's see, wrestler A hits up on wrestler B's galpal, so the jealous wrestler B hits wrestler A with a chair, oh no we did that already!) And how many more
times does the Undertaker have to be world champion before he retires?
I don't know anyone who gave up being a fan of boxing to watch the UFC. I know people who never cared for boxing who love MMA though. Embarrassingly, I think a lot of MMA fans come from the fans of pro wrestling, rather than of pro boxing.|||Boxing is still pretty popular from what I can see. UFC is just a fad right now. Boxing will have an even stronger come back though. Just wait and see. Patience is a virtue.|||I Personally feel people like MMA because it incorporates all aspects of fighting where as boxing is just stand up and even it's stand up is not as intense as MMA because it doesn't incorporate every limb. I don't think either sport will ever fully take over but if it were too happen boxers will probabbly become Mixed martial artists - many boxers already do. So to answer your question i believe boxing has taken backseat because MMA is more of a thrill to watch i think that MMA is just growing in popularity but i wouldn't expect it to go away any time soon, ever since ufc/mma has become popular it's done nothing but rise in popularity it will have it's ups and downs but mma will most likely be on top. Boxing had a good run but now theres just something more interesting. It's all fighting but it's kind of like comparing floor hockey to ice hockey. Same sport but ice hockey is just more fun to watch.|||Boxing is taking a backseat right now due to the lack of marquee bouts
there hasnt been a high-profile fight where the fighter(s) is known around the world since probly tyson lets face it they dont have any superfights coming up either since pacquiao and mayweather isnt gonna happen|||Boxing isn't taking a back seat. The fact is that both sports can coexist. I'm a MMA fan and practitioner. I'm also a huge fan of boxing, grew up on it. The difference is that boxing has gotten a reputation for corruption and fixing fights. Boxing also doesn't carry as many big names as they used to. It happens from time to time. Right now, there is only one fight in boxing people want to see...Mayweather vs. Pacman. Also, there are too many weightclasses and belts in boxing. People don't know who or what to follow. While MMA has different organizations, there is only one belt per class in each org. making it easier to follow. Another reason is MMA PPV events will give you 5-8 fights for your money, whereas boxing gives only 2 or 3. People want more bang for their buck. I wouldn't call MMA a fad, as it has existed for 17 years. It's been hugely popular for 5 years. Fads only last a year tops. This is more than a fad, it's a sport. It doesn't seem to be declining in popularity any time soon. MMA puts on exciting fights and try to give the fans what they want to see. So I guess you could say, MMA is more about the fans than boxing.|||They don't have the quality of contenders they once did. Most of the really good ones are retired or way past their prime. People got tired of rigged fights too. The homosexual community probably gets the support of the UFC for obvious reasons. I think boxing will return but it will never be the same due to its competition. Alot of people like to watching a wet blanket contest. Boxing will also need a new PR campaign and some exciting heavyweights like past boxer foreman, tyson, holyfield, etc.|||Boxing has had a lot of scandals in it in the last 15 to 20 years , so you can't tell who is legitimate and who is the real deal. Until Boxing cleans itself up (which I do not know that it can do) it is going to be a second class sport.|||Boxing is losing steam right now because there aren't enough talented fighters to keep it interesting. Short of Mayweather - Paquiao. there aren't a lot of fights that would be really popular.
Also, the way boxing is run, it's rare to see two really big, top notch fighters go at it for fear of losing a fight. And it's so convoluted with so many weight classes and organizations giving belts at the like. There are no undisputed champions.
If boxing streamlined it's belts and there was more talent out there, it would gain popularity again.|||Because boxing isn't nearly as complex or as dangerous as something like MMA.
In my opinion all of the rules and the lack of variation as opposed to mixed martial arts makes it less interesting. Sure, I could watch a guy punch another guy in the face and then punch him in the gut, or I could change the channel to UFC and see someone jump kick another guy in the chin.|||because boxing has become boring. Guys build up a record fighting tomato cans and then they fight a real guy on PPV after they get ranked.
You watch boxing on TV, and only the 4 round fights between
nobodies are any good.
You watch main event guys and they dance for 12 rounds.
You can diss the quality of MMA fighters compared with boxing, but at least MMA guys come to fight!
If I want to watch dancing,
I'll watch dancing. MMA has become hot because boxing is boring and pro wrestling is starved for ideas (let's see, wrestler A hits up on wrestler B's galpal, so the jealous wrestler B hits wrestler A with a chair, oh no we did that already!) And how many more
times does the Undertaker have to be world champion before he retires?
What are the benefits of boxing as a way of working out?
I'm a 22 year old female %26amp; just started boxing as a form of working out.|||Excellent cardio workout. It also works muscles that other exercises have a hard time targeting.
Ever seen a boxer's abs? There's a reason they look like that.|||Helps get rid of those extra teeth and brain cells.|||It's excelent because you sweat so much you burn lots of calories a very good way to lose weight and very safe.|||Excellent Cardio that is if you train out side of the gym. Because any good boxer has to love to run. You will shed all of those unwanted pounds. Plus you do learn to defend yourself.
Ever seen a boxer's abs? There's a reason they look like that.|||Helps get rid of those extra teeth and brain cells.|||It's excelent because you sweat so much you burn lots of calories a very good way to lose weight and very safe.|||Excellent Cardio that is if you train out side of the gym. Because any good boxer has to love to run. You will shed all of those unwanted pounds. Plus you do learn to defend yourself.
Is it possible to start boxing at such an older age?
Usually when people start a sport they have to start at a young age. I'm 14, girl, basically weak but I want to try boxing as a way to get my emotions out and stop self harm. I was wondering if it could work out?|||14 isn't too young to start boxing ... plenty of fighters started a lot later than that. For example, Kermit Cintron is a pro boxer (used to be IBF ww champ) who didn't start until he was 19.|||14 is defiantly not to old to start anything and their is no reason to not do something and regret it later, like when your 70 and actually to old. I would say go for it and give it at least a couple of weeks/months because you will probably be pretty bad to start (but its only temporary!). And if it doesnt work out it doesnt matter, at least you tried|||Just do it
Im 23 and i am going to start boxing. Oh yea and i am going to the the future undefeated, undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Dead serious.
Im 23 and i am going to start boxing. Oh yea and i am going to the the future undefeated, undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Dead serious.
What is the difference between boxing and kickboxing?
i want to try boxing %26amp; there's kickboxing available %26amp; i want to know the differences.|||In boxing you can only use your hands, In kick boxing you can use both hands and feet...nuff said !|||The difference is in kickboxing its faster to get knocked out, that's why you really need a good defence
in boxing its less fast pace so you can move around faster and read your opponent better.|||In kickboxing it's mostly just learning to balance and kick really hard and powerful, you can knock people out faster with yur legs. Boxing is mostly just a rhythm with your hands and you where gloves|||Well, Let me think...You can kick in one of them. But not the other...Although not for the lack of trying.|||I think in one...you can kick. Not sure which one though, but one of them, definitely you can kick.|||feet
in boxing its less fast pace so you can move around faster and read your opponent better.|||In kickboxing it's mostly just learning to balance and kick really hard and powerful, you can knock people out faster with yur legs. Boxing is mostly just a rhythm with your hands and you where gloves|||Well, Let me think...You can kick in one of them. But not the other...Although not for the lack of trying.|||I think in one...you can kick. Not sure which one though, but one of them, definitely you can kick.|||feet
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