Boxing Basics

Your introduction to boxing is a building process that will take awhile. This sport incorporates a complex array of skills that develop and dovetail through training and repeated effort.

You'll think through them at first, then muscle memory takes over as you put in the hours.

As you train you'll con dition your body to function at the high levels required to suc cessfully last a succession of three-minute rounds with a teeny-tiny one-minute break in between.

It doesn't sound like much but it'll be one of the hardest things you'll ever do. The three-minute round, by the way, is based on the actual time of a round in competition. Likewise the one-minute break.

Don't even think about sparring for a few months. Without knowing the skills, you'll box like Doris Day. And without conditioning, you won't last a minute before you become a wheezing wreck.

Training is everything. Respect it.

And for heaven's sake, have fun with it. Stick with it and you'll never regret the hard work. Figure around six months of training to acquire some basic boxing skills and the proper conditioning to successfully spar three three-minute rounds. Figure a whole lot more to get better.

Watching Fights

After a few lessons you can watch competitive bouts with more under standing and interest.

Furthermore, they serve as a great learning tool. After all, you're watching the guys that have, more or less, put it all together.