In the short film about the Astoria Boxing Club there was mention of the positive impact boxing can have on people. This is not new, boxing has saved many famous fighters across the years. Champions such as Ali and Tyson…
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Amir Khan Unification Fight with Zab Judah
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This Saturday, 23rd July Amir Khan is in Las Vegas to fight Zab Judah. Each fighter is putting their belt on the line; Khan’s WBA and Zab Judah’s IBF Light Welterweight titles will be unified by the winner. Teaming up…
Baddest man on the planet
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Both Tyson and Fedor have been dubbed ‘baddest man on the planet’ but while both were or are top of their respective games they are very different men. Last night I watched documentaries on each of the ‘Worlds baddest’ and…
Waiting for the bus; getting on
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Using the feet properly, or at least getting to the stage I’m at has been a long and winding road. I’ve already described the amazing potential the feet have and how getting a feel for what’s happening in the foot…
Sir Henry Cooper, British boxing legend dies
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Sir Henry Cooper passed away on the first of May, 2011 and will be sadly missed. He was, what the press call a ‘national treasure’. I think the fondness felt for Cooper was summed up by Barry McGuigan It’s tragic…
Boxing Fight News: Antonio Maragito vs Pacquiao and the Battle of Britain – Harrison Haye
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Freddie Roach talks about Antonio Margarito vs Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is always worth listening to, not only because he is a great trainer but also because he says it like it is. In this interview (see below)…
Sweet Science – lessons from boxing defense for all martial arts
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We’ve been working on distance and timing recently and this post will attempt to define and illustrate some of that work with video of exceptional boxing defense. I learnt very little about this subject before training at Primal where it…
David Haye loses to Wladimir Klitschko
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David Haye has just been soundly beaten by Wladimir Klitschko but it wasn’t much of a fight. It was a bit of a lesson for how a massive bloke with long arms can keep a shorter mobile bloke at bay.…
How to Punch Harder and Faster; Attacking the Interval
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I came across an interesting post about Combat strategies. It’s a bit longwinded in places and does start off a bit daft, the author suggests that one of the better strategies is to choose your location! Not always possible…. It…
Mens and Womens Boxing at the London Olympics
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As the 2012 Games draw to a close the Olympic Boxing, with a special mention for the inaugural womens boxing event, has been fantastic. Of course, there have been one or two controversial refereeing decisions, but that cannot be helped. This post is to…