Inside The Boxing Ring

Ever wondered if judges eat during a fight? Do they have the privileged of grabbing a pizza like viewers do? The answer is that, they can eat as long as they eat in between rounds. They cannot eat during rounds and keep score. Judging boxing matches is physically demanding when it comes to concentration. I [...]

Oftentimes we get excited when watching boxing matches. We tend to get attached to the fight that we almost count every punch as a hit. Judges only score punches that lands in legal locations. Even if it can hurt that a punch may be blocked, as long as it is not in the legal location [...]

As boxing viewers, we see different angles of the fight because television cameras are positioned in different angles. At the end of the fight, we can keep track of our scoring but it doesn’t necessarily mean that we have the same results as that of the judges. Flip Homansky explains some of the scoring basics [...]

The Philippines was again tried to be invaded by foreign countries, but this time the war was waged through boxing. Last April 6, Filipino fighters went up against the world as they battled with fighters from Uruguay, Korea, Mexico and Thailand. Again, Filipino boxers emerged victorious as they overcame their contenders with knockouts.  Three emerging [...]

Do you want to be a boxer? I guess many people would say “NO” but I guess there are some who would say “YES”. Seeing how boxers fight in every game – receiving bruises, shedding blood and gaining stitches, I wonder if how each of them still enjoys this bloody sport. But seeing every moment [...]

I wonder how boxers would explain how their lives are. I guess many of them would say that winning and loosing are already part of their lives, may it be in sports or even in their personal living. I think I can say that boxers have the advantage in life. Why? Because these boxers are [...]

According to wikipedia.org, “Self-discipline refers to the training that one gives one’s self to accomplish a certain task or to adopt a particular pattern of behavior, even though one would really rather be doing something else.”

In sports, especially in boxing, self-discipline is very important. A boxer would easily fail and loose if he/she lacks [...]