I. INTRODUCTION In 2012‚ The International Boxing Association (AIBA) announced the removal of head gear. Boxing is a contact sport and contact sports have recently been the topic in the media when they talk about sports. (19) Resulting in many recent studies done based on the fears of brain injury. The movie starring Will Smith‚ "Concussion" in 2015 dealt with the brain damage and concussions in football. You expect a sport in which the objective is to strike the head and body of your opponent
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Stop Pretending Boxing Isn’t a Sport Joan Beck’s “Stop pretending boxing is a sport” essay brings up several good arguments as to why boxing should not be considered a sport. However my viewpoint is completely different than hers. In my opinion boxing is just as much a sport as basketball‚ hockey and even golf. Although Joan’s point is loud and clear about boxing only being about knocking somebody out and “unlike cars or planes or bathtubs‚ boxing has no purpose except to inflict enough brain
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Jason Komanekin Eric Jurgens English 101 4 September 2014 Knowledge of Amateur Boxing Boxing is not just a sport it is also an art or a technique. It is a beautiful sport but it is also a brutal sport.You do not play boxing you fight boxing in a sportsmanship competition. You must work hard to participate in it. It takes a lot of time‚ dedication and hard training to become a good and even more time and training to be a great boxer. Not just
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Born in Manassa‚ Colorado on June 24‚ 1895‚ Jack Dempsey rose to boxing stardom in the 1920’s. Dempsey started his boxing career at Young Peter Jackson’s Gym in Salt Lake City at the age of 16. He began his professional career in 1914‚ fighting in small mining towns in Colorado under the name "Kid Blackie". Dempsey emerged from numerous small saloon-floor boxing matches to victory in over 80 professional fights by the age of 24. Dempsey was a hard-nosed‚ fearless boxer‚ perhaps best known for
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held the heavyweight boxing title for four years in the 1950s during his career. He is also the only champion to retire undefeated. His mother’s name was Pasqualena and his father’s name was Pierino. His father worked at a shoe factory to provide for his family. As a typical American kid‚ Rocky spent a lot of his time playing baseball and football with his friends. He would also dream about having a professional career in one of those sports. Marciano didn’t take up boxing until after 1943‚ when
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Arsh atwal DREAMS AND REALITY March 30/2014 The day of the World Boxing Championships was a dark and rainy one‚ which was unusual for Barcelona considering the time of year. Tommy‚ a hopeful for the title arrived at the venue feeling nervous‚ and as the day wore on and matches began he started feeling more and more anxious to get in the ring and box. Mike‚ his coach came up to him and said‚ "You are up‚ let’s go." Tommy got into the ring and touched gloves with his opponent Jack. Jack was a World
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Ethics Of…. Boxing is a violent sport full of hate where the only objective is to knock your opponent unconscious. This is a very quick and biased view of boxing because if you study boxing closer it helps teach the person about their moral character. Boxing helps teach people to “get off the canvas and roll with the punches” (Marino‚ 2010‚ para 8) and to face their fears‚ two important lessons to get through life. Throughout the article written by Marino‚ he educates about Aristotelian
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training in a lowly lit boxing gym‚ a powerful soundtrack with a heavy base accompanies the image of a persevering boy. Another boy‚ who appears to be the boxer’s little brother observes from the sidelines as the boxer rigorously prepares for his momentous match. What the boxer doesn’t know is that after he graciously wins the fight his actual match will begin outside of the gym. The advertisement “Boxing Makes You Bigger” from the company Everlast seems to be about boxing but is really about responsibility
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Mantesh Boxing Mastery Advanced Technique‚ Tactics and Strategies from the Sweet Science Mark Hatmaker with Doug Werner Tracks Publishing San Diego‚ California Photography by Doug Werner TRACKS PUBLISHING Boxing Mastery Advanced Technique‚ Tactics and Strategies from the Sweet Science Mark Hatmaker with Doug Werner TRACKS PUBLISHING Tracks Publishing 140 Brightwood Avenue Chula Vista‚ CA 91910 619-476-7125 tracks@cox.net www.startupsports.com All r ights reser ved. No par t of this book
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Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton. Do not think that I am very much impressed by that as a boxing title‚ but it meant a lot to Cohn. He cared nothing for boxing‚ in fact he disliked it‚ but he learned it painfully and thoroughly to counteract the feeling of inferiority and shyness he had felt on being treated as a Jew at Princeton. There was a certain inner comfort in knowing he could knock down anybody who was snooty to him‚ although‚ being very shy and a thoroughly
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