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Topic: Boxing (Read 727 times)
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Joined: Jun 2007
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  Algeria
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 Jun 19, 2007, 05:50:45 PM | #1 |
Boxing, fistfighting sport between two matched combatants wearing padded gloves. A boxer’s primary aim is to land as many blows as possible to the head and torso of the opponent, using strength and speed to dominate the contest. One of the oldest sports still practiced, boxing dates back thousands of years. Today the sport is popular in many parts of the world and encompasses both amateur and professional matches. Sometimes it is referred to as pugilism, from the Latin word pugil, meaning “a boxer.”
For most of the 20th century boxing attracted huge fan and media attention in the United States. Some boxing champions became legendary, larger-than-life figures, such as Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson. Criticized to varying degrees throughout its history for its violent nature and high injury rate, boxing has somehow always managed to survive—and even thrive—as a sport. |
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vacation in the sand beaches of the Phiippines
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Jun 18, 2009, 11:29:58 AM | #3 |
| I am really into boxing. In fact, I decided to enroll myself to a gym of either boxing or Muay Thai but my fiancee doesn't me to. For no stated reason whatsoever she just doesn't want me to. So I decided to give it up. I could have been very healthy for me. |
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Nov 02, 2010, 08:09:43 PM | #4 |
I am really into boxing. In fact, I decided to enroll myself to a gym of either boxing or Muay Thai but my fiancee doesn't me to. For no stated reason whatsoever she just doesn't want me to. So I decided to give it up. I could have been very healthy for me.
Big boxing fan here. Been watching fights since I was in high school. Like you, I would like to enroll in a boxing gym and currently shaping up for training. You can still be healthy even without boxing though. You can enroll just enroll to fitness gym if you really want to be healthy. I really want to enter competitions as soon as possible I start training in boxing. |
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