 | haglnuts (0)
06/18/2008 | Boxers love the smell of their own farts! they are the funniest group of dying breads known to man. If you want to know the importance of boxing, ask a true fighter (MMA fighter), not a biased boxer! An MMA fighter would say boxing is important, but no moreso than muy tai, wrestling, judo, or jiu jitsu. And as far as conditioning? An MMA fighter fights for the pride and thus pushes himself to the limits, a boxer (pussy mayweather especially) fights for the prize money. Where's the warrior spirit in that?! My advice? Give up boxing, lose the 12 oz gloves, and be a man and fight MMA. I'd love to see any one dimensional boxer try their luck against a complete fighter!
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 | minkey (40)
10/10/2006 | My punches are weak so I took a relative handful (about 20) of lessons from an ex-boxer friend of mine in SF. The workouts kicked my butt thoroughly. They began with a long jog, lots of jump rope (a great workout), combined different punching exercises on bags and gloves and finished with way too many pushups and ab workouts to make you every want to come back - until the next day when you are feeling totally rejuvinated and psyched. Not to mention my punching did improve, although slightly, but I'm sure that to continually go would help greatly. I will end by saying that if you are looking for the workout of your life then sign up for boxing, but I see it more as a workout and instinctive self-defense than a martial art.
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 | Randyman (109)
09/15/2004 | Being an exboxer, I'm biased and I know it. I think Boxing is the best of all the fighting styles. I don't care if we use our feet or not. Boxers train harder, spar harder and fight harder than anyone else. That is why boxers make the big money. Boxers unlike other atheletes did not come from the college ranks. Most have come from the school of hard knocks and have already learned to fight in the streets. In other words, they've been tested. I would take a well conditioned boxer, against anyone.
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