Category: Boxing

Outline Boxing is an individual sport in which two people are placed in a square ring who fight with fists wearing padded gloves. It is one of Australia’s oldest individual sports. The first Australian boxing contest recorded in history took place in Sydney on 8 January 1814 involving John Parton and Charles Sefton who were…

The types of training outlined above is centred specifically into improving the overall skills and attributes of a professional boxer. The methods are chosen based on the specific needs of the boxer to gain an advantage and perform well. In terms of strength training, it is crucial to utilize weight training through free and fixed…

Issues today in the boxing world is deaths and what causes these deaths. Many say its due to weight cuts and many say its because of the late stoppages. Theres been an estimated guess that about 1,876 boxers have died throughout history as a direct result of injuries sustained in the ring. So far as…

What is the Boxing Day Tsunami? The Boxing Day Tsunami was a magnitude 9.2 tsunami which negatively affected society and the environment (University of Southampton,2017) which was caused by an earthquake and could have lessened by the use of buoys. There was no technology used to track tsunamis and warn civilians, its tremors from the…

This paper will examine the sport of boxing in the context of Queensland, Australia. It is argued that there is a need to ban boxing, or at the very least, a need for legislation to impose stricter regulations to prevent death or serious injury among athletes. Figures show that in Australia alone, between 1830 and…

In everyone’s life there comes a time in life where theyre going to have to fight, even if they don’t want to, such as to keep themselves safe. Yet, some people may grow up in rough places and must fight for their survival as if they were in the jungle. Canelo Alvarez was one of…

The art of Boxing is one of the most widely practiced ideals/sports to date. Boxing is one of the biggest sports amongst almost every generation as it is still relevant today with Pay-Per-View charts being topped in some of its biggest events. Having been raised around the sport with the large Armenian diaspora in Southern…

I should start this essay by saying that one of my good friends is a professional boxer about to compete in his first championship match and like his father, himself a former commonwealth boxing champion, he has a love and passion for the sport that as his friend I support and wish him well. However,…

Over the past few decades, sports, in general, have seen a major improvement in taking safety precautions in dangerous contact sports like rugby and amateur boxing. More young professionals are wearing headgear to help protect themselves from crucial head injuries which could heavily affect their future and could lead to early retirement. However, are these…

Introduction A literature review is the process that critically analyzes various reports, books, writing and journal and find out methodological and theoretical concepts related to a specific topic or subject that has been discussed and on which the papers have projected their views (Hart, 2018). This literature review will discuss about the everyday racism in…