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So you want a boxing fitness plan? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Many of us live in small cities or too far from the nearest fitness boxing gym. In some cities, you won’t find a class to attend. How can you develop your own boxing fitness plan that suits your needs? So today, I’m going to give you the straight dope on developing a boxing fitness plan for yourself that’ll suit your training needs. This way, you won’t have to depend on a boxing fitness class or gym to get unparalleled fitness results. So what are these 5 steps…

1. Get out a piece of paper.

In this article, I’m going to share secrets for developing a boxing fitness plan that’ll suit your needs. So get a piece of paper and split it into 5 different sections. In each section, you’ll fill in a boxing fitness exercise that you’ll enjoy and will help you reach your fitness goals. You’ll take these 5 exercises and put them together in an explosive 30 minute routine. In box #1, put down stretches. Stretch your legs, shoulders, triceps, back, and shoulders.

2. Warm-up

A warm-up is key to bloodflow and preventing injury. Did you know that warm-ups have also been proven in various studies to increase strength? In box #2, put down warm-up. Choose from the following:

a) Hitting a speed bag for 3-5 minutes
b) 25 jumping jacks
c) Pushups – 3 sets of 20

2. Do you want strength?

If you’re boxing for fitness strength, you’ll want to incorporate boxing weightlifting exercises into your routine. Here’s an example: Do 5 sets of 5 squats, deadlifts, and lunges. These exercises will work your entire-body and most importantly, your core strength. For max results, do a tri-set. So 1 set is 5 squats, 5 deadlifts, and 5 lunges done back-to-back. If you’re not into weightlifting or gaining massive size, do hindu pushups. These are absolutely awesome. In box #3, put down boxing weightlifting or hindu pushups. Note that even if you can bench 400-pounds, you’ll find hindu pushups a challenge.

4. Do you want endurance?

For ultimate endurance, you’ll want to incorporate your choice of the following routines in box #4:

a) Wind sprints – 6 to 20 sets of 50 to 100 yards
b) Max incline sprints on a treadmill – great for leg endurance and strength
c) Jump-rope fitness – 3 explosive sets of 1 minute each

5. Total body fitness

Boxing fitness is just insanely awesome because it works out your whole-body. In box #5 put down your choice of these ultimate whole-body fitness boxing exercises:

a) Burpees – 3 sets of 20
b) Shadow boxing *highly recommended* – 3 sets for 3 minutes each
c) Heavy bag training (if you have one) – 3 sets for 3 minutes each

With shadow boxing and heavy bag training, move your legs a lot. Bouce around on your feet and “dance” – like Muhammad Ali. Use jabs, uppercuts and a lot of hooks. Get explosive – throw jabs for 10 seconds. Stop. Bounce around on your feet for 20 seconds. Throw some hooks. Bounce around, uppercut, bounce around, duck. This way, you’ll incorporate the all-mighty interval training into your workout.

Between each box of exercises, take a 1 minute break. Drink water and just relax. Do exactly what boxers do after a round – sit and rest. Boxing fitness with this plan will take your fitness levels to the stratosphere. I noticed significant results in my own training after doing this for 2 weeks when I first started.

Total time: 25 – 35 minutes. Get as explosive as you can with these boxing fitness workouts to get results in lightening fast time. An awesome boxer to watch for explosivity is the crazy fit boxer Manny Pacquiao.

I was recently invited along to an event in Aberdeen Exhibition Centre to a Gentlemen”s Dinner. The main guest being Mike Tyson former World Heavyweight champion, along with Mike was another former heavy weight champion Tim Witherspoon and an another World Title holder Lee McAllister who hails from Aberdeen. During the course of the evening I was fortunate enough to meet Mike and Tim and got a photograph of myself with Mike Tyson which is in the process of
getting framed as I write this article.
Throughout the evening there were opportunities to purchase boxing memorabilia, boxing autographs and signed boxing gloves via raffles, auction and a game called heads and tails. Amongst the items in the auction there were Muhammad Ali signed shorts, Mike Tyson signed gloves and also a great deal of signed boxing merchandise available at reasonable prices.
This was probably one of the biggest dinners I have attended with over 500 people turning out to see Mike and his fellow World Champions. As you can imagine he was in great demand to autograph memorabilia and he did do several signed photos for charity and for those involved in the organising of the evening. However his time was in great demand and not everyone got signed boxing memorabilia.
I was fortunate in so much as my friends did a private signing session with the champ earlier in the year where I obtained a signed photo, signed boxing shorts and a few unusual items of boxing memorabilia and a personalised autograph.
Getting back to the items that were for sale in the auction there was some great Muhammad Ali memorabilia signed in person by the legend including signed pictures, autographed boxing gloves and even a signed boxing robe. All of the items in the auction were fantastic and well presented pieces of autographed boxing memorabilia. But my favourite item was of the greatest pound for pound fighter around at the moment Manny Pacquiao signed shorts which was in my opinion the best framed autograph that was up for auction.
The highlight of the evening was a question and answer session with Mike where he covered his career from start to finish including all of the ups and downs and even a few of the controversial moments in his life, all in all it was a very entertaining evening spent in the company of one of the all time Heavyweight greats.

With boxing being a world renowned sport, it has had some of the best boxers ever enter the ring and this article has been written to mention 3 of the all time best ever boxers, pound for pound.

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad (The Greatest) Ali, born 17th January 1942, is hands down the best American heavyweight boxer of all time. Muhammad Ali is a three-time World Heavyweight Champion and is one of the top sports personalities around the world. Ali started his professional career in the 1960s which was when he impressed fans with his record of 19 wins, 15 of these being knockouts. In the year 1964 Ali attempted to get in to the U.S Armed Forces but failed due to his poor writing and spelling skills. It was in the year 1965 that Ali won his first title and in this same year he converted to Islam and changed his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr to Muhammad Ali. Ali had defeated every heavyweight boxer in his time and was named the fighter of the year and is one of three boxers to be named sportsman of the year. In 1984 Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson’s syndrome and also retired in this year. Muhammad Ali is one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time which gives him the nickname “The Greatest” and he has an impressive record of 61 fights, winning 56, 37 by knockout and only loosing 5.

Joe Calzaghe

Joe (The Italian Dragon) Calzaghe, born 23rd March 1972, is without doubt one of the best light heavyweight boxers to enter the ring, due to the fact he has had an undefeated career winning all his 46 fights, 32 of them by knockout. Joe Calzaghe began boxing at the age of nine and won many fights as a schoolboy. It was in the year 1993 that Calzaghe started boxing professionally by signing a contract and made his debut in that same year. In 1995 Calzaghe was voted Young Boxer of the Year. Calzaghe also became BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2007 making him the first Welsh winner since 1960. Joe Calzaghe started his boxing career in the middleweight class but eventually made his way up to the light heavyweight category in 2008 after winning fights and training hard. It wasn’t until 2009 that Calzaghe announced that he was retiring from professional boxing finishing undefeated with a total of 46 winning fights.

Chris Eubank

Chris (Simply the Best) Eubank, born 8th August 1966, is one of the best English middleweight boxers to have entered the sport. Chris Eubank was world champion for over five years and undefeated as a middleweight boxer. Eubank started his life in England but moved to New York when he was 16 to live with his mum. It was here that he realized his talent for boxing when he trained in his spare time at his local boxing club. Chris Eubank wanted to improve his skills at boxing so trained seven days a week which resulted in him becoming an amateur boxer. Eubank’s made his professional debut in America just after his 19th birthday and in 1988 he returned to England to live with his brothers. While in England Eubank continued with his career in boxing and was rapidly winning fights against many top boxers. Chris Eubank eventually quit boxing with a credible 45 wins and 5 losses. Outside of boxing Eubank’s has won many awards to do with his clothes as he has received Britain’s Best Dressed Man award and Best Dressed Sportsman award. Eubank is also religious as he converted to Islam as an Adult.

This article is my personal view of who I think are the top 3 best boxers of all time, pound for pound. Boxing is a combat sport and martial art in which two people fight using their fists. Boxing is typically supervised by a referee, during a series of one to three minute intervals called rounds and the boxers are generally of similar weight.

Sports Idols provide signed authenticated memorabilia including Joe Calzaghe Memorabilia and Joe Calzaghe Boxing Memorabilia which comes with free delivery to mainland UK.

Boxing is a mixed martial art game; in the game of boxing each and every boxer follow some styles and manner. In general, people always want to attract others. Style is the key to become a famous personality in sports. To enhance your boxing style some best boxing accessories are needed. Accessories are the optional part to enhance the performance and also a fashionable item with a perfect outfit. Muhammad Ali the famous American boxer followed some styles which made him a greatest heavy weight champion.

1.When you consider the boxing, people guesses the style of the boxers by their punch. Boxing gloves is the best accessories to enhance your punch; it is the stylish accessory too. Many best gloves are there such as aerobic, MMA gloves and bag gloves which enhance youre boxing style and also provide safety.

2.The way we walk tells our mannerism, shoes are the accessories which are used to increase the quality of our image. Boxing shoes has some significant features such as, it is made of with nylon and leather materials and has a perfect grappling features. It comes in different colors and sizes.

3.Apparels, its primary function is to cover the body and acts as a protection from the elements, but now it has been changed it as a fashionable and a stylish one with attractive features. In boxing, apparels are also a material which attracts others and gives you a stylish look. The different apparels available for the boxers are boxing jersey, amber polo shirt and boxing shorts etc with a perfect fit and in stylish colors

4.Do you want your punch to be a different one from other boxers? If so, you need some training regarding how to make your punch a different one. Punch bags are the bag which is used to increase the strength, fitness and punching technique. These bags come in different styles with attractive features. Change your punching technique, a stylish one by practicing in speed bags, free standing bags and specialty bags etc.

5.You want some distinctive form which identifies you specifically in the match. Protective gears are the safeguard items in boxing. These are the items which exhibits youre confidence and skills. For example, a head gear protects your head and provides comfort in the match and makes you to concentrate in game. Different types of boxing accessories such as chest protector, groin protector and mouth guards enhance youre performance more.

6.As said before, you need some training which improves your performance and style. Strength\conditioning equipments improve the training skills. Speed and agility, strength and power and medicine balls keep your abs and hips strong.

7.People wander for different varieties, trendy hand wraps and gauze helps you to look stylish. Different hand wraps and gauze are available in the market with distinct features. Mexican hand wraps, power gel hand wraps etc which helps you to look stylish and gives you increase support in hands. Gauze is used as a medicine to wounds and it comes in different sizes.

Similarly punch mitts; safety accessories etc are available which enhances your performance and style. Boxers make use of these different accessories and enhance your boxing style.

Boxing memorabilia and boxing autographs, make impeccable presents for anyone into sports souvenirs. Unlike most presents, they also make great investments. Any piece of boxing memorabilia a person can afford to buy now will easily make its money back in 10 years because boxers, unlike other “stars”, never seem to fade in the public imagination.

The thing about boxing memorabilia: unlike pretty much any other sport, the people who box are either famous or theyre not. That makes most boxing memorabilia high quality, and guarantees it a steady appreciation in value. And that means that buying boxing memorabilia as presents ensures theres no disappointment when the wrapping paper hits the floor.

Imagine, for a moment, this alternative scenario. Rather than boxing memorabilia, a person chooses to buy a signed photo of a footballer for their sport-mad father/brother/other half. Only to find that the carefully-chosen image is received with lukewarm praise because the footballer in question has moved clubs, or isnt scoring enough goals, or was never really liked in the first place anyway. Doesnt happen with boxing memorabilia. Someone either likes Muhammad Ali, or they dont.

For collectors, boxing memorabilia (particularly boxing autographs, in any form) represents a kind of assured centrepiece. Boxers become famous for beating other boxers so by the time they are well-known enough to be marketing boxing autographs, their place in the sports history is already cemented. Players in team sports are associated as much with teams as they are with individual prowess, often “famous” only for a short space of time because they happened to play in a successful team during a good season. Imagine a signed photo of Kenny Sansom and youll see what we mean. Most people finding that on a website wouldnt even know who Kenny Sansom was. How many people in the world dont recognise the name Muhammad Ali?

Try a little experiment. Find a website that sells boxing memorabilia. Load it up and scroll through the names associated with the gloves and photos on offer. How many names are recognisable? Now try the same thing with a football or rugby related souvenir site. Bottom line: everyone knows who the guys on the boxing memorabilia sites are, and everyones impressed by boxing autographs bearing their scrawl. Muhammad Ali; Amir Khan; Chris Eubank; Jake LaMotta: who wouldnt be impressed? Owning a genuine piece of boxing memorabilia is like owning Geoff Hursts shorts.

Even boxings anti-heroes are a big draw. No collection of boxing memorabilia would be complete without a signed photo of Mike Tyson, or boxing autographs written by the sports most famous losers. Fighters who fall in big showcases are as important in the history of the sport as the boxer who beats them: the former Cassius Clay would never be as famous as he is if he hadnt pasted George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle. Boxing memorabilia, from this angle, is unique again: “losers” in team sports get quickly written out of history, while the beaten from the ring retain iconic status simply because they were there.

Boxing memorabilia and boxing autographs, then, make impeccable presents for anyone into sports souvenirs. Unlike most presents, they also make great investments. Any piece of boxing memorabilia a person can afford to buy now will easily make its money back in 10 years because boxers, unlike other “stars”, never seem to fade in the public imagination.

Boxing memorabilia is different from other sporting souvenirs it comes with a steadily increasing value and appeal.