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[B]What is boxing?[/B]
Boxing is a combat sport where two individuals engage in a contest of strength,endurance and speed by throwing punches using gloves to either score a knockout or a decision.
[B]What are the rules of boxing?[/B]
A boxing match typically consists of a determined number of three-minute rounds, a total of up to 12 rounds (formerly 15). A minute is typically spent between each round with the fighters in their assigned corners receiving advice and attention from their coach and staff. The fight is controlled by a referee who works within the ring to judge and control the conduct of the fighters, rule on their ability to fight safely, count knocked-down fighters, and rule on fouls. Up to three judges are typically present at ringside to score the bout and assign points to the boxers, based on punches that connect, defense, knockdowns, and other, more subjective, measures. Because of the open-ended style of boxing judging, many fights have controversial results, in which one or both fighters believe they have been "robbed" or unfairly denied a victory. Each fighter has an assigned corner of the ring, where his or her coach, as well as one or more "seconds" may administer to the fighter at the beginning of the fight and between rounds. Each boxer enters into the ring from their assigned corners at the beginning of each round and must cease fighting and return to their corner at the signaled end of each round.
A bout in which the predetermined number of rounds passes is decided by the judges, and is said to "go the distance". The fighter with the higher score at the end of the fight is ruled the winner. With three judges, unanimous and split decisions are possible, as are draws. A boxer may win the bout before a decision is reached through a knockout; such bouts are said to have ended "inside the distance". If a fighter is knocked down during the fight, determined by whether the boxer touches the canvas floor of the ring with any part of their body other than the feet as a result of the opponent's punch and not a slip, as determined by the referee, the referee begins counting until the fighter returns to his or her feet and can continue. Should the referee count to ten, then the knocked-down boxer is ruled "knocked out" (whether unconscious or not) and the other boxer is ruled the winner by knockout (KO). A "technical knockout" (TKO) is possible as well, and is ruled by the referee, fight doctor, or a fighter's corner if a fighter is unable to safely continue to fight, based upon injuries or being judged unable to effectively defend themselves. Many jurisdictions and sanctioning agencies also have a "three-knockdown rule", in which three knockdowns in a given round result in a TKO. A TKO is considered a knockout in a fighter's record. A "standing eight" count rule may also be in effect. This gives the referee the right to step in and administer a count of eight to a fighter that he feels may be in danger, even if no knockdown has taken place. After counting the referee will observe the fighter, and decide if he is fit to continue. For scoring purposes, a standing eight count is treated as a knockdown.
In general, boxers are prohibited from hitting below the belt, holding, tripping, pushing, biting, or spitting. The boxer's shorts are raised so the opponent is not allowed to hit to the groin area with intent to cause pain or injury. Failure to abide by the former may result in a foul or wallet slap. They also are prohibited from kicking, head-butting, or hitting with any part of the arm other than the knuckles of a closed fist (including hitting with the elbow, shoulder or forearm, as well as with open gloves, the wrist, the inside, back or side of the hand). They are prohibited as well from hitting the back, back of the neck or head (called a "rabbit-punch") or the kidneys. They are prohibited from holding the ropes for support when punching, holding an opponent while punching, or ducking below the belt of their opponent (dropping below the waist of your opponent, no matter the distance between). If a "clinch" – a defensive move in which a boxer wraps his or her opponents arms and holds on to create a pause – is broken by the referee, each fighter must take a full step back before punching again (alternatively, the referee may direct the fighters to "punch out" of the clinch). When a boxer is knocked down, the other boxer must immediately cease fighting and move to the furthest neutral corner of the ring until the referee has either ruled a knockout or called for the fight to continue.
Violations of these rules may be ruled "fouls" by the referee, who may issue warnings, deduct points, or disqualify an offending boxer, causing an automatic loss, depending on the seriousness and intentionality of the foul. An intentional foul that causes injury that prevents a fight from continuing usually causes the boxer who committed it to be disqualified. A fighter who suffers an accidental low-blow may be given up to five minutes to recover, after which they may be ruled knocked out if they are unable to continue. Accidental fouls that cause injury ending a bout may lead to a "no contest" result, or else cause the fight to go to a decision if enough rounds (typically four or more, or at least three in a four-round fight) have passed.
Unheard of these days, but common during the early 20th Century in North America, a "newspaper decision (NWS)" might be made after a no decision bout had ended. A "no decision" bout occurred when, by law or by pre-arrangement of the fighters, if both boxers were still standing at the fight's conclusion and there was no knockout, no official decision was rendered and neither boxer was declared the winner. But this did not prevent the pool of ringside newspaper reporters from declaring a consensus result among themselves and printing a newspaper decision in their publications. Officially, however, a "no decision" bout resulted in neither boxer winning or losing. Boxing historians sometimes use these unofficial newspaper decisions in compiling fight records for illustrative purposes only. Often, media outlets covering a match will personally score the match, and post their scores as an independent sentence in their report.
(Shamelessly copied from Wikipedia)
[B]Amateur Boxing[/B]
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Amateur boxing may be found at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sanctioned by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing has a point scoring system that measures the number of clean blows landed rather than physical damage. Bouts consist of three rounds of three minutes in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, and three rounds of three minutes in a national ABA (Amateur Boxing Association) bout, each with a one-minute interval between rounds.
Competitors wear protective headgear and gloves with a white strip across the knuckle. A punch is considered a scoring punch only when the boxers connect with the white portion of the gloves. Each punch that lands cleanly on the head or torso with sufficient force is awarded a point. A referee monitors the fight to ensure that competitors use only legal blows. A belt worn over the torso represents the lower limit of punches – any boxer repeatedly landing low blows (below the belt) is disqualified. Referees also ensure that the boxers don't use holding tactics to prevent the opponent from swinging. If this occurs, the referee separates the opponents and orders them to continue boxing. Repeated holding can result in a boxer being penalized or ultimately disqualified. Referees will stop the bout if a boxer is seriously injured, if one boxer is significantly dominating the other or if the score is severely imbalanced.[11] Amateur bouts which end this way may be noted as "RSC" (referee stopped contest) with notations for an outclassed opponent (RSCO), outscored opponent (RSCOS), injury (RSCI) or head injury (RSCH).
(Shamelessly copied from Wikipedia)
[B]Professional Boxing[/B]
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Professional bouts are usually much longer than amateur bouts, typically ranging from ten to twelve rounds, though four round fights are common for less experienced fighters or club fighters. There are also some two-[12] and three-round professional bouts,[13] especially in Australia. Through the early twentieth century, it was common for fights to have unlimited rounds, ending only when one fighter quit, benefiting high-energy fighters like Jack Dempsey. Fifteen rounds remained the internationally recognized limit for championship fights for most of the twentieth century until the early 1980s, when the death of boxer Duk Koo Kim reduced the limit to twelve.
Headgear is not permitted in professional bouts, and boxers are generally allowed to take much more damage before a fight is halted. At any time, however, the referee may stop the contest if he believes that one participant cannot defend himself due to injury. In that case, the other participant is awarded a technical knockout win. A technical knockout would also be awarded if a fighter lands a punch that opens a cut on the opponent, and the opponent is later deemed not fit to continue by a doctor because of the cut. For this reason, fighters often employ cutmen, whose job is to treat cuts between rounds so that the boxer is able to continue despite the cut. If a boxer simply quits fighting, or if his corner stops the fight, then the winning boxer is also awarded a technical knockout victory. In contrast with amateur boxing, professional male boxers have to be bare chested.[14]
(Shamelessly copied from Wikipedia)
[B]Boxing Styles[/B]
[B]Outside Fighter[/B]
Outside fighters keep a distance away from their opponents and aims to wear his opponent down by landing longer and faster punches,usually the jab,most outside fighters usually aim to win the decision rather than a knockout,some famous outside fighters are Sugar Ray Leonard,Muhammad Ali,Larry Holmes,Roy Jones Jr and Meldrick Taylor.
[B]Brawlers/Sluggers[/B]
Brawlers are typically the strongest and most powerful type of boxers,most of them lack ring movement and footwork but makes it up with their sheer power and ability to take a punch,famous brawlers/sluggers include George Foreman,Sonny Liston,David Tua,Max Baer,Rocky Graziano,Jake Lamotta and Earnie Shavers.
[B]Boxer Punchers[/B]
Boxer Punchers are well-balanced fighters who have the ring movement of a outside fighter but the power of a brawler/slugger,famous Boxer Punchers include Joe Louis,Sugar Ray Robinson,Thomas Hearns,Lennox Lewis,Manny Pacquiao,Henry Armstrong,Miguel Cotto,Marco Antonio Barrera.
[B]Swarmers[/B]
Swarmers are the most exciting type of fighters,usually attempting to stay close with his opponent and wearing him down with combinations that consist mainly of hooks and uppercuts,famous Swarmers include Joe Frazier,Mike Tyson,Rocky Marciano,Jack Dempsey,Julio Cesar Chavez
[B]Counter-Punchers[/B]
Counter-Punchers are slick boxers who depend on their defensive skills to beat an opponent,because of their lack of offense,most Counter-Punchers aim for a decision rather than a knockout,famous Counter-Punchers include Jack Johnson,Jimmy Young,Floyd Mayweather Jr,Vitali Klitschko,Jerry Quarry and Max Schmeling.
[B]Boxing Pictures and Video[/B]
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Good thread, me likey!:)
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One of my favorite.
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An accurate portrayal of amateur boxers on facepunch.
For anyone curious... I used to box. If you want to start, don't. Start kickboxing. That shit is so much more beneficial for you in every way.
[QUOTE=CHARL;36338482]For anyone curious... I used to box. If you want to start, don't. Start kickboxing. That shit is so much more beneficial for you in every way.[/QUOTE]
Oh boy here we go...
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[B]What is boxer?[/B]
A flat engine is an internal combustion engine with multiple pistons that move in a horizontal plane. Typically, the layout has cylinders arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft and is sometimes known as the [B]boxer[/B], or horizontally opposed engine.
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[B]What are the rules of boxers?[/B]
Boxer engines got their name because each pair of pistons moves simultaneously in and out rather than alternately, like boxers showing they are ready by clashing their gloved fists against each other before a fight. Boxer engines of up to eight cylinders have proved highly successful in automobiles and up to six cylinders in motorcycles and continue to be popular for light aircraft engines.
Boxers are one of only three cylinder layouts that have a natural dynamic balance; the others being the straight-6 and the V12. These engines can run very smoothly and free of unbalanced forces with a four-stroke cycle and do not require a balance shaft or counterweights on the crankshaft to balance the weight of the reciprocating parts, which are required in other engine configurations. Note that this is generally true of boxer engines regardless of the number of cylinders (assumed to be even), but not true for all V or inline engines. However, in the case of boxer engines with fewer than six cylinders, unbalanced moments (a reciprocating torque also known as a "rocking couple") are unavoidable due to the "opposite" cylinders being slightly out of line with each other.
Boxer engines (and flat engines in general) tend to be noisier than other common engines for both intrinsic and other reasons, e.g., in cars, valve clatter from under the hood is not damped by large air filters and other components. Boxers need no balance weights on the crankshaft, which is lighter and fast-accelerating. They have a characteristic smoothness throughout the rev range and offer a low centre of gravity.
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[B]Properties of boxers[/B]
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Pictured: Volkswagen flat-four, as used by the VW Beetle
Flat engines offer a low centre of gravity and thereby may offer a drive configuration with better stability and control. Flat engines lend themselves well to aircraft engines.
Front-mounted air-cooled flat-twin engines were used in Tatra 11 and Tatra 30, by Citroën in their model 2CV and its derivatives, and the GS and GSA. Oltcit Club used a flat-four and a flat-six was proposed for the Citroën DS but rejected. BMW has used air- or air/oil-cooled flat-twin engines in its motorcycles from 1923 until the present day. Cars such as the Porsche 911 use a flat-engine (in that particular case a six-cylinder) at the rear of the car, where its extra width does not interfere with the steering of the front wheels and there is a weight-saving since no prop-shaft is required.
All versions of the Subaru Impreza, Forester, Tribeca, Legacy, Outback, Baja and SVX use either a flat-4 or flat-6 engine.
True boxers have each crankpin controlling only one piston/cylinder while 180° engines, which superficially appear very similar, share crankpins.
The boxer engine has corresponding pistons reaching top dead centre (TDC) simultaneously.
Boxer engines must not be confused with opposed-piston engines, which are essentially the inverse, with two pistons compressing a single combustion space. These can be used in vehicles such as tanks.
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[B]Notable flat engines
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Pictured: UL260i Flat-four aircraft engine
• In 1896, Karl Benz invented the first internal combustion engine with horizontally opposed pistons.
• In 1923 Max Friz designed the first BMW motorcycles, choosing a 500 cc boxer engine and unit transmission with shaft drive. This engine type is still in production today. The BMW 247 engine, known as an airhead due to its air cooling, was produced until 1995. BMW replaced it with the oilhead engine with partial oil cooling and four valves per cylinder, but still retaining the same flat-twin configuration.
• In 1948 Preston Tucker modified a helicopter flat-six to be rear-mounted in his Tucker Torpedo
• The Volkswagen air-cooled flat-four engine used in the Volkswagen Beetle, SP2 and Karmann Ghia, and later developed further for the Volkswagen Type 2 (Bus) transporters and Volkswagen Type 3 cars. VW was rumoured to have worked on a Diesel version of the aircooled boxer but abandoned this engine due to noise and heat issues. The latest version of the VW boxer was watercooled and thus dubbed the 'Wasserboxer' or waterboxer by enthusiasts. This engine included many developments of the earlier engines. It was offered in capacities of 1.9 and 2.1 litres was used to power T3 buses and transporters.
• The Citroën 2CV and Panhard air-cooled flat-twin engines, both influenced by the flat-twins of BMW
• The air-cooled Chevrolet Corvair OHV flat-six
• In 1960 Lancia's flat-four water-cooled engine debuted for the Lancia Flavia model, first Italian front-wheel drive car, like 1500 cc 90 PS (66 kW) coupé version and during the years become a 2000 cc with 142 bhp (106 kW) when was mounted the first electronic Injection by Bosch in 1970 in a flat four engine, Lancia also rebuild a new big flat-four engine in 1976, 2484 cc, for his upper size model Lancia Gamma. It was produced until 1984 and was Lancia's last flat-four engine.
• The flat-four engines in Alfa Romeo's Alfasud, Sprint, 33 and early versions of the 145. The last of the line was a 1,712 cc flat-four, 16-valves, producing up to 137 PS (101 kW).
• The Toyota Sports 800 was Toyota's first sports car, and contained a two-cylinder Boxer engine, the 2U.
• The water-cooled front-mounted flat-four and flat-six engines used by Subaru in all of its mid-sized cars. Subaru refers to these as boxer engines in publicity commentary, and include a variety of naturally aspirated and turbo driven engines from 1966, when the Subaru 1000 was introduced to current; both closed and semi-closed short blocks have been used. A print add for the 1973 Subaru GL coupe referred to the engine as "quadrozontal"[1] The EJ series of four-cylinder engines released first in 1990 has been the focus for the development of the Boxer engine in the late 20th century. Ranging from 1.6–2.5 litres, this engine in its 2-litre turbo arrangement has been the power behind World Rally Championship winning cars. Subaru also offers a boxer turbodiesel,[2] called the Subaru EE series, the world's first to be fitted into a passenger car.
• Since its introduction in 1975, the Honda Goldwing has utilized a boxer engine, a four-cylinder until 1987, and six-cylinders since. The water-cooled SOHC 1,832 cc flat-six is fitted to the Honda Goldwing from 2001 on.
• The air-cooled flat-four, flat-six and flat-eight engines were used for many years in early Porsches. The flat-twelve in the 917 model is a 180° V-engine and not a boxer.
• The water-cooled flat-six engines in the Porsche Boxster, Cayman and later 911 models
• General aviation aircraft often use air-cooled flat-four and flat-six engines made by companies such as Lycoming, Continental. Ultralight and microlight aircraft often use engines such as the Rotax 912 or Jabiru 2200.
• Ferrari made use of a flat-twelve design in several models, including the Berlinetta Boxer, the Testarossa and its derivatives, such as the 512TR and the F512 M, although this engine design is technically a V12 that has been flattened down to a 180° configuration, and therefore cannot be regarded as a true boxer engine.
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[B]Boxer pictures and video[/B]
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Pictured: Model of a boxer configuration
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Pictured: A vintage 1976 R90/6 BMW motorcycle with a boxer engine
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Pictured: A Subaru Flat-12 engine
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Pictured: a Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer. These used Flat-12 engines as well.
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The new Scion is a boxer.
drunken boxing is best kind of fighting form.
I would hate to be the guy that Ali is standing over
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[quote]Jens Ingemar Johansson[2] (September 22, 1932 – January 30, 2009) was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. Johansson was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. In 1959 he defeated Floyd Patterson by TKO in the third round, after flooring Patterson seven times in that round, to win the World Heavyweight Championship. As a result, Johansson won the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year and was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year".
Johansson enjoyed a successful career as a heavyweight. When he retired in 1963 he had a record of 26 wins, 17 by KO, and only 2 losses. He called his right fist "toonder and lightning" for its concussive power (it was also called "Ingo's Bingo" and the "Hammer of Thor"), and in 2003 he was ranked at #99 on The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.[3][4] He reputedly had bone trouble in his right hand on and off throughout his career as a result.[/quote]
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Let's get this thread up and going again, check out this motherfucker
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Its pretty bad that I have a name based off of a boxer but i'm not a big fan of boxing :v:
Explain this to me as a person who wonders why-
Why do you guys find getting the hell beaten out of you fun? I can't see it being fun at all. I'm interested though.
[QUOTE=kman866;38572368]Explain this to me as a person who wonders why-
Why do you guys find getting the hell beaten out of you fun? I can't see it being fun at all. I'm interested though.[/QUOTE]
It's not the beating but it's the extreme skill that the boxers posses that I find interesting.
R.I.P Hector Camacho
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You were a great champion.
This is a great series, and you can find all of these videos on youtube.
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