Boxing: Could This Be Your New Workout?

“The whole idea of the sport is to punch people, right? But as it grows in popularity, recreational opportunities are opening up to more and more people who just want to get fit. Whether it’s a boutique fitness experience, a spit and sawdust old-school club, pads in the park or even competitive boxing, there’s something for everyone.”

 Why You Need to Start Boxing ASAP

For an all-encompassing mind and body workout, look no further than boxing.

The unspoken damage of boxing

Boxers know they risk injury in the ring. But there’s a more insidious danger they don’t often talk about: the long-term brain damage that repeated blows to the head can cause.

We Asked an Expert How Dangerous Boxing Really Is

There's always a risk with any blow to the head, whether it's delivered by a boxing glove or a rugby player's knee. Any blow to the head always carries the risk of a problem. In reality, it's a very rare occurrence.

Ban boxing – it’s demeaning and dangerous

A sport whose sole aim is to cause brain damage to another person is not a "noble art". It has no place in a civilised society, says a leading neuroscientist.

Box Your Way to Health

Now let’s look at boxing as a metaphor for how you live life...

Boxing Is a Brutal, Fading Sport. Could Football Be Next?

The sweet science. That was the lofty sobriquet assigned to boxing long ago by devoted followers with a romantic flair. But there came a time when the fight game’s hold on the American spirit began to loosen, when it stood widely condemned as plain brutal.

Boxing Is More Brutal Than Mixed Martial Arts

You’re pretty likely to get your butt kicked in either one, though.

Codswallop: how to stop boxing deaths and brain injury with a simple rule

Fouls in boxing consist of hitting below the belt, holding, tripping, kicking, head butting, wrestling, biting, spitting on, or pushing your opponent. If we reversed the rules on fouls to make a punch to the head a foul and a punch below the belt (aimed at the cods or testicles), a scoring shot, the brain injury problem would be resolved. Boxing might consider a change of name to “codswalloping”.

College Boxing Clubs Rise From the Canvas

College boxing, decades removed from the days when fedora-clad fans filled smoky arenas to watch the sport, is making a comeback. It looks very different from its heyday in the 1930s and ’40s. Most student-run boxing clubs are now coed, and women are taking on leadership positions. The clubs are attracting mixed-martial-arts fans, people who want to learn protective skills, and fitness enthusiasts, including those who don’t actually want to fight.

Could boxing be a secret weapon in the fight against anxiety and depression?

A London-based psychologist has started a class to find out.

How boxing made me a better doctor

When I was in high school, boxing in downtown Detroit for four years made me more open-minded. I tried new exercises like jumping rope. It taught me how to be disciplined, to make split second decisions in the ring and not second guess myself—all traits that helped me through medical school.

Muhammad Ali was more than just a boxer: 9 profiles on his life and legacy

He lived his life dancing around the boxes people tried to put him in. As the world mourns, here are a few profiles that captured Ali's complexity...

Pediatricians Put The Kibosh On Boxing For Kids

Whatever you think about the merits of boxing as a sport for adults, pediatricians say children have no place in the ring. Citing the risk of injuries, including concussions, the American Academy of Pediatrics and its Canadian counterpart, the Canadian Paedeatric Society, have come out in opposition to boxing as a sport for children and adolescents.

Should boxing be banned?

Rather than banning boxing, a more sensible solution may be to better manage the physical and social environment risk factors posed by it. This may decrease the brutality that attracts some people to the sport, but it will increase the opportunities for life after it for those risking life and limb by participating.

The mental health benefits of boxing

Prince Harry has revealed that he found boxing to be a good way of relieving aggression – but he’s not the first to find refuge in the ring.

The Science of a Boxing Knockout

Boxing fans live for the thrill of a knockout punch. But that KO comes at a steep physical price for the victim.

What boxing tells us about repetitive head trauma and the brain

The field has been hampered by issues related to study design, lack of longitudinal follow-up, and absence of agreed-upon clinical criteria for CTE. A recently launched prospective cohort study of professional fighters, the Professional Fighters Brain Health Study, attempts to overcome some of the problems in studying fighters. Here, we review the cross-sectional results from the first year of the project.

What It’s Like to Hit a Man

I tried boxing. It was scary how good it felt. There was no real contact that day. No damage. We parried each other’s telegraphed punches for a while, then touched gloves and climbed out of the ring. As Mike gave me a ride back to my flat, he asked me what I thought. I confessed that the moment when I’d thrown that first punch at him had been among the strangest, most exhilarating experiences of my life. And then I told him I was going to find a boxing gym in New York.