A quick list of 16 basic boxing tips your trainer should have told you. These boxing tips will improve your boxing training, boxing punching, and boxing defense. Good luck! I know what you mean. My first fight is in two weeks and I need all the help I can get and these tips will help a lot. I know im latebut hwo did the match go?

Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. This quote sets the bar quite high! But hey, he who gives nothing, gets nothing, and he who does not feed any ambition is certainly not likely to become champion of anything! Here we are: you started learning how to box some time ago - probably several months - and you think you have enough technical and fundamental knowledge to enter the ring and face opponents in the same situation and with the same skill set as you.

Last Sunday, I cornered for 2 fighters for their first fights. My friends, Van and Richard were training hard for the past couple months. I was proud to see both of them win their first fight. Video included. To all the guys that trained hard, you deserve to win—this guide is for YOU.

Only professional fights are called fights. In order to distinguish between pro and amateur events, the amateur events are called bouts or matches. Before , refs were limited to simple hand signals.