Page 10 - Fighting Fit: Boxing, Workouts, Techniques, and Sparring

Introduction:

Fighting fit,

fit to fight

In our first boxing book, Boxer’s Start-Up,we
attempted to convince the uninitiated and to teach a
little boxing.We talked about a boxer’s passion, about
the physical and mental benefits of boxing and about
the exhilaration of supervised combat. Basic punches
and defenses were explored in order to give the reader
a better understanding of what the sport was all about
and to give him or her a start toward developing a
boxer’s workout program.

In Fighting Fit, basics are reviewed in detail and pieced
together in a drilling program that develops the com-
plete boxer.The major skills — punches, defensive
moves and footwork — are honed and correlated
through heavy bag drilling, controlled partner drills and
situational sparring.

There are loads of photos and graphics to learn by, and
just enough text to fill in the gaps. In fact, skills have
never been illustrated and cataloged any better, any-
where outside of the gym. It’s all here for the serious
student — whether you’re in it for the sport or the fit-
ness or both.

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