Page 216 - Fighting Fit: Boxing, Workouts, Techniques, and Sparring

Glossary

Sparring: Practice boxing. Closely supervised training bouts
between fighters often designed to develop specific areas of
technical proficiency.
Sparring gloves: Specially designed and padded boxing gloves
used for sparring.
Squaring off: Coming out of the sideways boxer’s stance and
facing an opponent with an open chest.
Straight right (2): A power punch thrown with a straight hand
powered by leg and torso.
Style drill: Type of drill where a boxer emulates the characteris-
tics of different boxing styles — usually those of outside fighting,
infighting, counterpunching and in/out fighting.

Technique drill: Type of drill where a boxer emphasizes offen-
sive and/or defensive form.

Uppercut (left uppercut-5, right uppercut-6): A power punch
thrown up from the waist powered by legs and torso.

Wraps: The long strips of cloth used to wrap and protect the
hands before putting on boxing gloves.

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