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Preface:
Putting it
on the line
Boxing has become important to me rather late in life
(I took it up when I was 48!). I believe it connects to
something primal, and I think many males, and perhaps
a lot of females, too, share a desire that has something
to do with gaining physical courage.As co-author Alan
Lachica says, boxers put it on the line and there you
face an array of intense emotions including fear and
your physical limits. Besides that, with the right training
and training attitudes, boxing can be uplifting, exhila-
rating and a heck of a lot of fun.
Many will turn to this book to seek fitness, and believe
me, if readers take the drilling program to heart they
will find it. I have never worked harder than I have
sparring or even hitting the bag in earnest.Anyone
who has trained seriously will tell you the same thing.
It’s amusing that such a great and grand old sport like
boxing should all of a sudden be trendy, but there it is.
All in all that’s a very good thing. Maybe when more
and more folks appreciate boxing, the evils that have
plagued it for so many years will be defeated.
Doug Werner
