Boxing in General

England accuse other teams of cheating. In the past Shane Warne and Steve Waugh were caught cheating. Was the second ashes test fixed. I don't know. It was spectacular fall though. I heard Boycott say at lunch time that it will take a miracle to produce any results other than a draw. Was it a miracle, was it easy money or was it English team doing its best to disgrace itself. We will never know what happened at Adelaide last night. Is Ian Bell to blame for the mighty collapse with him getting himself run out, or should we blame Flintoff and the other batsman. There is something incredibly weird going on in the English ...

Despite many believing that boxing is just a barbaric "sport" whereby two grown men beat the living hell out of each other, boxing is a sport which requires discipline, strength, skill and co-ordination. Being an amateur boxer myself for over a year, I have grasped the basics, so to speak, and whereas I know I have a long way to go in the sport if I want to develop as a fighter, in this opinion I will try to include some pointers for anybody interested, or other aspiring boxers. In boxing, your fists are often not the most important factor. If you don't stand correctly, you won't have power or speed in your punches. Assuming ...

If you ever wanted a good argument for boxing to be banned, take a look at Muhammad Ali. One of the most articulate and skilful sportsmen -- let alone boxers -- of all time is now a shambling, slurring, shaking parody of his former self, his brain paying the price for the battering it received in the ring. It's a horrifying and pitiful sight, but though it does provide a good argument for boxing to be banned, I think it's an argument that should be ignored. Boxing is probably the most unpleasant sport of them all, even above thuggish, violence-worshipping rugby or American football, but the damage that it does to the people who take part it in would only ...