Boxing the fastest Growing Sport in Australia - Page 2

JOSEY WALES · 01-16-2013, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by swingin

more like hearns id recon. but they seem to suit basketball and AFL.

i was at an AFL meeting the other night, they are starting AFL programmes for 'endangered' kids who are between 16-19yo to get them off their ass and drugs and into sport. the somalis are one targeted culture.

also, i saw a programme on tele that was doing the same thing, again with AFL.

Yea ? They normally just give em a taxi badge here , very good mid distance runners and basketball player though .

swingin · 01-16-2013, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JOSEY WALES

Yea ? They normally just give em a taxi badge here , very good mid distance runners and basketball player though .

yeah, AFL is a mid distance runners sport so they say. i dont use taxis much, but it seems to be a new migrant job. thank god for GPS!

Totalpac · 01-16-2013, 05:38 PM

Interesting stat, something doesn't really add up with though.

Putting that stat at it's most basic form, any boxing gym's from 2005 should be bursting at the seams, needing premises upgrades etc etc. Should also be any equal increase in boxing gyms since 2005. Anyone seen this happen in their state? I would argue we haven't in WA.

Look at say BJJ, yes, new schools popping up every day, the established places needing to upgrade etc etc.

The boxing stats just seem a bit off. We are talking the LARGEST growth sport in Australia? I don't see it.

fighta29 · 01-16-2013, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Totalpac

Interesting stat, something doesn't really add up with though.

Putting that stat at it's most basic form, any boxing gym's from 2005 should be bursting at the seams, needing premises upgrades etc etc. Should also be any equal increase in boxing gyms since 2005. Anyone seen this happen in their state? I would argue we haven't in WA.

Look at say BJJ, yes, new schools popping up every day, the established places needing to upgrade etc etc.

The boxing stats just seem a bit off. We are talking the LARGEST growth sport in Australia? I don't see it.

I think surges in participation are more noticed within the boxing community. The general publics interest is based on whatever is in the media at the time. Am boxing is generally the same with slight flucuations around olympic and commonwealth games periods. Boxing training and class participation is also affected by the seasons, serious trainers/fighters are always a base group, with the on-and-off'ers rotating throughout the year and making up the rest of the numbers. Then theres the cross-trainers from other codes (footy, soccer, MMA etc) that like to box in the off season.

rusty nails · 01-16-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by fighta29

I think surges in participation are more noticed within the boxing community. The general publics interest is based on whatever is in the media at the time. Am boxing is generally the same with slight flucuations around olympic and commonwealth games periods. Boxing training and class participation is also affected by the seasons, serious trainers/fighters are always a base group, with the on-and-off'ers rotating throughout the year and making up the rest of the numbers. Then theres the cross-trainers from other codes (footy, soccer, MMA etc) that like to box in the off season.

the only stat that matters is registered amatuers. the rest is just window dressing.

fighta29 · 01-16-2013, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rusty nails

the only stat that matters is registered amatuers. the rest is just window dressing.

Boxing goes way beyond that. If thats the only stat that matters, then boxing is in trouble.

rusty nails · 01-16-2013, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by fighta29

Boxing goes way beyond that. If thats the only stat that matters, then boxing is in trouble.

if you havent noticed champ, boxing is in trouble and has been for quite some time.

fighta29 · 01-16-2013, 07:39 PM

I believe this thread is reffering to participation "champ". The trouble is in the pro ranks. The Ams have always been the same, the guard changes every now and then thats all.
Boxing as a general sport is not in trouble, participation is steady, people use it as a fitness tool, or to learn learn the art. No trouble in that.

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Totalpac Contender ESB Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 698 vCash: 500	Re: Boxing the fastest Growing Sport in Australia Interesting stat, something doesn't really add up with though. Putting that stat at it's most basic form, any boxing gym's from 2005 should be bursting at the seams, needing premises upgrades etc etc. Should also be any equal increase in boxing gyms since 2005. Anyone seen this happen in their state? I would argue we haven't in WA. Look at say BJJ, yes, new schools popping up every day, the established places needing to upgrade etc etc. The boxing stats just seem a bit off. We are talking the LARGEST growth sport in Australia? I don't see it.
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01-16-2013, 07:39 PM	#23
fighta29 Contender ESB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 844 vCash: 500	Re: Boxing the fastest Growing Sport in Australia I believe this thread is reffering to participation "champ". The trouble is in the pro ranks. The Ams have always been the same, the guard changes every now and then thats all. Boxing as a general sport is not in trouble, participation is steady, people use it as a fitness tool, or to learn learn the art. No trouble in that.
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