Any other sports that can improve boxing skills?

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  1. DarkVersa

    DarkVersa Member Full Member

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    Any thoughts?

    Football - fast feet?

    Table Tennis/Tennis - Punch speed?
     
  2. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    Surfing/Swimming- strength/endurance/stamina.
     
  3. basketball helps with coordination, reflex, and footwork i assume
     
  4. itliangladiator

    itliangladiator Active Member Full Member

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    Basketball, ping pong (table tennis), swimming, biking (sergio martinez), throwing football (marciano did often, thought it helped with overhand right), and especially wrestling. A lot of the old figters use to wrestle as part of their training regimen. Helps with stregnth, endurance, fighting in the clinches and on the inside, etc.
     
  5. Porgeous Porge

    Porgeous Porge Well-Known Member Full Member

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    cycling, great for endurance, didnt Sergio do it.....Wrestling and swimming require endurance and use most muscles in your body

    wrestling i mean its a 1 on 1 sport, requires foot work, timing, technique, explosiveness, coordination, mental toughness, it is cut from the same cloth
     
  6. HamburgBuam

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    ice-hockey, specially in the USA. Its like sparring in the winter.
     
  7. oibighead

    oibighead G.O.A.T. Full Member

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    Pacman has ATG range finder jab

    Made Gayweather lose urge
     
  8. JohnAnthony

    JohnAnthony Boxing Junkie banned

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    :deal

    Can't argue with this.

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  9. SJS19

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    I'd advise handball.
     
  10. oibighead

    oibighead G.O.A.T. Full Member

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    Wildcard gym best gym


    Anderson silva learnt all MMA skill of ATG Roach


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qntHWtZqWaY[/ame]
     
  11. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Basketball, futbol soccer, baseball, football. 2 boxing greats Marciano and Terry Norris were good minor league and high school standouts. James Toney whipped on Deion Sanders over a bed at a Michigan football camp. Any of the big 4 should help tremendously.
     
  12. oibighead

    oibighead G.O.A.T. Full Member

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    Pac wildcard training has sticks and stairs.

    ATG trainer Roach trains Pacman to counter counters with straight Right for southpaw.
     
  13. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    Aside from other combat sports, soccer, ping pong, swimming, golf, and baseball all seem like they would help. Anything that tests your endurance is likely to be worthwhile too.

    The more macho sports I don't think have as big a correlation on performance as the above, though they may improve the mental side.
     
  14. Boom1989

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  15. silenc

    silenc dropout bear Full Member

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    Chess, golf.
    Look at Klitschkos, Lewis and Sanders.... HWs should consider practicing these sports.