Bareknuckle and the London Prize Ring The recent spike in the popularity of bareknuckle boxing is a phenomenon fueled, in part, by the growth of MMA. As gloves became smaller for the cage, some people have done away with them entirely, leading to several unsanctioned, yet legal bareknuckle promotions. In the UK, the growth of […]
MMA Versus Boxing: UFC 118 The upcoming match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather has fans of both MMA and boxing talking in gyms and around water coolers all over the world. No matter where you go, everybody has an opinion on how this monumental showdown of MMA versus boxing is going to play out. […]
McGregor vs Mayweather: Should it Happen? MCGREGOR VS MAYWEATHER: This match may well be responsible for one of the biggest changes in fight promotion history since Mixed Martial Arts entered the combat sports arena. We ask not whether this bout will happen (It’s happening!) but whether it should. As the relatively new sport of Mixed […]
Beyond Boxing: Coach Joey Rodriguez In 2002 when I first experienced transferring the skills I’d learned during years of boxing and traditional martial arts training, to the new sport that was taking over… MMA, the landscape of Mixed Martial Arts was very different in many ways. Names like Matt Hughes, Tito Ortiz, Jens Pulver and […]
You may have seen various coaches holding strange foam sticks and seemingly attacking their students with them, in what may initially look like a Jeet Kune Do’Esque throw back or maybe adding in Eskrima or similar to their open hand training. But with guys like Canelo Alvarez James De Gale and Ricky Hatton using the […]
ow to Wrap your hands for Boxing or MMA is a question most coaches are asked frequently. And because of the time it requires to show someone and then them to practice, it can be something that gets overlooked. Creating a good wrap for boxing, MMA or Muay Thai is an essential skill for the […]
or again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from […]