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3rd Street Gym, USA

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Here comes the article for those of you who want to get in shape. It is another good gym to be introduced to you later on here for you to consider whether you might want to join or not. It’s just a brief review and another choice for you. That’s it. If you think this gym suits you to most, don’t forget to join there and make yourself look great and hot.

Third Street Gym was opened 5 years ago by two guys from Ireland who won Golden Glove titles in San Francisco back in 1999 and 2001. Nowadays, the gym is home to many aspiring amateurs and local pros. The atmosphere and class system are great for teaching boxing. All types of people have come here to experience the class here. So why don’t you want to try?

What I have read from many comments about this gym is that I found lots of people really like this gym, especially the trainers and gym members. This is a well run gym with modern and useful training methods. Classes there include warm ups, drills, cardiovascular, flexibility and strength exercises. Women are welcomed. However, the gym could be too rough for someone.

You can check out the gym for yourself at
Third Street Boxing Gym
2576 3rd Street (between 22nd St. and 23rd St.)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415 550 UBOX

Training Hours
Monday-Friday 1:30pm-8:30pm
Saturday 10:00am-1:00pm

Personal Class Hours
Monday-Friday 4:00pm-8:00pm

Kids Boxing is on Tuesday and Thursday at 4-6pm.

Don’t worry if you’re a newbie. They will teach you right from the very beginning like the boxing stance, how to wrap your hands, basic moves, footwork…etc.

What you can expect from going here? Well first of all is weight loss because the training can be pretty tough sometimes and you need to work out a lot, boxing skills, strength and fitness, flexibility and coordination of your body parts.

Go now to www.thirdstreetgym.com for more information!

Being a Great Boxer without Gaining Weight

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

I just read an article on WikiHow and I think this will be really useful but a little hard to acheive. Weight problem can be a problem for many boxers and they have a really hard time to control their weight just like regular person eventhough they work out a lot more than some people.

This guide below from WikiHow is really basic idea that you can do. But it is just as hard as other weight control programs, i mean in the healthy ways.

How to Train to Be a Great Boxer Without Lifting Weights

from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit

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If you want to be a great boxer but do not want to lift weights… read on.

Steps

  1. Do 10 minutes of upper and lower body stretching.
  2. Do 10 minutes of skipping rope(not easy).
  3. Do 20 minutes of sparring.
  4. Do 30 minutes of punching the heavy bag.
  5. Do a 30 minute run.
  6. Do possibly a 30 minute swim.
  7. Try sit-ups.
  8. Do press-ups
  9. Do 10 minutes of skipping rope.
  10. Do 10 Minutes of stretching.
  11. Try to get it done everyday.
  12. Read the Tips to learn basically about the diet.

Tips

  • Altogether it takes about 3 Hours
  • Drink at least 2 liters of water a day
  • Don’t take any sugar – one teaspoonful stops your growth hormone for 24 hours.
  • Eat porridge (oatmeal) for breakfast.
  • Avoid chips, sweets, crisps and anything you know is bad.
  • Eat pistachio nuts instead of snacks.
  • Also try fruit and vegetables (they give you lots of energy). Salad is also good.

Warnings

  • Don’t over-train.
  • If injuries occur, contact a doctor.

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Boxing at Olympics 2008

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

The Boxing event of the Summer Olympics this year in Beijing will be held in the Workers’ Indoor Arena. The place is pretty huge with the seat capacity of 13,000.

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Workers’ Indoor Stadium from http://en.beijing2008.cn

There are 11 boxing events corresponding to a recognized weight division of male (only…again) boxer. But this is the last Olympic boxing competition that excludes women. So watch out the next Olympics in London (2012), the first female boxing events will be introduced.

Boxing 2008

Pictogram indentified Boxing in 2008 Olympics: Wikipedia

Anyway the events are Light flyweight, Flyweight, Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight, Light Welterweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight, Heavyweight, and Super heavyweight.

The first fight is scheduled on Saturday, August 9 at 13:30 – 15:00 in the event of Middleweight (75 kg). The Quarterfinals will start on the next Sunday, August 17 and the Semifinals of all events will be held on Friday, August 22 and the last two days Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24 are arranged for the Final Round.

You can look for the full competition schedule at http://en.beijing2008.cn or Wikipedia (since nowadays you can find almost everything in Wiki so why not?)

So boxing fans, be prepared! Each country has sent its best boxer to compete in this huge competition.

Cotto VS Margarito this Saturday!

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Margarito has found his big cash opponent and Cotto has found himself the perfect rival to make his mark in another division. That is why Cotto/Margarito is going to a natural match. They both can send off their set opponents and settle matters with each other to verify who the best fighter is.

The Battle is ON! The fight between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito will prove who is going to be the real Welterweight superpowers in this world title fight.

This big fight will take place this Saturday, July 26 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight is promoted by Top Rank and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, starting at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.

Cotto (32(KO 26)-0), the great boxer from Puerto Rico is one of the most talented performers and no one can stop him. Margarito (36 (KO 26)-5) is among those popular boxers from Tijuana, Mexico.

This 12 round WBA welterweight title can’t be missed. You can check out the full BIO of these two at Top Rank website at www.toprank.com A lot of people are waiting to see these two great fighter in this match.

See you next time for another great fight!

IBF-USBA official site

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Welcome to our blog site! I was researching on some great fighters out there. And that is when I realize that there are a lot of boxer ranking websites and I don’t know which one I can really trust. And I found this website called IBF-USBA Boxing – Rankings.

It is the official site of the International Boxing Federation. The IBF is a voluntary association managed and organized by representatives of various athletic commissions for the idea of earning more efficiency and standardization in the administration of professional boxing.

The IBF-USBA promulgates rules, establishes champions and prepares monthly ranking of contenders which are constantly updated online.

muaythaisportblog7-20-08 site-IBF-USBA

So in this website, you can go and download the rules, such as, contests rules, bout rules and championship rules. You can also check the latest ranking from IBF (International Boxing Federation) and from USBA ratings (United States Boxing Association).

If you want to become a membership of this association, you can visit the website at www.ibf-usba-boxing.com and download the application form.

I find this site really useful. It’s very educational if you want to become a professional in Boxing, you will need to know this stuff. They are good stuff and you won’t regret to know.

Come back for another great boxing website from all over the world right here in our website. If you have any suggestion to help us improve our blog and article, please let us know. See you next time!