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As one of the three judges during the fight between Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas, I believe the representative for the Boys’ Club should be announced to the audience. From what happened during the boys’ fight, Felix Vargas should be declared winner. Although both players were equally matched in skills, Vargas had more punches than Cruz. During the fight, Felix was the first person to injure his opponent. He trapped Antonio between the ropes of the ring and started punching his midribs with…

A boxer seeks to maintain distance between himself and his opponent, fighting with faster, longer range punches, most notably the jab, and gradually wearing his opponent down. Compared to all other punches the jab is the closes to reach your opponent. The jab is fast, longer, most likely to land, and least likely to leave you vulnerable. The jab uses less energy than any other punch and keeps you in position to follow up with a dangerous power punch. The jab can be used for offensives technique…

High School for the youths league. I was ecstatic about the whole thing even though I didn’t know a single person at the practice. I met the coaches who were great at understanding that I didn’t know much about wrestling perse but knew a lot about grappling because I had done jujitsu before I had gone to any wrestling practices. Something no one knows is that after the first practice to see if you really wanted to wrestle the coaches came up to me and said “Your name is Ricky right? Man you…

Main Theme: The article discusses some disturbing revelations regarding caged fighting. According to study conducted by the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, many UFC fighters are resorting to dangerous weight-loss methods in attempt to stay in lower weight classes. One such method is extreme dehydration, in which some fighters try sweating or excreting out excess body fluids. Other fighters try fasting or adopting low-carb diets. Two-thirds of fighters studies consumed large…

How to Bet on Boxing in the UK Boxing is an immensely popular sport because it speaks to the instinctive nature of man. There is nothing like watching two ripped men get into to the ring and go at it until one is out for the count. However, aside from the brute force of the sport, there is a great art to it as well. Like the game of chess, players have to understand how to gracefully move and ensure the hit goes one way. It’s this mix of masculinity and grace that draws so many to the sport…

Nobody is forced to box or watch a fight, all participants do therefore through their own discretion. people who don’t just like the sport ought to simply ignore it if they don’t am passionate about it. Critics below the belt target boxing as a result of it a lot of clearly resembles a fight, instead of different sports which may be physically aggressive, like hockey, or rugby, wherever there's a puck, or a ball to supply the main focus. For instance, “In football you do not grasp what's…

MMA is fast becoming the biggest combat sport in the world and yet it still isn't an Olympic sport which is just bizarre to think about when there are sports like skateboarding and surfing that have just been added to the 220 Olympic games in Tokyo. Does the Olympic committee think that these are bigger and more popular sports than MMA? Or are they just scared of the criticism and backlash that they might receive? One of the main points that people who are against MMA as an Olympic sport say is…

Mat of Pain What does it feels like being under the spotlight in a room full of people watching and cheering for you to defeat and win against your opponent who you know that is the same strength as you? Does it makes you nervous and makes you want to back out? Why choose wrestling as your sport when you can do basketball? Why settle with tough sport like wrestling? These are only few of the questions I wanted to ask the wrestlers whenever they have a wrestling match. I am not a fan of…

"long-term path toward self-discovery, psychological development and an authentic way of life." As such, they facilitate self-encounter, and the "opponent" to be confronted is not an external one, but oneself.” (Donadrain, p 327) The Martial Arts holds all of those who participate to a higher standard, and challenges everyone to do better and be…

Wrestling and Boxing are two contact sports that have different ways of making contact, rules and have similar setups for their competitions In both Wrestling and Boxing physical contact between the opponents is made. In wrestling contact is made by using your bodyweight to maneuver your opponent where you need them to be. In boxing on the other hand contact is made with the force of a fist inside a padded glove. Although both sports have different types of contact each is made very specific…