Irongloves Boxing Blog » Boxing Nostalgia

Jul 1

About seven and a half years ago, the extremely amiable and famous Ken Norton was enshrined in Boxing�s Hall of Fame. It could not have happened to a nicer guy. At that time Ken used to live in Canastota, NY. His affinity with his supporters and his enthusiasm for signing autographs endeared him to a massive crowd. Undoubtedly, being a representative for boxing is one element and being a Hall of Fame quality boxer is another.

Ken started his career in a promising fashion reeling off a victorious streak against average resistance. He was starting to obtain acknowledgment as a pinnacle prospect until the roof caved in. A sinewy Venezuelan named J. L. Garcia bombed Ken out and forced Norton to start all over. Though it took some time but Ken lastly re-built himself with strong triumphs over men like Jack O�Halloran and Henry Clark. Norton was also distinctly ranked but no one offered him an opportunity when he met previous champ Muhammad Ali in March of 1973. In a historic fight that will definitely be memorized as �The Jaw Breaker�, Norton walked off with the verdict and M. Ali left to have his jaw wired. Then again in September 1973 another game was there and obviously it was in an improved condition where Muhammad Ali won again.

Jun 30

Boxing through the ages

Presently, boxing as we know is just like a match among two persons dressed in safety gloves, and appropriate defensive cog. This may comprise of a cup, a mouthpiece, and even just padding all around the head. There are also extremely specific regulations and goals to be obeyed within the ring where the boxing match-up takes place.

Boxing has been principally a man’s activity, even though there is proof of female fighters as much back as the eighteenth century or start of nineteenth century. In fact, it is still the case today; even though countless new women are presently approaching it. What may be causative to this are the changing reasons for appealing in the game. It used to be exclusively a feisty sport rather than an easy one. At the moment, people are taking much interest in boxing because of its physical advantages as a principal consideration.

As in the nineteenth century, boxing has continued comparatively the same. But we have seen the growth of new and diverse competitive fighting clubs and sports. This recent development in boxing has also taken some practitioners very close to the boxing. Among all fighting games, boxing competitions still bring in some of the biggest audiences and boxing lovers. Undoubtedly, interest in boxing matches hasn’t declined a lot through the years and attention on practicing the art doesn’t seem to be on the wane.

Jun 27

Boxing � A Brief History

Boxing has been around much longer than the majority would believe, equally as a game and as a form of entertainment and refreshment. It can be dated back to the antiquities where the start of sport contests was first referenced. There have been a lot of thumps thrown all through the last centuries, with a lot of bad objectives at the back of them.

There are countless proofs that the Greeks also took part in interesting and amazing boxing episodes. Certainly, it was also not referred to as boxing itself; rather it was the primary spirited fighting occasion where fighters wore gloves. Of course, they were not as padded as we see nowadays in our current boxing matches. Relatively, the gloves that were worn in earliest Greece were also too much simpler than what we see these days. In the past, they were simple fabric wrappings around the hands, and they were not as heavy as today�s versions.

The very first instance the word of the use of the word “boxing” was during the eighteenth century in England. It was invented to generate some differentiation among competitive fighting, and fighting as a consequence of a problem or trouble between two or more persons.

Jun 27

Gatti vs. Ward greatest fight of all time

This has to be everyone’s favorite fight. These two guys gave us the best fight of the century!
Take a look

Jun 25

Favorite Movie Lines

These short clips will totally motivate you! They are my favorites. Keep a few handy to play before working out.

Rocky V: Burgess Merideth passes away, this 1st clip is pretty sad, but it makes you feel like getting up & going forward ~ click here
Rocky II: Training scene ~ click here
Vision Quest, Shoot carrying the log up the stairs ~ click here
Vision Quest, “what happens in that six minutes” A MUST SEE FOR ALL BOXERS ~ click here
Rudy, what can I say, you must have Rudy in the mix ~ click here

Jun 16

Naseem Hamed

“Prince” Naseem Hamed is one of the great boxing innovators. His actions outside the ring gained him fans. His entrances to the ring were never less than spectacular. One of the more famous entrances, the one that really got him noticed was the magic carpet. �Prince� Naseem was taken from the top of the arena to the outside of the ring where he was to fight Vuyani Bungu.

Naseem�s fighting style was unique. He was arrogant to the fighters he went up against, laughing at their effort, shrugging off punches and smiling at the fact they would even want to get in the ring with him. His fighting style may have offended the opponents and his fan count drop but that didn�t stop him from becoming WBO, WBC, IBF and IBO featherweight champion, all of which were vacated.

Outside the ring, Naseem Hamed liked to spend his hard earned money on fast cars. He was involved in many crashes in these million dollar cars. One of which landed him on the front of British newspaper �The Sun�. In the crash the other driver was seriously injured. This incident was the end for �Prince� Naseem as a boxer.

Jun 12

Tommy Morrison – Rocky V

I have always liked this guy! He has his own website

Jun 9

Jack Johnson

A Jack Johnson Biography

Another Jack Johnson Biography

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