Boxer's Start-Up

A Beginner's Guide to Boxing

Doug Werner

• Publisher: Tracks Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781884654862
• Year: 1998

A user-friendly, highly illustrated, straightforward boxing guide that promotes fun, fitness, self-defense, and self-confidence. Endorsed by USA Boxing, national governing body for amateur boxing.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Renaissance
• Good News
• Learning ... to box ain’t no overnight thing
• Boxing Gear
• Boxer’s Stance & Basic Footwork
• Basic Punches
• Basic Combinations
• Application: Whaling on the Heavy Bag
• Basic Defense & Counters
• Punch Mitts: Working Offense with Defense
• Boxer’s Workout
• Sparring
• History Love & Hate in America, Amateurs vs. Pros & the Champs
• Boxer’s Journal: Author’s Six-Month Journey
• Glossary of Terms
• Resources
• Bibliography
• About the Author & Start-Up Sports
• About the Coach
• INDEX