I’m thinking of giving boxing training to inmates

[Tony Booth]

I was just wondering if anyone knows of any first hand experience of this helping to rehabilitate prisoners. I already coach boxing and work with some underprivileged kids and it seems to help them have something to work to. I was wondering if this is the same for people in prison.

Someone I know has asked me about doing it, but I’m not sure as I don’t have much spare time. I wouldn’t be interested if they didn’t take it seriously or didn’t help rehabilitate them.

What do you think?

[Tuggers1986]

I was just wondering if anyone knows of any first hand experience of this helping to rehabilitate prisoners. I already coach boxing and work with some underprivileged kids and it seems to help them have something to work to. I was wondering if this is the same for people in prison.

Someone I know has asked me about doing it, but I’m not sure as I don’t have much spare time. I wouldn’t be interested if they didn’t take it seriously or didn’t help rehabilitate them.

What do you think?

It should be good. will help them control and direct their anger.

Look at Bernard Hopkins

[ßringer]

Boxing is a very positive way for inmates to focus their anger, and working towards a particular goal always seems to lift their spirits. In any study I've ever seen done, prisons with boxing programs are significantly less prone to violent attacks than those without. And yeah, look at Bernard Hopkins. I'm sure there's a guy whom every prisoner could look up to because he used it to make something positive of himself.

[jamesbrown]

don't teach them how to sit on punches or the community will suffer haha

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I was just wondering if anyone knows of any first hand experience of this helping to rehabilitate prisoners. I already coach boxing and work with some underprivileged kids and it seems to help them have something to work to. I was wondering if this is the same for people in prison.

Someone I know has asked me about doing it, but I’m not sure as I don’t have much spare time. I wouldn’t be interested if they didn’t take it seriously or didn’t help rehabilitate them.

What do you think?

Shouldn't somebody with actual skills be doing that?

[ßringer]

Shouldn't somebody with actual skills be doing that?

That's bull**** man. So the guy isn't the greatest fighter to ever live, he's obviously got a passion for the sport to have actually stepped in the ring and passion is something you cannot teach. He's not saying he's going to train the next ex-con turned champion, he just wants to do something positive for some people in an unfortunate situation by adding some structure and a semblance of commitment to their otherwise menial lives.

[McNulty]

I was just wondering if anyone knows of any first hand experience of this helping to rehabilitate prisoners. I already coach boxing and work with some underprivileged kids and it seems to help them have something to work to. I was wondering if this is the same for people in prison.

Someone I know has asked me about doing it, but I’m not sure as I don’t have much spare time. I wouldn’t be interested if they didn’t take it seriously or didn’t help rehabilitate them.

What do you think?

Check out the prison system Etienne was in...they got a boxing program there...theres a documentary on it called Prison Boxing.

[BmoreBrawler]

Check out the prison system Etienne was in...they got a boxing program there...theres a documentary on it called Prison Boxing.

Martial arts work better, but there will be more interest in boxing so oh well.

[Chipper]

Shouldn't somebody with actual skills be doing that?

OUCH