Is Boxing the Most Athletic Sport?

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Boxing at the highest level is the toughest sport because it's pretty much guaranteed that you will get some for of brain trauma and CTE.

There are other dangerous sports but in most of those sports if you don't just plain out die or have a horrible accident you're going to end up just fine. In boxing there is no way you're going to end up perfectly alright as far as your brain health is concerned.

You might say that NFL is a bit similar in those regards but I think brain trauma in boxing is more serious. Also, going 12 full rounds at the elite level of boxing is something that very few people can do because it takes a very specific type of cardio and a lot of boxing conditioning is related to mental strength, experience and skill.

As for all those purely cardio sports like cycling or running around, you need to realize that those guys are skinny and don't carry much weight. I find someone like Klitschko with his size being able to move around the ring for 12 rounds much more impressive. Put the extra 100 pounds on those skinny marathon guys and let's see how their cardio looks like.

Why do boxers only compete 1-2 times a year? Because it's the toughest sport.

The more people can compete in the sport the less tough it is to the body. That's a fact.

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Ive been an athlete all my life, played college football at a high level, practice team for a year in NFL. sparring four 3 minute rounds was the hardest thing id ever done so id say yes. Wrestlers as well.

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Boxing at the highest level is the toughest sport because it's pretty much guaranteed that you will get some for of brain trauma and CTE.

There are other dangerous sports but in most of those sports if you don't just plain out die or have a horrible accident you're going to end up just fine. In boxing there is no way you're going to end up perfectly alright as far as your brain health is concerned.

You might say that NFL is a bit similar in those regards but I think brain trauma in boxing is more serious. Also, going 12 full rounds at the elite level of boxing is something that very few people can do because it takes a very specific type of cardio and a lot of boxing conditioning is related to mental strength, experience and skill.

As for all those purely cardio sports like cycling or running around, you need to realize that those guys are skinny and don't carry much weight. I find someone like Klitschko with his size being able to move around the ring for 12 rounds much more impressive. Put the extra 100 pounds on those skinny marathon guys and let's see how their cardio looks like.

Why do boxers only compete 1-2 times a year? Because it's the toughest sport.

The more people can compete in the sport the less tough it is to the body. That's a fact.

especially now that the foods are in the conditions they are in (Gmos) and everything is polluted, the human body simply cant perform at that level too many times a year under these conditions.