What is boxing to you?? define it

[RA-Box]

It is the combat sport with the deepest talent pool, the highest possible spoils for the victor and the worst possible consequences for the vanquished. It has the highest of stakes in all sports, period.

There is no "toe hold" in Boxing. There is no armbar submission from an opportune grab of the wrist in Boxing. It does not allow for some locks or pinches and restricts others in a false claim of "Ultimate Fighting" or "Street Fighting". It holds ideals above those concepts.

It is the most gentlemen method of combat, and yet all cultures can agree on its manliness. Indeed, it is the core of manliness. A showcase where the questions of manhood are decided between two men who claim superiority over all others: In a battle of fisticuffs who will fall to the will and the skill of their opponent? Truly, "Quien es el mas macho?"

I love that line. Lupe Contreras nailed it perfectly. "Veremos quien es el mas macho", that is what boxing is.

Boxing is, was, and will always be the ultimate sport.

[Russian Crushin]

I think the reason for all the arguing on here is we have different views of what boxing it...to be it is not just 2 men throwing punches..anyone can throw a punch..boxing is hitting and not getting hit, using angles and thinking. Boxing is a science not just someone throwing punching that is simply fighting(in my opinion)

Anyone can throw a ball, are they all basketball/football/baseball players?

[RightJab]

It is the combat sport with the deepest talent pool, the highest possible spoils for the victor and the worst possible consequences for the vanquished. It has the highest of stakes in all sports, period.

There is no "toe hold" in Boxing. There is no armbar submission from an opportune grab of the wrist in Boxing. It does not allow for some locks or pinches and restricts others in a false claim of "Ultimate Fighting" or "Street Fighting". It holds ideals above those concepts.

It is the most gentlemen method of combat, and yet all cultures can agree on its manliness. Indeed, it is the core of manliness. A showcase where the questions of manhood are decided between two men who claim superiority over all others: In a battle of fisticuffs who will fall to the will and the skill of their opponent? Truly, "Quien es el mas macho?"

I love that line. Lupe Contreras nailed it perfectly. "Veremos quien es el mas macho", that is what boxing is.

Boxing is, was, and will always be the ultimate sport.

Hell to the yeah.
To the bold, that concept/mentality of spectators/competitors in any combat has been with us several thousand years at the least, it's blatantly dormant in every human (just some more than others obviously but you get the point?).

And then yes, because it's a sport and not some street/bar type fight. They must operate under certain boundaries/rules, thus the skill comes in, and the mental exhaustion of what they must go through on top of that.
You can't run away...
You've no choice but to express/stand for yourself in there, when i see a fighter in the face of adversity what they do and what manner they do it by reflects their 'real life' reactions to adversity/pressure/thinking and planning.

I'm on a right drunk rant here so apologies for probably making no sense .

I do like the mentality/philosophy/what humans can go through mentally and physically that boxing shows me, nearly as much as the fights that happen themselves a ****** as it sounds. They are an interesting bunch of specimens boxers.....

[Aztekkas]

a mouthpiece, gloves and stool. oh and the domain for legendary men such as B - Suth, J.R.Cuenca, Likar Ramos, Ali Raymi and of course Rol Satchel.

[Marcov]

The manly art of self defense! With a little hype.

[Accountoffline]

Because only cowards bring guns to a fist fight

[ModernTalking]

Boxing is like *****Care to me: Health come first.

[LoadedWraps]

what separates boxing from 2 men just throwing punches at each other..this is the sport you love...why??

Boxing to me is a chess match between two men's mind and body. The chess moves are fists, body movement, and mid round adjustments. The mental strategy is the training camp, the trainer's mind, and the experience of the fighter. Boxing is beautiful. Boxing is art. Boxing is competition in it's most instinctful form.

[pds25]

boxing is like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna to ge

[KingTito]

I love the one on one combat in the ring. I don't like to break boxing down to one approach. There are many different styles, and each fighter uses his own. It's the combination of skill, will and perseverance that I love to overcome your opponent using whatever style you choose. What these men do in the ring isn't something that normal people can do. You see what these men are made of and who they are. It's the ultimate sport.