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Pro Boxing
Pro boxing is the shortened term of Professional Boxing, the highest level
of boxing and the epitome of every boxing ambition. Just like basketball’s
NCAA Basketball against the NBA, NCAA Football against the NFL, boxing
starts from the amateur series where novice boxer box their way to the top,
reaching the professional series, the pro boxing.
Pro Boxing is definitely the most viewed sport all over United States, if
not the world. Not to mention it is the most lucrative sport. Deals, wagers,
and fortunes are signed and change hands as luck fickly change sides during
a bout. And it is the only level of sport that you can see the most colorful
characters in history: where you can encounter legendary names like the
“Easton Assassin” Larry Holmes, Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield, Iron Mike
Tyson, and “the Greatest” of them all, Muhammad Ali.
There are three branches of boxing: the Amateur Boxing (also referred as
Olympic Boxing governed by several entities), the Women’s Boxing (which is
also considered by some a professional series in a sense), and there is the
Pro Boxing.
The difference of amateur boxing to pro boxing is huge, and it differs more
on the subject of the fighter’s personal safety. While amateur boxing
comprises of 4 rounds, pro boxing fights are more strenuous, stretching to
12 rounds. Thus it is more natural that boxers fighting in the pro division
are more liable to sustain damage than on the amateur circuit. In the past,
it was longer still, stretching at 15 or 20 rounds where fights would turn
to a battle of who has the largest stamina reserve, more of an endurance
round.
Another difference on the subject of the boxers’ personal safety is the
absence of protective gear. An amateur circuit requires boxers to wear
headgear, protecting fighters from damaging blows in the brow or the
temples. As consequence, win by knock out are considered a rarity in amateur
divisions, but on pro boxing circuit, knock outs even on the first few
second are common, though it’s a hit and miss.
In pro boxing, fighters are allowed to suffer more punishment before the
referee halts a match. That is to give a losing boxer some chance for
counterattacking or perhaps encourage a semblance of tactic. However, at any
time, if the referee believes that the losing fighter could no longer
maintain a cohesive intelligent defense or that the boxer is severely
impaired due to injury.
Pro boxing, because of the absence of several blatant attempts to ensure the
boxer’s safety, makes it more interesting to watch. As a result, it also
made amateur boxing matches as equally lackluster.
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