Championship Streetfighting: Boxing as a Martial Art

CONTENTSCHAPTER ONE:WHY BOXING? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1CHAPTER TWO:PRINCIPLES OF THE RINGAND OF THE STREET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21CHAPTER THREE:GLOVES AND BARE FISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31CHAPTER FOUR:THE PHYSICS AND PSYCHOLOGYOF POWER PUNCHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49CHAPTER FIVE:STANCE AND GUARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67CHAPTER SIX:STRAIGHT PUNCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75CHAPTER SEVEN:HOOKS AND UPPERCUTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89CHAPTER EIGHT:COMBINATIONS AND RELATED MATTERS . . . . . . . .105CHAPTER NINE:DEFENSE: THE ART OF NOT GETTING HIT . . . . . . .121CHAPTER TEN:FOULS AND OTHER DIRTY TRICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . .139CHAPTER ELEVEN:TRAINING: ROADWORK,GYMWORK, AND FLOORWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161RECOMMENDED READING:FROM THE RING TO THE LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . .185V