The Activity Profiles of Winning Male Amateur Boxersin the 2012 Olympic Games

摘要

Wandee A, Benjapalakorn B. The Activity Profiles of Winning MaleAmateur Boxers in the 2012 Olympic Games. JEPonline 2018;21(3):183-192. The purpose of this study was to investigate activityprofiles of winning male boxers competing under the modified officialrules during the 2012 Olympic Games. The activity profiles wereobtained via video footage of 75 boxing matches from the lightflyweight,flyweight, and bantamweight classes. One-way analysis ofvariance (ANOVA) was employed to identify differences of activityprofiles among three rounds of boxing in each weight class. Theresults showed that winning boxers across all weight classes wereable to maintained activity rates in most of the attack and defenserelated activity parameters. While light-flyweight boxers showeddifferent rates of punching frequency in three rounds of fight, boxersin flyweight showed distinct footwork duration. Also, bantamweightboxers showed different numbers of jab and uppercut punches fromround 1 to round 3. Despite the dissimilarity in boxing strategies, theresults suggested boxers should be able to maintain their attackingand defending activities throughout all three rounds. Therefore, thecoach and/or trainer should prepare training routines and fightingstrategies that allow boxers to be consistently active the entire fight.