Boxing preparation has to be intense and comprehensive for anyone who has designs on getting into the boxing ring and fighting a well-prepared opponent. The many aspects of training include learning how to deliver hard punches and learning how to avoid them. Building endurance is a key part of training and so is speed and quickness. Two of the training tools that boxers use to work on these areas include rope jumping and running.
Benefits of Jump Rope Training
The jump rope is commonly used throughout boxing. If you go to any boxing gym in the country, you will see the jump rope used to help fighters warm up and build up quickness, endurance, agility, footwork and coordination. It will help athletes develop the rhythm need to step into an opening, deliver a series of quick punches, then get out of the way of your opponent's punches and then do it all over again. A jump rope is easy to use and easy to transport. A fighter who is taking a break from full-time training can use the jump rope for 15 to 20 minutes per day to maintain at least some fitness. A boxer should always consider the jump rope to be a vital tool in the training process.
Benefits of Running
Fighters do road work to build endurance when they are preparing for a fight. Road work is the term fighters use to refer to running. When a boxer has a scheduled fight, he will usually do intense training for six weeks before the fight. During all but the last week before the fight, a boxer will run three or four times per week. The distance will usually be 3 to 5 miles. This will build endurance that will help a fighter when he gets into the later stages of the fight. A fighter usually backs off from his road work in the final week of training to maintain maximum strength.
Negatives of Jump Rope Training
While jumping rope can help a fighter with quickness, speed and agility, it is not a substitute for the other aspects of boxing training. Fighters have seen film and video highlights of great fighters, including Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Thomas Hearns and Manny Pacquiao jumping rope while in training camp. However, jumping rope is just one aspect of fight training. Fighters who spend too much time jumping rope and not working on strength or punching ability may suffer the consequences in the ring.
Negatives of Running
Little doubt, running will help a fighter with his endurance. Lasting a full 12 rounds in the ring without suffering a loss of technique can help a boxer go into a fight with confidence, but fighters who decide to run by adding miles or adding running sessions can lose punching power and strength. Fighters who decide that they can improve by increasing their running totals are avoiding other aspects of training such as hitting the heavy bag, weight training or sparring. This will hurt them in their fight preparation.
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