Boxing Classes Greensborough Boxing has been in operation at Greensborough Mixed Martial Arts in the northern suburbs of Melbourne for over 15 years and was founded by respected local trainer John Thompson. Sam Gatt is now our Boxing Trainer. Sam started his boxing career in 2005 at Greensborough Mixed Martial Arts. After training for 1 year he had his first of 8 fights with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. He decided to stop fighting due to the fact that he didn’t have the time to train as much as he was. He recently started coaching at Greensborough Mixed Martial Arts based on the fact that he wants to share his knowledge and skill with others.Whether you want to train for fitness or learn how to box is completely up to you, either way both will be achieved! Training and Boxing Experience• 6 years experience• Fight record of - 8 Fights, 6 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw in the 58-60kg weight division• 1 time Greensborough mixed martial arts fighter of the year• 1 time Greensborough mixed martial arts club champion• Attended state training for 2 years in 2007-08• Represented and fought for Victoria in Tasmania in 2008 to great success with a second round TKO Participants in Boxing classes are offered: Amateur up to Pro Rules Western Boxing A structured curriculum Techniques and skills that are developed and practiced under close supervision Training that is constantly monitored and assessed Improved fitness, speed, reactions and confidence Contact us for further information or to organise your free trial class. Please refer to the timetable for classes available and scheduled times. Boxing Information Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, male or female,generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked out and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds (a Knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO). If there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards. Although fighting with fists comes naturally to people, evidence of fist-fighting contests first appear on ancient Sumerian, Egyptian and Minoan reliefs. The ancient Greeks provide us our first historical records of boxing as a formal sport; they codified a set of rules and staged tournaments with professionals. The birth hour of boxing as a sport may be its acceptance as an Olympic game as early as 688 BC. Modern boxing evolved in Europe. In some countries with their own fighting sports, the sport is referred to as "English Boxing" (e.g. in France to contrast with French boxing, or in Burma with Burmese boxing and in Thailand with Thai boxing). There are numerous different styles of boxing practiced around the world. Boxing does not allow kicks like the styles above. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing For more information on Boxing see our Links page | 
