Cuba looks to kids to recover faded boxing glory

HAVANA (AP) -- Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt.

Cuba looks to kids to regain boxing glory

Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt. After the final bell, he thrusts a weary arm skyward in triumph, and a proud smile spreads across a face still years from feeling a razor's scrape.

Boxing News: Cuba looks to kids to recover faded boxing glory

HAVANA (AP) — Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt. After the final bell, he thrusts a weary arm skyward in triumph, and a proud smile spreads across a face still years from feeling a razor's scrape.

Risks of traumatic neuromechanical injury associated with boxing and mixed martial arts

( Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group ) Researchers simulated head and neck injuries from hook punches sustained during boxing and mixed martial arts and tested whether injury risks are mitigated by available head and hand padding. Padding lowered linear but not rotational impact dosages, and did not eliminate the risk of brain strain injury. The authors indicate the need for new standards ...

Boxing punches back in Libya after Kadhafi ban

Sofiyan al-Bassar swings his right fist and delivers a blow to the face of his rival, splitting his lower lip and knocking him off balance before rushing in to try to finish him off.