In his seminal reports in the 1800s, Pierce Egan referred to boxing as the “sweet science of bruising,” a phrase – at least the sweet science part – that has stuck to the sport ever since. And as anyone who has practiced it will tell you, it is a science, a chess match with gloves that despite what that drunk guy on the barstool next to you might think, not everyone can do. Just watch a Pernell Whitaker or Floyd Mayweather fight and tell me otherwise. And as a combat sport, it is one of many disciplines a mixed martial artist needs in his bag of tricks to compete in the UFC.But as a science, i ... Read the Full Article Here

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