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How is mathematics used in the sport of boxing?

Dimensions, counts, anything of that nature which I could list.

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DJsyke offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Athens, GA, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (16 minutes after post)

Physics

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babacup offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Indianapolis, IN, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (23 minutes after post)

I know they compare the weight and height of the boxers. And their arm length.

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thep offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 36 #
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When it gets to ten youve lost.

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babacup offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Indianapolis, IN, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (30 minutes after post)

How about the power of a punch.

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aznice offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
Washington, DC, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (33 minutes after post)

it might be similar to the science in physics. check this out it might help.
http://kchanneluap.blogspot.com/2008/…

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thep offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 36 #
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The old one two technique. ( two jabs one after the other)
Amount of prize money (ratio of total prize money)

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nothx offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 hour, 8 minutes after post)

DJsyke wrote:
Physics

You could come up with MANY different things using Physics.

thep wrote:
Amount of prize money (ratio of total prize money)

That too.

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Creal Default offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Houston, TX, US | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 hour, 14 minutes after post)

The dimensions of the ring must be a perfect square. So the length and width of the ring must be the same.

Points are assigned based off the judge’s scores, which are the sum of certain types of punches. Some punches are worth more than others, therefore you’d have to multiply those punches by some value.

Boxers should pace themselves based off how may rounds are left.

When betting, a specific boxer is given the odds of winning, usually figured by their record from previous fights. The pay outs are based off these odds.

As babacup said, statistics about the boxer such as weight, height, and reach are compared. Boxers are usually sorted into divisions by their weight.

The official must count to ten when a player is knocked down for a KO or else be knocked down up to three times.

Every time Stallone makes a bad movie, you add another Rocky sequel.

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prettypoufy_anony offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
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Thank you Creal Default! You are mangificently helpful! :)

:P I enjoyed the Rocky part at the end, I’m still laughing. :P

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betta offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Toronto, ON, CA | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 week after post)

Mathematics can be used with the physics of boxing. There are formulas for the relationships between force, pressure, energy, and power of a hit, and simple strategies which are applied based on these relationships. examples of these realtionships:

E = 1/2mv^2, E- energy, m - mass, v - velocity
P = F/A, P - pressure, F - Force, A - area
P = F/t, P- Power, F - Force, t- time

An example of a strategy would be to try and take a hit while moving away from an opponent as opposed to toward the opponent as the velocity relative to you would be less, and so would the energy.

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betta offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Toronto, ON, CA | 1 year, 9 months ago (1 week after post)

correction

P = E/t P- power, E-energy, t- time.

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i love boxing…im a muffin man!…do you know the muffin man?

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