A genuine sport : French Boxing

This week, French boxers representatives won the European Championship.

Boxing has always existed but in other places than France. The real inventor is Charles Lecour who installed a French Boxing school in 1830 in Paris.

French boxing consists on a fight between two boxers. They’re in a ring and they fight during a round.

To fight, you use your fists and feet. You aren’t allowed to block blows and to use yours knees.

Boxers are divided into different categories :

- bantam weight

- heavy weight

- light heavy weight

- fly weight

- middle weight

- feather weight

It ‘s impossible to cheat in French boxing. The respect of the rules is essential, the opponent should always be respected. Fighting should always be loyal but it’s very violent. You can easily get a black eye and or a broken nose. That is why you need some equipment to practice boxing. Boxing gloves are compulsory but you can put on several other protections.

French boxing is a very complete sport : it requires strength, of course, but also agility, suppleness and speed. This sport enables you to defend yourself when you get mugged.

French boxing is very interesting because it permits to get the tension out of your system .

It’s easily accessible to everybody. It’s very interesting to fight to other in a loyal fight.

Emilie Fernet