This boxing handbook provides up-to-date, in-depth coaching for serious contenders. Weaving fundamental skills into a progression of drills that hone technique in increasingly complex, demanding, and realistic fighting situations, the handbook aids fighters in developing the reflexes of a complete boxer and teaches the move from a process-and-react mentality to one of seeing-and-reacting. Hundreds of sequential images illustrate vital steps in the progression--from proper stance, effective footwork, and range to defense and counters, the importance of angles, and creating winning strategies.


Alan Lachica is the coauthor of Boxer’s Start-Up, Fighting Fit, and Fitness Training for Girls. He is a certified USA amateur-boxing coach and the owner of Bulldog Boxing Gyms. His boxing exhibitions have been featured on local and national television, including the CBS News’ Eye on America. He lives in Inman, South Carolina. Doug Werner has written more than a dozen sport instructional guides, including the Start-Up Sports series and is the coauthor of Boxer’s Start-Up and Fighting Fit. He lives in Chula Vista, California.