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Physiological factors in middleweight boxing performance.

Laura Guidetti, A Musulin, Carlo Baldari

PubMed · 2002 · 134 citations · 20 references

Abstract

These data suggest that there are two basic factors related to boxing performance: physical fitness as indicated by individual anaerobic threshold and maximal oxygen consumption, and upper-body muscular strength as indicated by hand-grip strength.

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