The Activity Profile of Elite Male Amateur Boxing After the 2013 Rule Changes.

Davis, P, Connorton, AJ, Driver, S, Anderson, S, and Waldock, R. The activity profile of elite male amateur boxing after the 2013 rule changes. J Strength Cond Res 32(12): 3450-3455, 2018-An activity profile of competitive elite amateur boxing after the rule changes in 2013 was created from video footage to allow identification of the technical and tactical demands as well as differences between winners and losers.

Comparison of amateur boxing before and after the 2013 rules change and the impact on boxers' safety.

Objectives: The effect of the rules change in 2013 on amateur boxing strategy, technique and safety in comparison with pre-2013 is unknown.

Methods: Pre-2013 and post-2013 3×3 min elite level amateur boxing was compared from video footage of 29 Olympic (pre-2013) and 50 World Championship bouts (post-2013) totalling 99 male boxers (mean±SD) age: 24.3±3.