The main reasons for crushing knockdowns and "clean" punches to weak spots. Causes of injuries in boxing.
In terms of severity, boxing injuries are divided into light, medium and severe.
Light minor, often superficial disorders of body tissues (abrasions, dissections) without loss of sports performance.
Medium are injuries with noticeable, palpable disorders in the body (violations of the integrity of the nasal septum, bruises of the bones of the hand), leading to the cessation of sports for a short time.
Severe injuries with pronounced disorders in the body (for example, after a knockout), requiring inpatient or long-term outpatient treatment.
Of all the registered injuries in boxing, 87% are light, 12 are medium and 1% are severe.
In boxing Romanenko M. I. singles out two causes of injury: external and internal reasons. External reasons include the reasons associated with the poor quality of equipment, unsatisfactory sanitary and hygienic condition of the places of employment. Deficiencies in the organization, conduct of classes and teaching methods, inconsistency of the competition venue with the requirements of the competition rules, unclear or unqualified refereeing of the competition.
External causes account for about 40% of boxing injuries.
Internal reasons include: insufficient physical and technical training, poor health, as well as disorders in the state of fitness, sports regimen, overwork, overtraining, overstrain.
On the border between external and internal, there are reasons such as rudeness, non-observance of rules, the use of prohibited techniques.
Statistics show that almost 64% of injuries depend on the unpreparedness of boxers, 17% are related to the shortcomings of the organization and methodology of training.
By the nature of the damage, these are most often sprains and ruptures of the ligaments of the joints, fractures of the phalanges, periostitis of the dorsal surface of the metacarpal bones. However, there are also quite unusual types: for example, a ruptured lung.
Facial injuries account for 18% of all injuries. These are damage to the bridge of the nose and nasal cartilage, dissection of light tissues in the region of the eyebrows. Quite often, damage to the inner shell of the lips and cheeks occurs, less often the auricles are injured.
The main reason for knockdowns, and in general "clean" strikes in vulnerable spots, is the boxer's insufficient possession of the technique of defensive actions.
Photo: World Cup 2008
