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Excluded from school: How boxing helps teenagers with ADHD

31/8/2019

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From the BBC 

These teenagers all have ADHD and have been excluded from mainstream school. Here they tell how the sport of boxing is helping them channel their excess energy and improve their life skills.
In an amateur boxing gym in Barry, 14-year-old Levi is tugging on his boxing gloves, ready to join his friends in training.
Some are already practising in the ring, aiming jabs and uppercuts.
Others are punching the bags or skipping as music plays in the background and the smell of sweat and chalk permeates the air.
Levi is a fighter.
He always has been. In fact, he has been excluded from school twice for disobedient behaviour.



But now he's using the discipline of boxing to channel his fighting spirit in a more positive way.
Every Thursday, he partakes in a two-hour non-contact boxing session at Colcot Amateur Boxing Club, designed to help pupils who have been excluded from mainstream school.
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"I used to lose my temper easily," Levi explains. "I started a lot of fights and used to mess up the classrooms.
"I used to be really disrespectful to the teachers and felt so down all the time, thinking I was just a naughty kid."
Once excluded, however, and sent to a pupil referral unit in the Vale of Glamorgan, Levi got diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - a condition which causes inattentiveness, impulsiveness and an inability to stick to tasks.
It is also closely linked with underachievement at school, poor social interaction and problems with discipline.
"The diagnosis and medication helped," he explains. "But it's the boxing that really helps as I'm always so full of energy and struggle to concentrate.
"I get excited and want to train my best.
"Anthony Joshua is my role model and I want to follow in his steps.
"But my main aim now is just to get my head down and get my GCSEs."

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It is a similar story for Aalijah, 14.
She too has ADHD and her inability to concentrate meant she fell behind academically from a young age, causing her behaviour to spiral.
Frustrated with school and feeling like she constantly had to "catch up", she was eventually excluded for intimidating her teachers.
"I don't like school," she explains. "It puts me under pressure and frustrates me.
"If I try to concentrate on something, my mind is just blank… and with the ADHD, I can't control what I do. It's like my body is locked back and in its own trance."
But if Aalijah struggled with school, in boxing she has found something she loves.
"The boxing really helps," she explains. "It lowers my energy and calms me down, helping me to concentrate.
"After it, I feel a lot calmer and more sensible."

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MALTA AT THE WBC OFFICIALS SEMINAR IN HONOR OF THE LIFE PRESIDENT JOSE SULAIMAN

31/8/2019

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The World Boxing Council conducts a seminar for ring officials in Iasi, Romania, with the full support of GYM BOX – Fight Academy.


During the seminar, which is celebrated to honor the memory of the WBC Life President  Jose Sulaiman, officials Juan Carlos Pelayo and Christian Curiel, review various topics with judges, referees and other officials of this European zone.


Among  issues that are being addressed are: The code of ethics for ring officials, basic functions of the judges, correct use of bandages with boxers. Work of referees and responsibilities above the ring, procedures to carry out a better performance, review of rounds and fights with controversial scores.


We especially congratulate everyone involved with this Ring Officers seminar for contributing to improving boxing.
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THE BULLET DAYS AWAY FROM UBO WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE!

31/8/2019

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August World Champions

31/8/2019

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​🔰August Women Champions Lineup🔰
Who is your favorite champion?

Design Credit @heczar 
#WBC #ConquerEverything #Boxing #GreenBelt

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VOLUNTARY DEFENSE OF THE EBU WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

31/8/2019

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SAVE THE DATE - 28.09.2019 IN BILBAO FOR THE VOLUNTARY DEFENCE OF THE EBU WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION DAVID AVANESYAN VS KERMAN LEJARRAGA
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Brown ready for September 7th showdown

31/8/2019

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Kerstin ”The Bullet” Brown (10-1, 2 KOs) from Malta is ready to take the second step in a three-fight plan towards becoming Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) World Champion.  
 
This past March the 21-year-old Featherweight won the UBO Inter-Continental title, and on August 10 at Montekristo Estates in Luqa, Malta he will be fighting for the vacant UBO Europe title.

If successful, the plan is then for him to fight for the vacant UBO World Featherweight title less than a month later, on September 7, headlining a show at the Hilton Hotel in Saint Julians. 


Photo: Kerstin Brown, UBO Inter-Continental Champion 

  
 
But first he needs to get past slightly younger Nukri Gamgebeli (13-7, 9 KOs), who is entering the August 10 fight full of confidence coming off two victories in July on home-soil in Georgia. 

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Know the Rule

31/8/2019

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For the sake of fairness and uniformity, the WBC recommends and institutes, for WBC fights, basic verbal commands and signals.

Headbutt: self explanatory , used by the referee to tell the supervisor/commissioner a cut was made by a headbutt instead of a legal punch.

Legal punch: self explanatory, used by the referee to tell the supervisor/commissioner a cut was made by a legal punch instead of a headbutt or foul.

No Knockdown: when the referee does not consider a knockdown to be legal, usually provoked by a push or slip.

Fight’s Over: the signal stops the fight by a technical knockout.

Point Deduction: the referee can take the decision to stop the fight for a moment and deduct a point or more. He will signal the amount of points deducted with his fingers while holding the boxer being punished for committing the foul with his other hand.

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#WBC #ConquerEverything #Boxing #GreenBelt

Note: there was a mistake on the previous design where instead of a headbutt we signaled a rabbit punch. Sorry for that!

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