At least that's the power Franco would like to produce in his boxers. However, this time the "Air Force track team" might more closely resemble a group of Usain Bolts. Looking ahead, the boxers' calendar is stacked with other workouts such as plyometrics, strength and conditioning routines, sparring, and of course, roadwork. "It's a great privilege for Airmen to experience something beyond their career field," he said.įranco continues his lesson in the ring, while Moreno helps Airmen grasp the nuances of the sport, such as glove position during retreat, attack and sidestep movements. He serves as a coach at Richard Steel boxing gym while stationed at Nellis AFB, Nev. While the talent pool is smaller, it makes one-on-one instruction easier.Īlso, after two years of coaching alone, former Air Force boxer Rudy Moreno will join Franco as the assistant coach. The eight camp boxers are four fewer than last year. "The workouts are the same as at Sim's (boxing gym)," Logan said. Two potential Air Force boxers, Daniel Logan and Charlie Floyd, share the same base, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., and train out of the same local boxing gym. And since most of the Airmen are seasoned boxers, at least five bouts heading into the Armed Forces Boxing Championships, he knows most have separate regimens during the offseason. "The more you throw, the more potential points."įranco said he counts on the Air Force fitness program to fill the camp with conditioned athletes.
"The biggest thing with amateur boxing is the point system," the third-year coach said. The type of training, he said, increases the boxers' propensity to throw a seemingly endless amount of punches with proper form.
"It's kind of like a burn out," Franco said. "The biggest thing that I try to teach is fundamentals and building off those fundamentals as much as we can until the Box-offs."Īfter the initial critique, the Airmen are set to 12 rounds of hitting bags with different combinations - jabs, right hands, adding hooks. Franco said emphasizing repetition of the basics, instead of just conditioning, is crucial to the performance of his group come fight night. 8 and will continue until the Air Force tournament, the Box-offs, Jan. The training is considering an abridged camp that began Jan.
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8, Air Force boxing coach Steven Franco has been leading his pupils through his brand of boxing 101.įor camp veterans, such as All-Air Force light heavyweight Larry Hampp, two-time Air Force boxer Gary Griffin and camp returnee James Beck, the scene on the third day of training is a familiar one.Īn Airman steps into center ring for an evaluation before his peers during a gym circuit workout.Įach boxer works through a series of jab, straight punch and hook combinations while maintaining the proper footwork and posture the basics are reviewed. The Air Force School of Boxing is back in session at Lackland's boxing gym at the Chaparral Fitness Center.Īs of Jan.
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