Variations in the Physical Performance of Olympic Boxers over a Four-Day National Qualifying Tournament

Loturco, Irineu; McGuigan, Michael R.; Freitas, Tomás T.; Bishop, Chris; Alcaraz, Pedro E.; Romano, Felipe; Alves, Mateus; Reis, Valter P.; Pereira, Lucas A.; Franchini, Emerson

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Variations in the Physical Performance of Olympic Boxers over a Four-Day National Qualifying Tournament

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NAR—Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo 04753-060, Brazil

Department of Human Movement Science, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo 11015-020, Brazil

Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd CF037 1DL, Wales, UK

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Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 0632, New Zealand

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School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth 6027, Australia

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UCAM Research Center for High Performance Sport, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain

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Faculty of Sport Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain

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Faculty of Science and Technology, London Sports Institute, Middlesex University, London NW1 4RL, UK

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Brazilian Boxing Confederation, São Paulo 05075-010, Brazil

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Martial Arts and Combat Sports Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-030, Brazil

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Sports 2021, 9(5), 62; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050062

Received: 26 March 2021 / Revised: 27 April 2021 / Accepted: 8 May 2021 / Published: 12 May 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strength and Conditioning Society: Applied Research for Sports Performance)

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The aim of this study was to examine changes in body mass (BM) and power-related measures in Olympic boxers during an official qualifying boxing tournament. Fourteen elite amateur boxers from the Brazilian National Team (eight men and six women) participated in this study. Athletes performed three fights in four days against the same opponent of the same weight-category. Before and immediately after every fight, BM, countermovement jump (CMJ) height, and power production in the bench-press and half-squat exercises were assessed in the same order and on the same time of the day. A two-way repeated-measures ANOVA with the Bonferroni post-hoc analysis was used to determine the variations between pre- and post-measures. The statistical significance was set as p < 0.05. The athletes were able to maintain their baseline weight and physical performance throughout the experimental period, as shown by the lack of significant changes in BM, CMJ height, and upper- and lower-limb power output. Throughout a four-day qualifying tournament, the BM and power-related performance of Olympic boxers were not affected either by match execution or by successive matches. As scoring actions are highly dependent on muscle power, it is likely that these combat athletes are able to maintain optimal levels of performance across consecutive matches. View Full-Text

Keywords: combat sports; athletic performance; muscle power; weight loss; boxing

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Loturco, I.; McGuigan, M.R.; Freitas, T.T.; Bishop, C.; Alcaraz, P.E.; Romano, F.; Alves, M.; Reis, V.P.; Pereira, L.A.; Franchini, E. Variations in the Physical Performance of Olympic Boxers over a Four-Day National Qualifying Tournament. Sports 2021, 9, 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050062

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Loturco I, McGuigan MR, Freitas TT, Bishop C, Alcaraz PE, Romano F, Alves M, Reis VP, Pereira LA, Franchini E. Variations in the Physical Performance of Olympic Boxers over a Four-Day National Qualifying Tournament. Sports. 2021; 9(5):62. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050062

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Loturco, Irineu, Michael R. McGuigan, Tomás T. Freitas, Chris Bishop, Pedro E. Alcaraz, Felipe Romano, Mateus Alves, Valter P. Reis, Lucas A. Pereira, and Emerson Franchini. 2021. "Variations in the Physical Performance of Olympic Boxers over a Four-Day National Qualifying Tournament" Sports 9, no. 5: 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050062

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