A boxer cannot throw a punch while holding on to the ropes to gain extra leverage.

Is it illegal to hit someone in the back of the head in boxing. Just because someone insulted you or said something rude or mean doesnt mean you have the right to hit them. You can not hit an opponent in the back. I was recently in the ring with my favorite sparring partner Tim who is always dragging out some.

They are prohibited as well from hitting the back back of the head or neck called a rabbit-punch or the kidneys. One of the most notable examples of punching the back of the head was. No -- this is not another seething diatribe insisting that the rule on illegal strikes to the back of the head needs to be clearly defined in order to end the perpetual confusion.

You cannot punch your opponents back or the back of his head or neck rabbit punch or on the kidneys kidney punch. The family of Puerto Rican super-welterweight boxer Prichard Colon continued a bedside vigil at his Virginia hospital room Tuesday after the fighter suffered a brain injury in a Saturday night. Recently I wrote about growing up playing suburban street basketball and how I had to unlearn all the utterly illegal but completely standard-for-the-street tactics when I joined my first real team.

The liver is a much more sensitive organ and we only have one. Known as a RABBIT PUNCH. After the match ended Colón began to tremble from his legs and started to vomit.

This is any punch that is delivered to the back of another fighters head. The 36-year-old is from Sunderland. It is an illegal blow due to being highly dangerous.

Boxing has a similar array of street tactics and Im coming to know them better of late. Punching another person is illegal with very few exceptions. However if physical harm is imminent or theyve already hit you once you may have a legal right to self defence and can hit them back.