One of the most collectible areas regarding Muhammad Ali is Site Memorabilia. Typically, Boxing Programs, tickets and posters from Muhammad Ali’s actual fights. Ali site memorabilia ranges from his early amateur days through to his last professional fight against Trevor Berbick in 1981. Some collectors even collect site memorabilia from his many worldwide exhibition contests which can be just as rare. The reference guide for any Muhammad Ali Site Memorabilia collector should be the 1997 Christies LA Paloger Auction guide. This book contains many photographs of Boxing Programs, tickets and Posters from the majority of Ali’s contests. The desirability and price of Muhammad Ali site memorabilia is governed mainly, and not in necessarily in this order, by:

A world champion boxer did not attain his title overnight. He passed through different stages of boxing to become a professional boxer that qualifies to fight internationally. Although most boxers have innate talents of the sport, it is important to understand the basics before competing with the real deal. Amateur boxing allows younger men and women to explore the world of boxing not only to become a professional boxer, but also to develop confidence, discipline and focus that every young person should build up. Amateur boxing teaches the fundamentals of the sport, such as basic defense, proper stance, good balance and offensive techniques while conditioning and training the arms, legs and body to fit a boxing match.

In late 2002, Roy Jones Jr. signed to fight WBA Heavyweight world champion John Ruiz. Soon after questions arose about Jones, why is he doing it? And ‘Why would he risk it? Was it for the money, an estimated 10 million? Was it the irresistible urge that goes with having been a champion? Was it merely ego or a grab for a higher place in boxing history? Jones was already an established musician having established Body Head record label, a film actor and professional basketball player. To answer these questions, a look back is required at what makes the sometime enigma, and other time superstar of Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr. was born on January 16, 1969, in the small Florida city of Pensacola, USA.

Boxing is an exciting sport where two superb athletes square off in a ring and battle to the limits of human endurance. But while boxing is a brutal competitive sport, it is trully an ineffective method of self defense. Boxers are some of the toughest athletes in the world, but being "tough" and simply being an "athlete" (even a combat athlete) does not mean that you are prepared for the chaotic violence of a street fight. Like all modern combat sports, rules, regulations, and big money have diluted much of boxing's destructive power. When it comes to real world self defense, the only thing that should be expected is the worst, and boxing as a fighting system isn't up to the challenge.

Have you ever wondered. . .Why boxers in training do the same core exercises, or "drills" if you prefer, that have been done for over a century? They still work on the heavy-bag, the speed-bag, the double-end bag. They still do mirror training and shadow box. They are still all doing the boxers bounce to warm up. They are still jumping rope to build their coordination, and build their reflexive timing. They are still doing roadwork to build stamina and strengthen their cardiovascular system. Boxing exercises are still done using the same equipment since way back when. Why is this so?