Brick City Boxing

By: Tom Kaczmarek

Reviews and commentary:

“Must reading for prospective boxing judges.”--International Boxing Digest

“If anyone can tell a boxing fan how to judge a fight accurately, honestly and with acumen, it’s Tom Kaczmarek….It certainly beats any book on boxing published—past and present.”--Record, East Orange, NJ

Tom Kaczmarek

“Kaczmarek’s book is excellent.”--“Between Rounds” Herald News

“A fan’s book that will keep your interest whether novice or a veteran of boxing”--John R. Burns Former Director of Boxing, State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection

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“Your judge’s book is GREAT.”--Greg Sirb
Executive Director Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission

Are you a boxing fan who loves the fight game and loves the action but wants to become a PART OF THE ACTION by scoring the fight yourself rather than just sitting back as a spectator?

Ex-fighter and boxing aficionado Tom Kaczmarek has created this volume of guidelines based on the 10 Point Must System, a world acknowledged system that allows you to choose the winner of the fight round by round—even when your “front row seat” is no closer than the chair in front of your television set.

You Be the Boxing Judge! Explains the strategies and mind-sets needed to score boxing matches impartially and heighten viewer enjoyment of this challenging sport. A must-read for boxing fans everywhere!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tom Kaczmarek, an ex-fighter and current international professional boxing judge, is a former Chairman of the World Boxing Council Ring Officials Board. He was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Elizabeth Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.

Kaczmarek has judged over 2,000 professional bouts, including over 100 major world championship fights in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Some Notable fights include: Ray Leonard v Tommy Hearns II; Evander Holyfield v George Foreman; Lennox Lewis v Vitale Klitschko; Oscar de la Hoya v Floyd Mayweather and Felix Trinidad v Roy Jones Jr.

He has conducted training seminars for judges in the USA, Europe, Canada, Mexico and for International authorities including the World Boxing Council (WBC), the European Boxing Union (EBU) and the Oriental & Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF).

READ THE BOOK HERE!

We are pleased to announce that YOU BE THE BOXING JUDGE! will be carried HERE in “serial” format over the next several months.In selected segments, we’ll review the various elements of scoring procedures, including the three basic factors used to score each round: 1. Clean punching/effective aggressiveness; 2. Ring generalship; and 3. Defense. We’ll also discuss punching: power v. quantity. We’ll study the 10 Point Must System in detail, as well as various other factors that play a roll in scoring the round and we’ll talk about the absolute power of concentration.

COMING NEXT: PART TWO

"CONCENTRATION" AND "BASIC FACTORS USED TO SCORE A FIGHT"