Somatometric profiles of successful male professional heavyweight boxers
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11620/25:10498932
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17479541241311094" target="_blank" >10.1177/17479541241311094</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Somatometric profiles of successful male professional heavyweight boxers
Original language description
Body mass is the most important predictor of success in fighting between conspecifics, with the heavier individual winning most fights. For this reason, the opponents in combat sports are usually weight-matched. The exception is the heavyweight division, which has no weight limit. Elite heavyweight athletes may cluster around an unknown global heavyweight optimum or compete at an individually specific optimal weight. We used comprehensive data (taken from boxrec.com) on bout outcomes for active male professional heavyweight boxers and Bayesian logistic regressions to explore the association between anthropometric predictors and the probability of winning. We identified the population-level optimum weight for heavyweight boxers at around 110 kg. The effects of age and height on the probability of winning were, however, much stronger than the effect of weight. Changing division during a boxer's professional career also affected performance: heavyweight athletes who during their professional careers also fought in lower weight classes were 19.9% [31.1-5.6%] less likely to win a bout in the heavyweight class. The study points to the importance of anthropometric measures for long-term success in professional heavyweight boxing and suggests a cut-off point, at which on average the marginal benefits of being a heavier boxer drop to 0.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching
ISSN
1747-9541
e-ISSN
2048-397X
Volume of the periodical
20
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
1162-1175
UT code for WoS article
001432225100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-86000716011