Zelmar Vedder's father David was a champion boxer but football became his sport and finishes career with UH in Texas Bowl ...

Around 20 boxers filed into a studio on East Main Street on a Wednesday afternoon in December. Led by sisters Kristi Boasso and April Huckabey, the class warmed up with moves like marching in place, ...

I went down to the iconic 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach to discover a boxing heritage site and get put through my paces just ...

Hurricane resident Dave “Sandman” Sanchez will be seeking his third bare-knuckle boxing victory in as many bouts when he ...

Hold both ends of a jump rope and let it hang in front of you. Limit the space between your feet and the ground to between ...

A local group of jump ropers are headed to Japan to compete in the 2025 World Jump Rope Championships. The team is called the Super Skippers, a competitive jump rope team based out of the Northwest ...

Donaldsonville residents, both young and old, line-danced, jump-roped, and kick-boxed Saturday during the Family Fit Fest at Crescent Park. While temperatures were cooler than they have been, ...

What started as two friends revisiting a childhood pastime has become a movement that brings thousands of people together. Tanisha Rinehardt says it began with a simple idea. "It started with a high ...

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. Jumping rope has always been one of the simplest, most effective forms of cardio. It’s cheap, portable, and proven to ...

When most people think of jump rope, they recall being on the elementary playground playing double-dutch or watching vintage videos of legendary boxers training for a title match. But Jordan Lindstrom ...

On a 90-degree July afternoon inside a karate studio in West Seattle, there was no AC, just a handful of struggling box fans. That wasn't slowing down the 44 kids, aged 7 to 17, who whipped ropes ...

The 2025 World Jump Rope Championships are underway, with the fastest rope-skippers and Double Dutch masters converging in Kawasaki, Japan. The World Championships, which will be administered by the ...