Young Boxers Research Articles

An electrocardiographic study of the effects of boxing

1. 1. Electrocardiograms of thirty-five young boxers were taken before and after matches. 2. 2. Following exercise there were a definite increase in the height of P 2 and P 3 and a decrease in the size of the T waves. 3. 3. There is no evidence from this study that boxing has any traumatic effect on the normal heart in this age group.