What does the research say?
Therapeutically guided boxing is primarily being investigated in mental health promotion and neurological rehabilitation. Studies indicate positive effects on body awareness, emotion regulation, attention, motor control, and self-efficacy. The framework is crucial: no fighting, no sparring, but clear structure, dosage, professional support, and conscious integration.
Therapeutic boxing
Uses sport-specific movements as a body-oriented intervention.
The focus is on regulation, stabilisation and the conscious management of inner tension, fear,
Fear or being overwhelmed.
Movement doesn't serve to act out, but for self-regulation: strength, limits, and impulses
are physically perceived and regulated.
Note: Therapeutic boxing does not replace psychotherapy or medical treatment, but rather complements it.
this makes sense.
Strategic boxing coaching
In particular, women benefit from Strategic Boxing Coaching as it imparts the skills and techniques,
to take up the necessary space in a professional environment, to formulate goals clearly, and to confront
and not to shy away from conflict situations, but to use them to their advantage. HR managers can empower employees
and empower female leaders to position themselves authentically and strategically.
Selected literature
Bozdarov, J., Jones, B. D., Daskalakis, Z. J., & Husain, M. I. (2023). Boxing as an intervention in mental health: A scoping review. American journal of lifestyle medicine, 17(4), 589-600.
Molina, J. S., & Mahecha, S.(2024). Therapeutic Boxing: Narrative Review About Boxing as Therapeutic Tool. SVOA Orthopaedics, 4(4), 73-84. https://doi.org/10.58624/svoaor.2024.04.074
Römling, F., Brixius, K., Klier, K., & Petrowski, K. (2025). The Role of Boxing in Parkinson's Disease: Evidence, Benefits, and Future Directions. German Journal Of Sports Medicine, 76(2), 33-39. https://doi.org/10.5960/dzsm.2025.623
Wang, Z., Song, B., Liu, C., Ma, H., Bai, Z., Carneiro, M. A., ... & Wang, D. (2025). Effects of boxing exercise in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 17, 1505326. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2025.1505326
Ante, T. (2024). Therapeutic boxing. Psychosocial review, 39(3), 12-13.
Bozdarov, J., Jones, B. D., Umer, M., Blumberger, D. M., & Husain, I. M. (2025). Mindfulness-based (non-contact) boxing therapy (MBBT) for depression and anxiety: A feasibility study. PLoS One, 20(2), e0318364. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318364
Ersoy, C., & Iyigun, G. (2021). Boxing training in patients with stroke causes improvement of upper extremity, balance, and cognitive functions but should it be applied as virtual or real?. Topics in stroke rehabilitation, 28(2), 112-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2020.1783918
Horbinski, C., Zumpf, K. B., McCortney, K., & Eoannou, D. (2021). Longitudinal observational study of boxing therapy in Parkinson's disease, including adverse impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown. BMC neurology, 21(1), 326. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02359-6
Lyon, D., Owen, S., Osborne, M., Blake, K., & Andrades, B. (2020). Left/Write//Hook: A mixed method study of a writing and boxing workshop for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma. International Journal of Wellbeing, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v10i5.1505