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Technical-tactical indicators associated with winning in elite amateur boxing: A matched-pair analysis

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  • Xuguang Chen
  • Mohamad Nizam Mohamed Shapie
  • Wenyao Chen

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Identifying technical-tactical indicators associated with winning in elite amateur boxing remains challenging because each bout contains a naturally dependent winner-loser pair. Using a matched-pair notational design, we analysed 108 international elite amateur bouts (216 boxer observations) from 2019 to 2025 based on official competition videos and official results. Coded indicators were total punches thrown, punches landed, punching accuracy, successful counterattacks, defensive success rate, ring-centre control and warnings. Winner-loser differences were assessed with paired tests, and independent associations with winning were examined using conditional logistic regression stratified by bout ID, followed by 1000-resample bootstrap internal validation. Compared with losers, winners showed higher punching accuracy (30.41 ± 5.87% vs 26.84 ± 5.79%; mean difference 3.57%, 95% CI 2.10 to 5.05; p

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  • Xuguang Chen & Mohamad Nizam Mohamed Shapie & Wenyao Chen, 2026. "Technical-tactical indicators associated with winning in elite amateur boxing: A matched-pair analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 21(9), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0359509
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0359509
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