Expert: Alan Kahn - 3/26/2007

Question
does masturbation effect you in any ways when ur a boxer or an athlete.

Answer
HI Carlos,

Hmmm. I guess the short answer is, Yes - "if your were doing it during a match it would be difficult to defend yourself..."    :-)  (sorry. I couldn't let that one go by)

But the larger issue is probably the relationship of having sex before athletic competition. The "old school" theory was NO sex before competition, and boxers suposedly abstained for weeks before a fight (so they say. But I suspect masturbation played a secret part here...). But the idea of required abstinence before a competition is probably an old wives tale, no doubt created by old wives.

Here are a few links of more recent vintage about this topic that may help you.

From BallardBoxing.com  
The night before your Fight, should there be Sex?
http://ballardboxing.tripod.com/id92.html

sleep, sex and athletic performance
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0675/is_n3_v12/ai_15295073

Should Athletes abstain before athletic performance
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0222_060222_sex.html

Sex Before competition
http://www.webefit.com/articles/article_83_sexbeforecompete.html

Sex Effects: Is It OK to 'Just Do It' Before the Big Game?
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/18/1676_52187.htm

the best answer to me is in the article above,

As Casey Stengal said:
"It's not the sex, it's staying up all night to find it.."

I hope this helps answer your question.

sincerely,

Alan Kahn