How Many Calories are Burned by Boxing?
For moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art, which is a typical intensity activity under the general description of boxing activities, the average calories burned by a person weighing 190 pounds (86 Kg) in 30 minutes is 444 Calories. In one hour moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art will burn 888 Calories.
Summary of Boxing Information and Charts
To help you find the information you need, we first focus on moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art which is the most common boxing activity. This is followed by the activities with the highest burn rate which is boxing, in ring, general, and the lowest which is boxing, punching bag, giving the average calories burned per minute and per hour, along with food calorie equivalents and our new proprietary calories burned score© and calories burned rank©The calorie score gives an indication of the relative burn rate of the boxing activities measured as a percentage score out of 100 for the different boxing activities, where 100% is the maximum calorie burn which we estimate from running at a pace of 4 minutes per mile which is a world class speed for running for 30 mins.
The calorie rank is the rank of the boxing activity compared with all other 800 activities in our database to give an indication of the percentage of activities which have a higher or lower calorie burn. A rank of 1 means it is the highest ranking activity in terms or calorie burn and a rank of 100 means it is the activity with the lowest carlorie burn compared with all other activities.
Effect of Intensity on the Calorie Calculator
Although the above is a typical example for boxing, the calculator we use to determine the calories burnt depends on the intensity, duration and your body weight. At the bottom of the article we have a variety of different intensities which can be personalized based on your weight and the duration of the activities, using our free calculator.
Calorie Score and Calorie Rank for Boxing
At dietandfitnesstoday we have a new proprietary concept of a Calories Burned Score© and Calories Burned Rank©.
Calories Burned in 30 Minutes for a Typical boxing Activity
As we have previously mentioned Moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art is a moderate and typical level of intensity for boxing and can be used as a general representative approximate measure for calories burnt by boxing. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) burns 444 Calories, while an average woman weighing 163 pounds (74 kg), in 30 minutes burns 381 Calories.
Calories Per Minute
The calories burned per minute for Moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art is 15 Calories per minute, for a typical man and for a typical female is 13 Calories per minute.
Calories Per Hour
The calories lost in one hour is 888 calories for a typical man, and 762 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
How to Burn 100 Calories
To burn 100 calories for a typical male would require 7 minutes of the activity moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art and to burn 100 calories with the same boxing activity for a typical female would take 8 minutes.
Score and Rank
Moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art has a Calorie Burned Score© of 43.00 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 43.00 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 35.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 35.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 54.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art
Equivalent Activities
The following activities burn the same number of calories as Moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art -
- moderat pace tai-bo, martial art
- moderate pace judo, martial art
- moderate pace jujitsu, martial art
- moderate pace karate, martial art
- moderate pace kick boxing, martial art
Comparison with Inactivity
30 mins of inactivity for example just sitting and watching television burns 43 calories for a typical man and 37 calories for a typical woman. Which means Moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art burns 11.1 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 10.3 times more calories for an average female.
Food Calorie Equivalents
This level of 444 calories burnt by an average man moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art is equivalent to 0.8 Big Macs, 1.6 snickers bar, 3.7 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 1.5 cheeseburgers, 1.6 slices of pizza or 1.2 large blueberry muffins.
For an average female burning 381 calories is equivalent to 0.7 Big Macs, 1.4 snickers bar, 3.2 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 1.3 cheeseburgers, 1.3 slices of pizza or 1.0 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss from Boxing
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity boxing? Taking this example of moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.06 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.05 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 4 weeks for a man and 5 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.
The same 4 sessions per week of moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 2 weeks for a man and 2 weeks for a woman.
Boxing Activity with the Highest Calorie Burn
The highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by boxing, in ring, general. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man burns 552 Calories, while an average woman in 30 minutes burns 473 Calories.
This activity of boxing, in ring, general has a Calories Burned Score© of 54.20 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 54.20 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 22.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 22.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 24.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than boxing, in ring, general
Boxing Activity with the Lowest Calorie Burn
The boxing activity with the lowest calories burnt is boxing, punching bag, which for an average man in 30 minutes burns 237 Calories, and for an average woman burns 203 Calories.
This activity of boxing, punching bag has a Calories Burned Score© of 21.40 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 21.40 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 68.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 68.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 279.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than boxing, punching bag
Average Calories Burned by Boxing
Based on the the list of 5 boxing activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 402 Calories for 30 minutes of boxing. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 345 Calories for 30 minutes of boxing.
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| Calories Burned in 30 minutes of boxing for Average Male (M) and Female (F) (click to personalise). | |
| boxing, in ring, general - calories Male=552 kcal, Female=473 kcal. | |
| moderate pace kick boxing, martial art - calories Male=444 kcal, Female=381 kcal. | |
| moderate pace Muay Thai boxing, martial art - calories Male=444 kcal, Female=381 kcal. | |
| boxing, sparring - calories Male=336 kcal, Female=288 kcal. | |
| boxing, punching bag - calories Male=237 kcal, Female=203 kcal. | |
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