Several years later, fellow world champion fighter Steve Cunningham posted about a Parkinson’s boxing class he held on social media.
“It was a Floyd Mayweather Jr., De La Hoya fight and De La Hoya’s coach, Freddie Roach, he has Parkinson’s and they were showing a documentary and he was saying the only reason he was able to function is because of the boxing workouts he does.” “I heard that boxing helps with Parkinson’s patients back in like 2005,” Trout said. Trout, who got certified as a Rock Steady Boxing instructor in Miami earlier this year, became interested in helping people with Parkinson’s when he learned that boxing could help improve symptoms of the disease, which include slowed movement, rigid muscles, involuntary shaking, speech and writing changes, poor balance and problems with coordination. “We help bridge the gap to make it connect, and it helps with their coordination, their cognitive skills, their motor skills, their agility and their overall fitness.” “ builds different neurological pathways and it also rebuilds some damage there … there are some things that aren’t connecting ,” Trout said.
Rock Steady Boxing No Doubt Training Academy in Las Cruces is an affiliate of Rock Steady Boxing, a nonprofit focused on helping people with Parkinson’s disease nationwide through non-contact boxing-based fitness curricula. LAS CRUCES - Las Crucens living with Parkinson’s disease are making strides in their mental and physical health through a local boxing class taught by former super welterweight world champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout.