"THE BOXER'S HANDSHAKE"

Try shaking someone's hand while wearing a pair of boxing gloves? We will let you in on a little secret, how boxers shake hands!!!

The first person to offer the handshake, extends their arm out similar to a normal handshake, except make a fist instead. The second person will tap the top of the first person's fist with their fist. Switch positions and repeat. The person who was on top, now will be on the bottom, tap fists together again. Use this method with or without gloves. If one person has gloves on and the other person doesn't, it's the same.

You will also see some boxers use a greeting, that is similar to a punch. The person offering, will extend their arm and fist to the normal punch position. The other person then extends their arm and fist out, touching the knuckles together. Just like you punched each other's hand, but much more softly.

The Boxer's Handshake