Boxing Round Timer
Three minute rounds, one minute rest, ten second warning. Free and nothing to download.
Film a round with this timer running and get it reviewed free.
Quick picks
Amateur: 3 x 3:00, 1:00 rest
Pro men: 12 x 3:00, 1:00 rest
Women's pro: 10 x 2:00, 1:00 rest
Sparring: 5 x 2:00, 1:00 rest
| Preset | Work | Rest | Rounds | Load |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amateur: 3 x 3:00, 1:00 rest | 3:00 | 1:00 | 3 | |
| Pro men: 12 x 3:00, 1:00 rest | 3:00 | 1:00 | 12 | |
| Women's pro: 10 x 2:00, 1:00 rest | 2:00 | 1:00 | 10 | |
| Sparring: 5 x 2:00, 1:00 rest | 2:00 | 1:00 | 5 |
Why you train on the bell.
Boxing is a sport measured in rounds, so everything you do in the gym should be measured the same way. Three minutes of work, one minute of rest. Train on any other clock and you build a pace that does not match the thing you are training for, which is the most common reason a fighter looks sharp in the gym and flat in the second round.
The ten second warning is the part people skip and the part that matters most. Those last ten seconds are where rounds are scored and where your hands start dropping, and knowing they are coming changes what you do with them. The timer beeps once with ten seconds left, once at the bell, and once when rest ends, so you never have to look at the screen.
Use the quick picks to match what you are actually preparing for. Three rounds for amateur rules, twelve for a professional men's distance, ten two minute rounds for a women's professional distance, five two minute rounds for gym sparring. Every number stays editable, so if your coach runs four minute rounds to build a buffer, set four minutes.
When you film, film one full round rather than a highlight. mmaGPT reviews it and returns timestamped notes on what went wrong plus a drill to fix it, usually in 30 to 45 seconds. First session free, no card needed.
FAQ
Boxing round timer questions.
- A professional men's boxing round is three minutes. Professional women's rounds are usually two minutes, and amateur rounds are three minutes over three rounds under most current rules. Gym rounds are almost always three minutes because that is what the fight is.
- The rest between boxing rounds is one minute. That is the number to train with, because a longer rest in the gym quietly teaches you a recovery you will not get on fight night. The timer above defaults to three minutes of work and one minute of rest.
- Six to nine three-minute rounds on the bag is a normal session for most boxers, and three to six is plenty when you are starting out. Quality decides the number: stop when your hands stop returning to your face, because everything after that is practising a bad habit.
Film round six, not round one.
The round worth uploading is the one where your guard starts to drop. Film it from the side with your whole body in frame and mmaGPT will mark the moments it happens and give you a drill for it.