If this California bear<\/a> were in the boxing ring, they would win every match! With their intimidating size, massive claws, and natural talent for martial arts, they would give no opponent a chance.<\/p>\n “I was waiting for the bear to grasp the entire bag and start swinging from it,” commenter @virgee77 admitted. “It’s nice to see humans letting nature enjoy the perks of being disturbed by the human race invading their homes for once.”<\/p>\n Related: A Black Bear in Canada Was Politely Asked to Leave and What the Bear Did Next Is Extremely Canadian<\/a><\/p>\n Many viewers agreed that, despite bears losing more and more of their habitat to people, silly moments like this offer a glimmer of hope. One person who saw the viral video on @ktla5news even suggested naming the bear Rocky, after the most famous fictional boxer of all time!<\/p>\n As Tartaglia explained<\/a> to KTLA, she has seen this curious bear<\/a>, whom she believes is a female, playing with the punching bag multiple times before she had a chance to catch it on video.<\/p>\n Black Bears In Southern California<\/p>\n Although bears roam the hills and mountains around much of Southern California, they aren’t native to the area. According to PBS SoCal, “all descend from 27 specimens<\/a> captured in Yosemite National Park<\/a> and released in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains in 1933.”<\/p>\n Beata Whitehead \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n Tartaglia believes<\/a> increased bear activity around Southern California this year is due to a “crazy bear baby boom.” Her neighbor also has a regular bruin visitor who likes to splash and frolick in the koi pond, surely scaring the poor fish in the process.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a> SIGN UP to get “pawsitivity” delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This bear’s boxing skills may be cute and funny, but it’s also an important reminder that awareness and bear safety<\/a> knowledge are essential when living in bear country. Don’t leave food or garbage in vehicles, for example, and throw away trash in bear-proof containers. You never know when an ursine neighbor could be close by!<\/p>\n This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Oct 18, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Southern California resident unexpectedly got a front-row seat to a bear boxing match earlier this month. Homeowner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":938099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-938098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Beata](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/pethelpful_915\/69f001cf402ad4d0d1c026cb1f010ebe.jpg\"\/)
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