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If you are training for boxing it doesn't matter if you never intend to get in the ring - this is a sport that will get you really fit.
The reason that training for boxing is so effective is that the sport demands almost total fitness - all the major areas have to be improve, including Speed, Strength, Stamina, Agility, Flexibility, Balance, and Power.
Training for boxing is thus quite demanding - many people describe it as the toughest workouts they've ever done - but it is also a highly effective way to get in shape.
Performed regularly, you will lose weight (body fat), build muscle, and improve both your endurance and your speed. There are few sports that can offer so much.
One of the first key components is stamina - the reason you see so many fighters doing road work (running) is that you have to be able to stay on your feet and keep moving. This is not just essential in the ring, but simply to get through tough workouts!
Speed comes from interval training - a mixture of high intensity intervals and short recovery periods. This is one of the most effective ways to improve not only your overall fitness, but also to burn fat.
Another key component is strength - but while boxers do use weights, they also do a lot of body weight exercises such as push-ups and pulls-ups. The emphasis is on functional strength, and strength combined with endurance. There's no point being strong in the first round of a fight, but exhausted by round three.
The other element that most training emphasizes is core strength. A strong core is essential to tie the strength of the legs into the power of the punch - in order to utilize your limbs effectively you have to be strong through the core.
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