I am not a guy that goes around telling people that i box or do other martial arts. Only when people ask me sort of directly, so what sports do you do, i will tell. Last week 2 of my former colleagues walked in to the gym planning to join and they saw me, and were very surprised. They signed up.

I have trained in very disciplined gyms around asia where showing of is not tolerated by the trainers and were you will not dare to question them. Showing of will put you in the ring with pros and it will not be a pain free experience. They do that just to shut you up.

Do you guys look for every opportunity to tell people or you also just do your own thing?

It's even better to put on all your sweats and training shoes and tell people you're going to the club. They just don't get it.
I'm also pretty reluctant to tell a lot of people that I box. I don't know if you've experienced it yet, but this is a good way to get a lot of unnecessary macho bullsh*t to come out of the woodwork from guys who think they have something to prove against you.

I don't know if you've experienced it yet, but this is a good way to get a lot of unnecessary macho bullsh*t to come out of the woodwork from guys who think they have something to prove against you.
Yes i have experienced that but that was at a kick boxing gym, it aint cool and some guys there were really just training so they could pick fights on weekends while being drunk

It's even better to put on all your sweats and training shoes and tell people you're going to the club. They just don't get it.
I'm also pretty reluctant to tell a lot of people that I box. I don't know if you've experienced it yet, but this is a good way to get a lot of unnecessary macho bullsh*t to come out of the woodwork from guys who think they have something to prove against you.

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It's even better to put on all your sweats and training shoes and tell people you're going to the club. They just don't get it.
I'm also pretty reluctant to tell a lot of people that I box. I don't know if you've experienced it yet, but this is a good way to get a lot of unnecessary macho bullsh*t to come out of the woodwork from guys who think they have something to prove against you.


haha yeah i got into a scrap a while ago after people found out i boxed.....i made the guys nose bleed and i thought he was gonna cry lol another time i just whacked a guy around the head and he was too freaked out to hit me back after he picked a fight with my mate

As I'm not attending a gym at the moment I can't comment. But I like the no-showing-off-attitutde you mentioned in your post. I abhor showing-off, even if I do well at something I generally never tell people unless asked. I can't stand it when I hear other people bragging that I know I don't want to go down that road myself. When I do eventually join a gym the only people that will know will be my wife and close friends. I mean, I'll be joining the gym so I can get myself even fitter and hopefully train to be a competent boxer NOT so that I can brag and boast.

I normally just say "**** cream corn"

Yes i have experienced that but that was at a kick boxing gym, it aint cool and some guys there were really just training so they could pick fights on weekends while being drunk

those are the kind of guys that you give brutal and painful ass kickings to in the gym

Yeah normally people will ask me 'you play any sports?' I tell them naw and then when they see me box they like 'holy shit I thought he was athleticly impaires', lol i know its stupid but thats the way i see it

If they ask, i'll just tell them, if they don't ask, then i won't tell them.

i don't tell people really cus you get them saying shit.

yeah I don't tell anyone.
some of my closest friends don't know I do Boxing.

Only my Brothers and mum know I do it.

I just tell people I go to the gym.

People don't need to know what the hell I do.
I learn to box for myself, to strengthen and improve myself.
I am not boasting about it, so people can try and pick the odd fight with me.

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yeah I don't tell anyone.
some of my closest friends don't know I do Boxing.

Only my Brothers and mum know I do it.

I just tell people I go to the gym.

People don't need to know what the hell I do.
I learn to box for myself, to strengthen and improve myself.
I am not boasting about it, so people can try and pick the odd fight with me.

DMC:boxing:

yep thats the way to go brother

if people ask i tell them. i tend not to try to bring it up in big groups because i dont want people to think im some macho idiot who boxes to beat people up etc. if the people know personally and it comes up ill tell them. but i try not to make it a point to tell people i dont know too well.

I always get "you ever been knocked out?"

Or if turn up to work with a black eye "you get banged out then?! haha".

Tossers.

I always get "you ever been knocked out?"

Or if turn up to work with a black eye "you get banged out then?! haha".

Tossers.

:lol1: I bet they all think your shit. Haha.

I tell a few but you do get a load of shit from people saying I bet I can have ya easy stupid cunts lol.

:lol1: I bet they all think your shit. Haha.

I tell a few but you do get a load of shit from people saying I bet I can have ya easy stupid cunts lol.

till they get in the ring and its a whole different game.

just like that guy said before when i go to work with black eyes or marks on my face they assume i got my ass kicked lol

i dont tell people i box cus theres no point at best it only brings trouble only my good friends know i box and if u met me u'd think im too nice to hurt someone lol

I tell people when they ask me and i also tell people when they ask what im up to which is training most of the time but i dont brag about it because i dont see no point in braggin about pain lol

I tell people when they ask me and i also tell people when they ask what im up to which is training most of the time but i dont brag about it because i dont see no point in braggin about pain lol

Yet you brag about fighting this year :p

If they ask, I tell them.

If they dont ask, I tell them that I am ****ing amazing and untouchable and that I am sooo good and omfg I rock at boxing omg look at my arms I do boxing do you wanna come to my house and watch me box I'm so good I bet you wish you were me omg you should see me box I'm amazing its so good when I box im amazing do you think I'm amazing I love boxing everyone thinks I'm amazing.

But yeah, ****ing hate braggers..

:lol1: I bet they all think your shit. Haha.

I tell a few but you do get a load of shit from people saying I bet I can have ya easy stupid cunts lol.

Yeah they do. They can't comprehend how an "old man" can do it. The kids have no perception of age, i'm 22 years old for ****s sakes. I think they think i should be playing lawn bowls and drinking peppermint tea.

It blows there minds to think i might visit a nightclub every so often and train in an exciting sport 5 nights a week.

I've been trying to get a video to some of the lads for weeks! haha. Just to shut them up.

I only bring it up when asked or offered drugs i kind of use it as a anti drug like "no i cant smoke its hella bad for stamina and i need all i can for kickboxing"

Same and I also have to tell people so they know I'm not going out drinking cos I'm an anti-social bastard but because I have trainingin the morning.

i tell people when i have a fight coming up so they come thats about it

i sort of mention it, but just like i would any other sport.
some people are suprised because they think im too middle class or 'white' to box

i sort of mention it, but just like i would any other sport.
some people are suprised because they think im too middle class or 'white' to box

i was your age when i started boxing, my grandma was so worried. She tried to talk me out of boxing but it didn't help much. She wanted me to play soccer. How is your family about you and boxing?

I am not a guy that goes around telling people that i box or do other martial arts. Only when people ask me sort of directly, so what sports do you do, i will tell. Last week 2 of my former colleagues walked in to the gym planning to join and they saw me, and were very surprised. They signed up.

I have trained in very disciplined gyms around asia where showing of is not tolerated by the trainers and were you will not dare to question them. Showing of will put you in the ring with pros and it will not be a pain free experience. They do that just to shut you up.

Do you guys look for every opportunity to tell people or you also just do your own thing?

As of yet I don't box. I understand the requirements for boxing and feel that in order to maintain dignity I need to get stronger and fitter before I join a club. Whenever I went to the gym and people asked why (can you believe people ask why you go to the gym now?!) I would reply "oo because I want to get into boxing"...Now I don't, now I just say "to get healthy". I'm the type of person who wants to learn, read and study what it is i'm getting into, that aside, I found an interesting book on Mike Tyson aswell. My mate let me used his amazon account (he gets next day) to get some boxing training books etc, letting me know what i'm in for and so I could get ready over the long University holidays so I could just join when I get back. People asked what i'd got, mate told them and they initially replied with "oh that's pretty cool, if there was any sport for you it'd be boxing" and I was quite relaxed about it and happy. Later on the little jibes come on, basically "boxers are psychos" "nuts" "have no brains" "violent" and the only reason people ever want to learn it is so they can beat up other people...So, it's like, I don't even properly do it yet and people have judged me. Truth is, in modern-day-Britain boxing is not seen to be a respectable sport. They think it's all about fighting and hurting, not even knowing that amatuer exists, thinking it's all heavyweight pros who knock each other out. So, that's my story so far, I can't even imagine what people say to you lot who have been doing it for years.

I learnt this the hard way by telling some folks I boxed, and a load of ****ers from my school turned up.. Ffs.. No more bragging for me.

I rarely talk about it, it seems that other people seem to like doing it for me.

I just show up, do my work and they see what they need to.........Rockin':boxing:

I'm not going out drinking cos I'm an anti-social bastard but because I have training in the morning.

Aaahh, too true my man! BUT, for my own sanity I don't necessarily ban drinking. Tomorrow night will be my first session this year!

im an amateur, 0-1 right now, hopefully fighting on the weekend, but anyway the question i am asked most is "have you ever been knocked out" or "have u ever bitten someones ear off"

ive never found anyone tried to fight me or bother me because i box. im also
6'2 and 197. im guessing most of the smaller guys when they say box get a lot of shit because people think you have to be big to box etc.