I started boxing about 6 weeks ago and my trainer and a couple of the seasoned amatures at my gym are saying I'm ready for my first fight later this month..

But I don't know if I'm ready or not... how long did you guys train until your first fight?

I started boxing about 6 weeks ago and my trainer and a couple of the seasoned amatures at my gym are saying I'm ready for my first fight later this month..

But I don't know if I'm ready or not... how long did you guys train until your first fight?

6 months, and that was considered very early by pretty much everyone i talked too. my advice would be to wait some more. in 6 weeks talented or not u most likely have several areas which are pretty much completely unexplored, unless u had great sparring. how long have u been sparring? how much? have u got the chance to spar diffrent styles? counterpunchers, tall jabbers, pressure fighters, southpaws etc etc..

im really tall, about 6'2 and when i made my debut it was at 141 (now im at 152). the point is i never fought somebody who was as tall as me without being way slower, and even the slower guys i had struggled with so when i fought tall guys my own size it gave me all types of problems. just felt uncomftorable not being able to have a "comfort zone" were i could hit them without them hitting back.


assassin :afro:

I've been training for over a year and my first amature fight that will go on my card is still a few months away, although I have done a 4 exhibitions and will get in a practice fight or 2 before I start.

6 weeks is not enough although it won't do ye any harm (assuming the fight doesn't turn ye off the sport)

Almost 10 months.
Lost it too.

a year and a half.
got stopped in the fist round.
i would wait a while mate, get some quality sparring done first.

lol, i finished my training session on Friday and my instructor came up to me and said i should think about entering in the amature fight night in about 3 weeks.. I was like wait... wut??? lol

He told me to tell him what I thought about it this week... I think Im gonna wait a month or two.. i just wanted to see how long most ppl take until their first fight

and @ assassin.. i started sparring about 3 weeks ago.. I've only sparred against my instructor and another dude that has a fight coming up in 2 weeks.

I think I held up pretty good. I'm 6'0 about 210 pounds and I used to play college rugby so I'm in decently good shape. Plus I'm a southpaw lol

lol, i finished my training session on Friday and my instructor came up to me and said i should think about entering in the amature fight night in about 3 weeks.. I was like wait... wut??? lol

He told me to tell him what I thought about it this week... I think Im gonna wait a month or two.. i just wanted to see how long most ppl take until their first fight

and @ assassin.. i started sparring about 3 weeks ago.. I've only sparred against my instructor and another dude that has a fight coming up in 2 weeks.

I think I held up pretty good. I'm 6'0 about 210 pounds and I used to play college rugby so I'm in decently good shape. Plus I'm a southpaw lol

then u should wait. i mean getting your ass whupped in front of a room full of ppl isnt a great experience, its better to take those ass whuppins in the gym. at some point u might get beat, most likely. but u want it to be cuz he was the better fighter. not cuz u rushed into something u wasnt ready for. especially a big guy like u, one mistake n it can be a short night for u. so u should take your time and make sure u are ready.

assassin :afro:

then u should wait. i mean getting your ass whupped in front of a room full of ppl isnt a great experience, its better to take those ass whuppins in the gym. at some point u might get beat, most likely. but u want it to be cuz he was the better fighter. not cuz u rushed into something u wasnt ready for. especially a big guy like u, one mistake n it can be a short night for u. so u should take your time and make sure u are ready.

assassin :afro:

yea man i just want to take peoples hearts and eat their children


praise be to allah

damn well i had my first fight after 2 weeks. knocked the guy out. honestly wasnt well prepared,had never sparred before the fight because i'm a muscular guy so no one ever wants to spar me. it was too soon to fight, i just hit extremely hard and caught him to the body. my next fight is in two weeks making it 2 months, and the level i feel at at this point is way beyond that of my first fight. but once again going in with only 4 rounds of sparring

fight because i'm a muscular guy so no one ever wants to spar me. it was too soon to fight, i just hit extremely hard and caught him to the body.

Yeah man, I kinda feel like im the same way.. like my instructor doesn't really let me spar with anyone else, and the dude he does let me spar with he tells me to go easy on lol, and the other dude has been boxing for 2 years and has a dozen amature fights under his belt.. He says i hit hard as hell and have great head movement.. I dont think I've ever been hit hard in the head while sparring

the dude he does let me spar with he tells me to go easy on lol, and the other dude has been boxing for 2 years and has a dozen amature fights under his belt.. He says i hit hard as hell and have great head movement.. I dont think I've ever been hit hard in the head while sparring

Most people will tell ye to go easy because nobody likes to spar someone who's too heavy handed, sparring is about practicing your skills. Just cause a guy is asking you to take it easy doesn't mean he's no capable of dropping you

Most people will tell ye to go easy because nobody likes to spar someone who's too heavy handed, sparring is about practicing your skills. Just cause a guy is asking you to take it easy doesn't mean he's no capable of dropping you

exactly, u box. hit and not get hit. as far as the hitting goes theres no reason to go of on your sparring partner, if u wanna throw bombs do it on the heavybag and in the fight. u cant go too easy on eachother ofcourse, but still. its really annoying trying to teach a new guy how to box when he thinks hes mike tyson and tries to knock u out in sparring. comes running in leaving himself wide open not doing anything the trainer told him too, i usually put em down with a bodyshot and eighter they start boxing and not brawling or they dont wanna spar me no more. eighter way we arent waisting both of our time anymore.

Just under 4 months. Everyone considered this very early but I didn't care. I was sparring just like 3 weeks after I started training. I was doing well and after a few months my trainer finally asked me if I wanted to fight and I said of course. Won the fight.

This was back when I was 14 years old. Im 19 now and I've only fought once this year back in January!! My gym sucks and hasn't been getting us any fights. I have no fights scheduled either.

Just under 4 months. Everyone considered this very early but I didn't care. I was sparring just like 3 weeks after I started training. I was doing well and after a few months my trainer finally asked me if I wanted to fight and I said of course. Won the fight.

This was back when I was 14 years old. Im 19 now and I've only fought once this year back in January!! My gym sucks and hasn't been getting us any fights. I have no fights scheduled either.

that sucks, im looking to fight for the first time in a long time myself after the summer. in addition i moved up in weight, just needed to be done. but anyways, going a long time without fighting sucks. i need to punch ppl with bad intention every once in a while, just built like that.

Just because you're ready for your first fight doesn't mean you're ready to WIN your first fight. Just depends on what you want.

My coach told me I was ready after about two months. But I had horrible defense and only knew how to throw power punches. Basically a brawler. So I waited and kept training hard. After about 4.5 months I thought I was ready to go. We had a couple fights fall apart last minute, so it was 5.5 months before I actually fought. And I slaughtered the guy in minute and he didn't hit me clean once.

So sure I could have gone in there after two months and fought. Maybe I'd win, maybe not. But I'm happy with the way things went.

I started my amatuer career @ 16, trained for 1 week for my first fight, and won by TKO...


Thats what happens when you got skills like me sons

I started boxing like last week and my trainer said I should fight in september or october. I've been doing really good better then alot of people he said on their first week. What do you guys think wait longer or take the chance and fight for the experience

I started boxing like last week and my trainer said I should fight in september or october. I've been doing really good better then alot of people he said on their first week. What do you guys think wait longer or take the chance and fight for the experience

Make sure you dont sleep with your own family members before the fight, it weakens the legs :fing26: :wt:

Damn you really hate white people dont you too bad im not white ahahahah:fing26::*******:

Damn you really hate white people dont you too bad im not white ahahahah:fing26::*******:

I know you are, your sister is white, and I saw teh whole thing :wt: :luvbed:

Maybe those 4 guys TKO'd you too hard and now you cant really comprehend much at all and you were probably fighting some kids on fight night round 3 and got 9 straight KO's. I'm sorry if im hurting your feelings I'll leave your miserable failing record alone

Maybe those 4 guys TKO'd you too hard and now you cant really comprehend much at all and you were probably fighting some kids on fight night round 3 and got 9 straight KO's. I'm sorry if im hurting your feelings I'll leave your miserable failing record alone

You should lay off of sleeping with your own family, especially your own brother you ******

I cut you up good and thats all you come up with pathetic

I cut you up good and thats all you come up with pathetic

I stretched your sister out and you cant make a CUM back? pathetic...

I stretched your sister out and you cant make a CUM back? pathetic...

Lol, you are seriously retarded have fun banging a 4 year old you pedo and I bet your the one who made should I sleep with my 16 yr old cousin thead.No wonder your into family ****ing. Was it after you got TKO'd for the last time? Are you sure your 9-0 and not 0-9 with KO's?

Man your 20 year old sister can really give a knockout ;) man shes somethin else brutha...

When I come over to help your sis babysit tonight, I'll make sure to lock the master bed room ....dont mind the noises ;)

I'm done cutting you up your insults are complete failures like your career im out of this thread go find some other retard to cut up

I'm done cutting you up your insults are complete failures like your career im out of this thread go find some other retard to cut up

yeah your hillbilly cousin is callin you to make out with her, cya later CLETUS

i would wait a little, you may be talented but you should get more sparring etc done before fighting, 3 weeks of sparring isnt quite enough IMO, you need about 8-10 weeks good, varied sparring before you fight IMO, and that if your picking stuff up quickly

and as an full grown adult in the 200+ pound class there are guys who can really bang at your age/weight, so a mismatch can become even more dangerous

damn well i had my first fight after 2 weeks. knocked the guy out. honestly wasnt well prepared,had never sparred before the fight because i'm a muscular guy so no one ever wants to spar me. it was too soon to fight, i just hit extremely hard and caught him to the body. my next fight is in two weeks making it 2 months, and the level i feel at at this point is way beyond that of my first fight. but once again going in with only 4 rounds of sparring


lol im sure no one wants to spar you because of your 'muscles'.. what gym are u at.. cuz ur screen name says NYC to Cancun so if your from a legit gym in my city aint no one scared of your muscles bro... just sayin

that sucks, im looking to fight for the first time in a long time myself after the summer. in addition i moved up in weight, just needed to be done. but anyways, going a long time without fighting sucks. i need to punch ppl with bad intention every once in a while, just built like that.

Yea man my gym is terrible. Ray Oliveira was the trainer, you probably heard of him he was a very good fighter, fought Vernon Forrest, Vince Phillips, Ben Tackie, Ricky Hatton, Emanuel Augustus, etc. He had the gym running nice. But he had to leave for a while. Since he left the gym is a disaster. There is only 3 of us there now who take the sport serious and other than that it's just a bunch a hoodlums that hang out there and mess around. The 3 of us are the only sparring partners we got and we all know each other so well in the ring sparring isn't even interesting any more. Ray came back, but was so disgusted with the gym he said he dont think he even wants to run it again....

sh!t sucks to say the least.

There is another city about 20 minutes from where I live I think I might go to to train.

Manuel Ortiz one of the best Bantamweights of all time. Had never laced up the gloves and was a lorry driver, when he was invited to a amature boxing show to watch. One of the fighters pulled out, and Ortiz with no boxing background stepped in.

After this he would join a boxing gym and With-in a year, Ortiz won the Southern California Amateur Flyweight Title, the Golden Glove Title, and the National AAU title in Boston.

In the pro ranks Ortiz was a two time Bantamweight champion, and is considred one of the best Bantamweights of all time. On his first reign as being champion he made 15 defences of his Title before losing it to Harold Dade. He would reign his belt in his very next fight beating Harold Dade.

Yea man my gym is terrible. Ray Oliveira was the trainer, you probably heard of him he was a very good fighter, fought Vernon Forrest, Vince Phillips, Ben Tackie, Ricky Hatton, Emanuel Augustus, etc. He had the gym running nice. But he had to leave for a while. Since he left the gym is a disaster. There is only 3 of us there now who take the sport serious and other than that it's just a bunch a hoodlums that hang out there and mess around. The 3 of us are the only sparring partners we got and we all know each other so well in the ring sparring isn't even interesting any more. Ray came back, but was so disgusted with the gym he said he dont think he even wants to run it again....

sh!t sucks to say the least.

There is another city about 20 minutes from where I live I think I might go to to train.

good idea. i have a gym within 10-15min walking distance of where i live, but unfortunately is sucks. or it used to suck it seems like its gotten a bit better, back when i checked it out the sparring partners werent all that good and the trainer didnt give me a good vibe. now they seem to have some decent cats over there. but where i train, 2 busses away there is great sparring, and i get along real well with my trainer so im likely to stay. hes given me crazy amount of attention from day 1, the chances of finding another trainer who invests in my like that at this point are slim. but real talk.. sparring is important so i would leave if i was u.

Yea man my gym is terrible. Ray Oliveira was the trainer, you probably heard of him he was a very good fighter, fought Vernon Forrest, Vince Phillips, Ben Tackie, Ricky Hatton, Emanuel Augustus, etc. He had the gym running nice. But he had to leave for a while. Since he left the gym is a disaster. There is only 3 of us there now who take the sport serious and other than that it's just a bunch a hoodlums that hang out there and mess around. The 3 of us are the only sparring partners we got and we all know each other so well in the ring sparring isn't even interesting any more. Ray came back, but was so disgusted with the gym he said he dont think he even wants to run it again....

sh!t sucks to say the least.

There is another city about 20 minutes from where I live I think I might go to to train.

I used to love watching ray Olivera fight, he was a punching machine.

8 months, and i lost lol

It could take 1-2 years to get properly ready to start fighting... at my gym they will not put you in unless they're certain your ready, they said some people put them in quicker but if they make sure that little bit more you will do better.

I aint had my first one yet, I guess your ready when your ready... some people learn at different paces, are already fit before starting, etc. It all depends I guess.

I used to love watching ray Olivera fight, he was a punching machine.

lol yea Ray's a nut. Train with the guy for 1 minute and you'll see why he was a punching machine lol. He ha has lot of interesting stories too lol like why he hates Zab Judah's guts. Sadly he doesn't want to train fighters anymore it seems, I'm hoping he comes around he just recovered from a major set back in his life.

Took me 6 months started in October fought this past March won a majority decision. I was luck because I had the #1 ranked amateur for my weight class in the country in my gym and I sparred with people bigger than me so I went into the ring with the thoughts that only God would stop me beating this man, I busted his lip nose and knocked out his gumshield knocked him down in the 1st and yet it was still a MD.

Took me 6 months started in October fought this past March won a majority decision. I was luck because I had the #1 ranked amateur for my weight class in the country in my gym and I sparred with people bigger than me so I went into the ring with the thoughts that only God would stop me beating this man, I busted his lip nose and knocked out his gumshield knocked him down in the 1st and yet it was still a MD.

i've never heard of a MD in the amateurs......

good idea. i have a gym within 10-15min walking distance of where i live, but unfortunately is sucks. or it used to suck it seems like its gotten a bit better, back when i checked it out the sparring partners werent all that good and the trainer didnt give me a good vibe. now they seem to have some decent cats over there. but where i train, 2 busses away there is great sparring, and i get along real well with my trainer so im likely to stay. hes given me crazy amount of attention from day 1, the chances of finding another trainer who invests in my like that at this point are slim. but real talk.. sparring is important so i would leave if i was u.

Yea man I've been saying I'm gonna leave for the longest time but I never do it lol. It's just the gym is so close to where I live, I can walk there if I want, and I'm very good friends with some of the people there I feel like I'm turning my back on them if I leave. Also it's free if you live in the area. I guess I've just been hoping things shape up, waiting for Ray to come back. But when he came back on Wednesday he was so disgusted with the gym he doesn't even wanna run it.

but yea your 100% right, I should leave. I just need to man up and do it.

Took me 6 months started in October fought this past March won a majority decision. I was luck because I had the #1 ranked amateur for my weight class in the country in my gym and I sparred with people bigger than me so I went into the ring with the thoughts that only God would stop me beating this man, I busted his lip nose and knocked out his gumshield knocked him down in the 1st and yet it was still a MD.

You best the best amature in your class in the UK after only 6 months training. What weight would that be?

no I was training with the best amateur at my weight theres no way I could do that, become the best in 6 months

i've never heard of a MD in the amateurs......

Are you boxing in the UK? I made a thread about it when it happened lemme find it for you

i've never heard of a MD in the amateurs......

got my first fight tonight, im not nervous at the mo but i aint super confident

I won!!!!!!!!!!!
Majority decison even doe i got a knock down and knocked his gum shield out
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I started boxing like last week and my trainer said I should fight in september or october. I've been doing really good better then alot of people he said on their first week. What do you guys think wait longer or take the chance and fight for the experience

someone wanna answer this that retard attempted to flame me

about 2months, it was fast but the guys i was put with were also new like me. :)

lol, i finished my training session on Friday and my instructor came up to me and said i should think about entering in the amature fight night in about 3 weeks.. I was like wait... wut??? lol

He told me to tell him what I thought about it this week... I think Im gonna wait a month or two.. i just wanted to see how long most ppl take until their first fight

and @ assassin.. i started sparring about 3 weeks ago.. I've only sparred against my instructor and another dude that has a fight coming up in 2 weeks.

I think I held up pretty good. I'm 6'0 about 210 pounds and I used to play college rugby so I'm in decently good shape. Plus I'm a southpaw lol

prepare to get your ass whoop if youll enter the amateurs this early :lol1:

i think it is ok for new ones to get in the ring, as long the oponents are also new like them.

my first bout was after 4 months of trainin... i was tooo green...i fought with a dude with 2 fights supposovly but i saw the dudes book and he had 5 fights lol.. bastards... it happend since it was his hometown... i lost ofcorse but i gave him a fight made him bleed
haha...
my advice to u is.... do boxing 4 a year then youll b ready... i wish i woulda did that...
but trainers jsut wanna take people to fight... just chill take ur time.. just tell ur trainer u aint realy yet...

2 month for first fight

I trained for a full year before stepping into the ring....