hi guys

i title explains my problem. i have enough stamina and so on to fight the whole fight, but i have these ****ing fear when i have to take punches. have someone also it? i dont want to have it. is there anything i can do about it?

paece cez

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What i do is i just grit my teeth/gumshield and just focus on punching the opponent an not getting hit Goodluck :):boxing:

Not to be rude or anything, but if you have a fear of getting hit, boxing is probably not the sport for you.

No one likes to get hit(Anyone sane anyways), and working on your defense can help. But to be fearful of it can play a serious mind game.

Face your fear, that you are going to get hit and that's all there is to it, or perhaps pick up another sport... Or help others train.

Train more and ask the other guys to go easy on you. The best advice i had when i was a beginner was:" Look him in the eyes, don't back up when you get hit and keep those damn hands up." That's all you need to know if you're a beginner. Then you'll be able to use the skills you'll learn.

Stamina or power ain't **** if you can't take a punch:

SKILLS PAY THE BILLS. Remember this.

hi guys

i title explains my problem. i have enough stamina and so on to fight the whole fight, but i have these ****ing fear when i have to take punches. have someone also it? i dont want to have it. is there anything i can do about it?

paece cez


You just have to remember, in boxing you are going to get hit. Bottom line.

A good idea to build confidence would be to practice just defence with a partner (preferably an experienced one who can work with you and control himself) throwing light, slow punches at you. Over a few weeks he can build up the intensity, to the point where he is throwing real shots at you and you are comfortable with getting them thrown at you and defending them.

you'll get used to it, just try to stay calm, keep your eyes open and not panic

spar with malignaggi


in all seriousness,you just need too relax and try too develop your defensive skills before taking on too much

Yeah, try to spar with someone who will go easy on you and hits you with punches that won't really hurt you. So you can get used to getting hit with light punches in first place and work on avoiding natural reactions like closing your eyes, curling up, etc and work on your fear of real impact punches later on.

I am afraid that's the only way and if that won't work, maybe boxing really isn't for you, no offence meant at all.
Cause like others already said, there is absolutely no way you will get away without getting hit in boxing. Unless you are Pacquiao or Mayweather (and even they get their bruises in sparring and fights), there'll always be someone better than you and you have to adapt and learn to deal with it, that's the beauty of the sport.

Not to be rude or anything, but if you have a fear of getting hit, boxing is probably not the sport for you.

No one likes to get hit(Anyone sane anyways), and working on your defense can help. But to be fearful of it can play a serious mind game.

Face your fear, that you are going to get hit and that's all there is to it, or perhaps pick up another sport... Or help others train.

thats a very bad response, not to be offensive but you shouldnt make the kid think this is something he cant overcome, because he can.

being scared to get hit isnt uncommon when your new to the game, if you want to be a fighter badly enough you will overcome it. alot of top fighters were scared when they first started, its all about heart.

spar alot, mainly with guys who hold back on their punches. its all mental, in time you will get over it. also id advice you to every night right before you go to sleep, close you eyes and imagine being in the ring. slowly go thru everything from the moment you arrive at the gym in your head. once you get to the sparring imagine yourself nervous, but dealing with it. then imagine a sparring session in a positive way, but include getting hit and overcoming it.

when it happens for real just know your gonna get hit, and that you are gonna deal with it. life is hard, everything isnt gonna come to you easily. as far as sports go you picked the hardest one there is, just ask yourself how badly you want it.

Not to be rude or anything, but if you have a fear of getting hit, boxing is probably not the sport for you.

No one likes to get hit(Anyone sane anyways), and working on your defense can help. But to be fearful of it can play a serious mind game.

Face your fear, that you are going to get hit and that's all there is to it, or perhaps pick up another sport... Or help others train.

Not to be rude or anything, but that's a terrible answer. Just about every new guy I've seen in the gym is scared to get hit. I think most people are apprehensive about getting hit, but once they spar a few times, they get over it.

For me, I was naturally gun-shy for a while, but fortunately I've gotten over it. What I'd recommend is that you work on coming forward. I found that being gun-shy, I'd stay back a lot and wait. What would happen is that I'd be waiting and when the punches came, I'd turn, back up or hit the ropes and cover up.

What would be better is just keep coming forward, will yourself to keep coming forward, whether you get hit or not. Don't be reckless, but be willing to come forward. If you focus on keep coming forward, you will see that you won't even feel the punches as you come in. Just try to keep your hands up and work on slipping when you come in as well. You'll quickly see that the punches don't really hurt.

ok, thanks for the answers, they really helped me a lot :) i really love boxing and i am training as much as i can. in the next time i will spar more and try to overcome this fear, because i want also to fight in the future. it will be also a reason to be proud of myself when i ovecome it. once again thanks for the suggestions.

i wrote this thread in hurry and this is the reason why my english was so faulty.

just make sure ur sparring opponents or potential opponent never find this out...

Yes, that's a good plan to spar more. Also don't feel bad about being nervous or even a bit scared before that, accept it as a normal feeling that everyone (trust me, everyone!) has and use it for your benefit as motivation.

Mike Tyson, in his prime undoubtedly one of the biggest beasts and most feared opponents of all time on how he felt before a fight:
While I'm in the dressing room five minutes before I come out, I'm breaking my gloves down, I m pushing the leather to the back of my gloves, so my knuckle could pierce through. When I come out I have supreme confidence. I'm scared to death. I'm afraid. I'm afraid of everything. I'm afraid of losing. I'm afraid of being humiliated. But I'm confident. The closer I get to the ring the more confident I get. The closer, the more confident. The closer the more confident I get. All during training I've been afraid of this man. I think this man might be capable of beating me. I've dreamed of him beating me. For that I've always stayed afraid of him. The closer I get to the ring the more confident I get. Once I'm in the ring I'm a god. No one could beat me. I walk around the ring but I never take my eyes off my opponent. Even if he's ready and pumping, and can't wait to get his hands on me. I keep my eyes on him. I keep my eyes on him. Then once I see a ch ink in his armor, boom, one of his eyes may move, and then I know I have him. Then once he comes to the center of the ring he looks at me with his piercing look as if he's not afraid. But he already made that mistake when he looked down for that one tenth of a second. I know I have him. He'll fight hard for the first two or three rounds, but I know I broke his spirit. During the fight I'm supremely confident. I'm making him miss and I'm countering. I'm hitting him to the body, I'm punching him real hard. And I'm punching him and I'm punching him and I know he's gonna take my punches. He goes down, he's out. I'm victorious. Mike Tyson, greatest fighter that ever lived.

And the man who made him the youngest heavyweight champion ever, legendary trainer Cus d'Amato has quite a few inspirational quotes on fear, here are my favourites:
Don't worry about being scared going into a fight. It's when you ain't scared that's the time to worry. Fear is the friend of every good and reasonable athlete."

and
Fear is like a fire. If you control it, as we do when we heat our houses, it is a friend. When you don't, it consumes you and everything you do and everything around you.

Good luck and when you overcome this you will have learned something about yourself that can guide you in far more places than only the boxing ring!

I didn't see anyone else ask this so, how long have you been training cez?

You can't be afraid to take punches if your hero is Gatti :)

just make sure ur sparring opponents or potential opponent never find this out...

would u enjoy to sparr him?

youll get over the fear in time, its natural but youll get used to it. The most important part is always keeping your eyes on your opponent and not turning your face away.

ok, thanks for the answers, they really helped me a lot :) i really love boxing and i am training as much as i can. in the next time i will spar more and try to overcome this fear, because i want also to fight in the future. it will be also a reason to be proud of myself when i ovecome it. once again thanks for the suggestions.

i wrote this thread in hurry and this is the reason why my english was so faulty.

It's not as easy as that. If you go straight into normal sparring with this fear and end up getting hit more, your confidence will go way down and you will be very gunshy.

The way to overcome it is to build confidence, doing light sparring, or light defence work (partner throwing punches at you, you block, parry, slip etc) with the intensity building over several weeks to the point where you are confident and comfortable.


This is very important to overcome as a fear of getting hit creates all sorts of bad habits too, like turning your head away from punches, being too passive and tentative etc

@ CounterPuncha: thanx, i will try it this way. you are right with the bad habits, i am really turning my body or head away form the punches.

@ Soju: i am 18, training now for 5-6 months really hard. in february there are sparring fights against some fighters from others clubs who also have not many experience in terms of fighting. i thought maybe i can fight there too, just for testing myself. my trainer said that he will look especially at me at the sparrings in the club and say if i am ready to fight. yeah Gatti... he was a god of boxing ^^.. not comarable to me :flowers1:

@ Joachim: yeah i will try to do so thankx :boxing:

@ rochamback: thanx, thats pure motivation :boxing: i really appreciate it. i have also the same thoughts that it also helps me in future life. thanx

Not to be rude or anything, but if you have a fear of getting hit, boxing is probably not the sport for you.

No one likes to get hit(Anyone sane anyways), and working on your defense can help. But to be fearful of it can play a serious mind game.

Face your fear, that you are going to get hit and that's all there is to it, or perhaps pick up another sport... Or help others train.

I disagree. When I started sparring I hate an intense fear of gettin hit. I hated it because I wanted to box so bad. Eventually the fear faded, as I got more motivated, and developed as a better fighter. You know what? I dont mind getting hit anymore, and I actually enjoy it sometimes, yet I agree with your statement. Boxing may not be the sport for you TS, but you are posting here and looking for advice so it is obvious that you want to box.

do floor drills with other boxers and let them tap your face. the fear will decrease when you get in the ring, as you would be accustomed to it after getting hit

It's not as easy as that. If you go straight into normal sparring with this fear and end up getting hit more, your confidence will go way down and you will be very gunshy.

The way to overcome it is to build confidence, doing light sparring, or light defence work (partner throwing punches at you, you block, parry, slip etc) with the intensity building over several weeks to the point where you are confident and comfortable.


This is very important to overcome as a fear of getting hit creates all sorts of bad habits too, like turning your head away from punches, being too passive and tentative etc
exactly. I had the same fear as TS but I did what you are describing and it took the fear out of me.

hi guys

i title explains my problem. i have enough stamina and so on to fight the whole fight, but i have these ****ing fear when i have to take punches. have someone also it? i dont want to have it. is there anything i can do about it?

paece cez

Alright, everybody has fear. Don't listen to the retards here on this stupid forum. There's a reason they are here trying to shove their 5 cents down peoples throats instead of actually making something of themselves, and god will laugh and punish them for it soon enough.

Start by making something that swings from the cieling, like a sand-filled sock nailed to the cieling. or a string tied to the cieling with something heavy on the end of it. i used some metal hooks on the end of a string.

if you practice bobbing, weaving, and slipping everyday youll dodge punches automatically and be less scared of them. you dont have to get hit in boxing, and thats what the retards in this forum dont understand. tyson and cus d'amato understand it.

and once you automatically start dodging punches, practice on some friends, or maybe a fast swinging angry little brother, and the more you do it, the less scared you get


basically, practice on the slip bag and spar.

Alright, everybody has fear. Don't listen to the retards here on this stupid forum. There's a reason they are here trying to shove their 5 cents down peoples throats instead of actually making something of themselves, and god will laugh and punish them for it soon enough.

Start by making something that swings from the cieling, like a sand-filled sock nailed to the cieling. or a string tied to the cieling with something heavy on the end of it. i used some metal hooks on the end of a string.

if you practice bobbing, weaving, and slipping everyday youll dodge punches automatically and be less scared of them. you dont have to get hit in boxing, and thats what the retards in this forum dont understand. tyson and cus d'amato understand it.

and once you automatically start dodging punches, practice on some friends, or maybe a fast swinging angry little brother, and the more you do it, the less scared you get


basically, practice on the slip bag and spar.

stfu ,everyone who posted tried to help him..ur dodging and waving theory is from too much watching tyson on youtube.

haha dillinger keepin it real rite there man. respect hahahaha.

On the topic:

Man, having too much fear is better than having no fear.
You have to consistently tell yourself that the punch is coming in your head, keep picturing it coming and BAM when it finally does come.
You do what you know to avoid,evade,block,parry one.
I'm only 140lbs, the gym only has guys that weigh 160lbs+ so I'm always sparring guys 160lbs+ and you know getting hit flush by someone that outweighs you by 20 pounds hurt like a *****. So just keep thinking in your mind about the "punch" and time that ****.

Be cool,calm and collected but alert,aware and active. :)

p.s However if you do end up getting hit flush, gobble them up and get back to what you were doing!

haha dillinger keepin it real rite there man. respect hahahaha.

On the topic:

Man, having too much fear is better than having no fear.
You have to consistently tell yourself that the punch is coming in your head, keep picturing it coming and BAM when it finally does come.
You do what you know to avoid,evade,block,parry one.
I'm only 140lbs, the gym only has guys that weigh 160lbs+ so I'm always sparring guys 160lbs+ and you know getting hit flush by someone that outweighs you by 20 pounds hurt like a *****. So just keep thinking in your mind about the "punch" and time that ****.

Be cool,calm and collected but alert,aware and active. :)

p.s However if you do end up getting hit flush, gobble them up and get back to what you were doing!

ok thanx thats also my case. i am sparring often with fighters of more weight as me

win the fight before it even begins and you wont be scared because you wont view his punches as pain, but as petty ***** attempts to thwart your inevitable victory.

and yes, fights are won before they happen. depending on the persons belief, this ranges from prayer, good training, faith, determination, all that

boxing is 85% mental.

to lose the nervousness and fear of getting hit i just take a punch in the beginning of the round.

ok thanx thats also my case. i am sparring often with fighters of more weight as me

Thats good then, they should be punching slowly more gangly than you unless they are novicely experienced boxers then you'll be learning a thing or too anyway.

Like I said picture the punch coming and move. You have to imagine,anticipate and adapt man. Train around it :)

Hey bud. This is pretty common for people who esp are starting out. I always think a little thing called composure drills help the most beside sparring. Heres what you do. Grab a partner and stand against the wall. tell your partner to throw combinations at your body and head as if he were throwing real combos, but LIGHT. Learn to block and see the shots and keep your eyes open. straight punches and hooks and uppercuts. It's just a drill. but keep your eyes open. This is the most important thing never look away. Do this for a couple of rounds a day and you will realize that the most powerful punch is always the one you dont see. Hope this helps

composure drills are the best drills for this TRUST me! besides actually sparring. but the best part is unlike sparring you can actually control not getting hurt. cuz almost every gym has gym wars and people who go hard no matter what.

You just have to remember, in boxing you are going to get hit. Bottom line.

A good idea to build confidence would be to practice just defence with a partner (preferably an experienced one who can work with you and control himself) throwing light, slow punches at you. Over a few weeks he can build up the intensity, to the point where he is throwing real shots at you and you are comfortable with getting them thrown at you and defending them.

Great advice here, recommend listening to this one.
I do drills like this all the time, keeps you focused on defending and not hitting out all the time.
Good way to do this would be in a small ring or small space so you cant just run away from the guy who's chasing you. This way you end up getting hit and over the weeks and months of training you should get used to getting hit a bit more.

Although like others have said, if it is actually a "fear" of being punched, then sadly this probably isnt the sport you should be involved in, especially not at fighting level.
If thats the case, then get into coaching so you can stay close to the sport.

Hope this helps mate and good luck.