Hey guys,

I was wondering if there is anything I can do to prevent a bloody nose during boxing besides the obvious of not being hit?

Today, I was originally set to spar for four rounds but the session was stopped in the fourth after my nose started to bleed. It was only my second time sparring, and I was so upset with myself. I am 5'8 and 135-140 lbs. In the first round, I had sparred against someone who is 5'10- 5'11 and 160-170 lbs. The next rounds,I had sparred against someone who was 5'9 and about 150 lbs. Both these guys had been boxing for a long time. I had been eating quite a few jabs and straight rights from them (mostly jabs). I wasn't hurting or utterly exhausted when the session ended, just frustrated.

Any help would be appreciated..

Hey guys,

I was wondering if there is anything I can do to prevent a bloody nose during boxing besides the obvious of not being hit?

Today, I was originally set to spar for four rounds but the session was stopped in the fourth after my nose started to bleed. It was only my second time sparring, and I was so upset with myself. I am 5'8 and 135-140 lbs. In the first round, I had sparred against someone who is 5'10- 5'11 and 160-170 lbs. The next rounds,I had sparred against someone who was 5'9 and about 150 lbs. Both these guys had been boxing for a long time. I had been eating quite a few jabs and straight rights from them (mostly jabs). I wasn't hurting or utterly exhausted when the session ended, just frustrated.

Any help would be appreciated..


Tell your coach you ain't a sissy and not to stop the sparring. When i first started boxing my nose bleed in every sparring for 1 month, then after 1 month my nose stopped bleeding, and i sparred every day, or at least 4 days of sparring.

What you can also do is go to a doctor and they put some shit in your nose that burns a vein and this is supposed to stop you from bleeding.

First gym i went too, the trainer didn't mind the sight of blood, one of my other trainer from another gym would stop the sparring when i made my team-mate bleed. Some coachs know its just part of boxing, while others are over protective.

My nose bleed continuously it seemed for the first 6 months of me boxing. It seemed like I would just step into the gym and suddenly I have dropplets of blood falling to the floor.

A bloody nose is no big deal. In time it will scar up and such and you wont have a whole lot of trouble with it. Mine used to bleed all of the time. Now, I eat a solid shot and nothing happens with it bleeding.

In the amatuer bouts they will stop a bout because of a bloody nose. Be sure that youve slowed some with the bleeding before stepping up.

Rockin' :boxing:

Some bloody noses are because of genetics too I think. A friend of mine bleeds about 3x a week during school for no reason (not being hit, sneeze, nothing)His mother's the same way.

Me, I could get hit very hard but I won't bleed. It would hurt like crazy, but never bleed. My dad's the same way. We've both never had a bloddy nose in our lives unless it was a side effect to a medicine.

I'm lucky to never have had this problem. I never seem to bleed which I suppose is a huge benefit to have in the ring.