Who on this forum actually boxes?

that was nice, without that jab, you may not have landed it. nice setup with that jab. is boxing big in melbourne? thanks. Boxing is getting bigger in Melbourne. Last night we hosted the peden vs cambell fight (i couldn't go, i take my boxing classes wed. nights) . sam soliman also fought and won on the undercard. and another guy called shannon taylor who has been re-building his career since sugar shane demlished him a few years back. guys like peden, green and kostya are raising the profile of the sport. however australi is the ass end of the world in regard to tv syndication. we hardly get any fights. that's why i rely on sites such as this so heavily. best, DRH

wish i could box i use to be 6'1 175lbs but that was when i was 16 now im 20 almost 21 6'1 235 pounds(fat) probably to late i did research in an area here to get into shape wanted to do boxing just to get in shape learn the sport i love but to late haha.

Just a battler, here's my claim to fame, won UD in a fundraiser, here's the right hand that set it all up (he's 4 inches taller, and 12kg heavier) (30-26, 30-26, 30-27). http://www.fishnet.com.au/media/miscimages/rh.wmv I train white collar types, to earn some extra cash. best, DRH (Melb, Aust) that was nice, without that jab, you may not have landed it. nice setup with that jab. is boxing big in melbourne?

Just a battler, here's my claim to fame, won UD in a fundraiser, here's the right hand that set it all up (he's 4 inches taller, and 12kg heavier) (30-26, 30-26, 30-27). http://www.fishnet.com.au/media/miscimages/rh.wmv I train white collar types, to earn some extra cash. best, DRH (Melb, Aust)

I fought for a while out of the Detroit area. Started amatuer in '86 and then turned pro in '93 after about 60 or so fights. James Toney and i fought out of the same amatuer gym and then jackie kallen started coming down when she first became a manager. We got to be good friends and later she would leave the gym and start her own stable of fighters. james would go with her later and win the middleweight title. thats when i decided to turn pro. Called Jackie and she set me up with what i needed, she is a great lady. Trained hard and ended up fighting at the palace of auburn hills a couple of times and then walked away from the sport. i was forced by my trainer to fight while i had a lung infection, man I could hardly breathe let alone fight. i went through with the fight because he told nme that if I pulled out of the fight that i would be blackballed and not fight in the state again. I said to hell with this and quit. i did comeback and had a few more fights after a while but it was nothin'. I am now a referee in the amatuers and just took my professional certification test on saturday and i believe that i will have passed. So watch for a rockin' ref on the television, that would be me.......Rockin' very cool..care to give a name?

I fought for a while out of the Detroit area. Started amatuer in '86 and then turned pro in '93 after about 60 or so fights. James Toney and i fought out of the same amatuer gym and then jackie kallen started coming down when she first became a manager. We got to be good friends and later she would leave the gym and start her own stable of fighters. james would go with her later and win the middleweight title. thats when i decided to turn pro. Called Jackie and she set me up with what i needed, she is a great lady. Trained hard and ended up fighting at the palace of auburn hills a couple of times and then walked away from the sport. i was forced by my trainer to fight while i had a lung infection, man I could hardly breathe let alone fight. i went through with the fight because he told nme that if I pulled out of the fight that i would be blackballed and not fight in the state again. I said to hell with this and quit. i did comeback and had a few more fights after a while but it was nothin'. Fought alot of tough guys in my day, among them Oba Carr, Carl Griffith, Gary Stretch, Dennis Andries, Kenny Gould, James Toney, Leo Nolan, Jason Pappilion, Bronco McCart, Tarrick Salmaci and so many others. I am now a referee in the amatuers and just took my professional certification test on saturday and i believe that i will have passed. So watch for a rockin' ref on the television, that would be me.......Rockin' Damn boy, what's your name? Always wondered, how's it like to fight James Toney?

whats up man good luck to u to i'm 5'8 i'm gonna fight in the 132 weight class and will start fighting b4 summer i'll tell u if i ever come to beaverton man btw i'm turning 17 on July 4th, :usa: P.S. Warrior Spirit and Atwa 66, nice to know we got some ppl my age good luck to everyone on this thread, and is there any other 16-17 year olds on the website? nice, you have the right idea starting young like that, my biggest mistake was waiting until I was 21 before going to a gym. good luck on that fight, train hard... :boxing:

ya LOL, small world. Whats your vitals, height, weight, etc. Thats awesome that your still young like me and taking boxing seriously, good luck bro! whats up man good luck to u to i'm 5'8 i'm gonna fight in the 132 weight class and will start fighting b4 summer i'll tell u if i ever come to beaverton man btw i'm turning 17 on July 4th, :usa: P.S. Warrior Spirit and Atwa 66, nice to know we got some ppl my age good luck to everyone on this thread, and is there any other 16-17 year olds on the website?

I would tell ya... But I don't want to build my reputation on a forum :cool: weak sauce

I would tell ya... But I don't want to build my reputation on a forum :cool:

I started boxing when I was 16, after seeing the Rocky movies on tv :) Boxed my first fight after 8 months, against a former norwegian champion, and knocked him unconscious for 10 minutes in the 3rd round. 5 of my first 6 fights I won by knockout (amateur), and became a Norwegian champion in the process. In my 9th fight, I was supposed to meet a guy named Nikita Dubunin in the weightclass over mine (in 64kg). I had never heard about the guy before, and it didn't bother me. I had knocked out the junior champion in 60kg the day before, so my confidence was pretty ok ;) But then, at the day of the fight, people started coming over to me sking "are you the one who's going to fight Nikita? YOU??.... well... Best of lucks then..." Everybody, from kids to grown-ups asked me the same and wished my luck, and I didn't even know why. Who was this guy? Anyway, I didn't bother to ask, and just went up in the ring at fight-time. This Nikita guy did indeed look very focused and determined it seemed when I looked across the ring. The bell sounded, and before I had managed to take one step forward, he was all over me, throwing shots at all angles non-stop. I was completly overwhelmed by this guy who punched more in 30 seconds than I used to in 2 rounds, and I got really angry at this punk who refused to let me get started. So I started throwing heavy hooks with bad intentions, neglecting my defence totally. To my surprise, he never stopped throwing punches in bunches, not even for one little second! So after the second round, I sat down in my corner and said to my trainer "I'm too tired, I can't do this no more.." He asked me if Nikita hit hard, and I answered like every fighter would; "heeeeeell no!!" So I got motivated to the 3rd round, and up I went. But in the 3rd round, we threw a right hook at the same time, and his punch landed on my right biceps, and my arm just fell down by my side. I tried to lift it back up with my left glove, but it just went limp again. Nikita stepped back in wonder, probobly thinking what was wrong. Then he smiled a little, before raising his right hand like Sugar Ray Robinson did against Jake Lamotta in Raging Bull, and unleashed a flurry of punches which I wasn't able to block, and only had my left hand to punch back with. Somehow I weathered the storm without any problems, and the bell sounded to end the round. In the 4th and final round, I thought to myself that I would have to get my right hand to function, so I managed to do so about 1 minute into the round. Then I thought to myself that now I could do what I used to do in training. So when he threw a hard left jab, I stepped out a little with the right foot, slipping outside the punch and countered with my first straight right in the fight, BOOM! The only thing I remember from that fight is how sweet I felt when I saw him sliding on his ass into his own corner, and how he stumbled when he rose at the count of 9... The judge let him continue, and as I was walking in to finish him, the final bell went off..... I had lost the fight 4-1...:( Afterwards, I learned that Nikita was an Uzbekistan champion, had won a four-nation tournament between Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan and some other country, and that he had 87 fights with 84 wins... I have been injured for 2 years now, but I plan a comeback this fall. And this time I'll kick his ass!

point fighting is a flat out joke and in fact...can make you develop bad habits on the street because you learn to pull back your punches when you fight for points.. I am very unfamiliar with the rules of point fighting. They give you less points for punching full force? I appreciate your input,btw.

yeah but it has to be 100 quality posts..if you post 100 times stuff like 'cool' or 'nice' or whatever one liner you can think up,it's generally frowned upon.

ye boxing is alright, i wanted to ask wen u thread 100 posts, do u get to download stuff

I tried boxingwhen I was about fifteen, was no good at it but I fell in love with the sport. Later swithched to the martial arts jiu jitsu first, then karate which I still do], and found I had more of an aptitude for this style of fighting. I still love boxing though. yeah, I could imagine any martial artist that does just a little bit of boxing training would become a true force in whatever division they do, the striking training a hardcore fighter does is uncomparable ; especially with all the ground moves you learn in various martial arts, you would definately become feared on the ground. but point fighting always failed to interest me..

I took up boxing when I was 13. I was decent but I just had more fun with it than anything else. Boxing kept me off the streets which was cool, and it also added some muscle to my skinny behind lol. I also got into Boxing because of my cousin. He won the Gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, but he never really did anything in the pro's. Anyway, When I was younger I used to try to copy his moves but ended up looking like I was having a seizure...that's when I realized I had better change to a different sport before I become a laughing stock at school. lol.

I tried boxingwhen I was about fifteen, was no good at it but I fell in love with the sport. Later swithched to the martial arts jiu jitsu first, then karate which I still do], and found I had more of an aptitude for this style of fighting. I still love boxing though.

I do muay thai, because there are no good boxing clubs in my area and its the closest i can get. I'd love to start boxing and get into fighting, maybe even enter the ABA's or something, but without a good club it just aint gonna happen sounds like me when I was around age 20. the only boxing gym close by (i was living in baton rouge at that time) was on east 14th street, which is a high murder rate downtown area here. my father didnt want me to go, because he's a racist pig. however I am not, so I said what the hell and drove up there one day and that's where I got my start.granted the guys didn't know a whole lot and none were world champions, and no fighters who trained there were undefeated. a few were pros with a few ko's under their belt, and i learned from them. they had a certain respect for me being white just showing up like that without fear

I do muay thai, because there are no good boxing clubs in my area and its the closest i can get. I'd love to start boxing and get into fighting, maybe even enter the ABA's or something, but without a good club it just aint gonna happen

i box ammature, im 18year, 6f tall, 180 lbs and 75reach amatuer 5'9 weight: 160