boxing: the lonewolf sport.

imagine stepping into a gym, that first day, the trainer see's you for a second and tells you to go for a run. you come back tired as hell, and then the workouts begin, everyone is doing a lot better than you. you begin to get discouraged, but you remember that you ain't a quitter and you know the rewards can be substantial. you keep going, the trainer is correcting your every move, letting you know just how special you aren't. you go home wondering if boxing is for you. and do not expect people to think that you are cool just because you box. lets say you get far enough through the first months and start getting fights. no one gives a damn, and i mean no one lol. your family does not really pay attention to or support you boxing. this is a sport in which you do not get praise unless you are at the absolute top. you won't get popular playing this sport lol. if you are on the football team, you get popular fast, chicks paying attention to you and shit just because you are a football player. same with basketball, baseball, soccer. all of those school sports, you get some kind of notariety...not with boxing. it takes a long time before you can even fight, let alone spar. in other sports, you are doing the sport the first day, not just doing drills. in basketball, you can be sure you will be shooting a basket the first day of practice. baseball, you will be hitting a ball. football, you will be tackling someone. etc. boxing? you will be running and hitting a bag, not fighting someone. i'm sure it's that way for other fight sports too, then again, you don't see people rushing to those sports do you? when you step into that ring, it's only you and your fists. you have to put the other guy on his back. and he's fucking coming at you trying to kill you. no one can save you but yourself. this really is a lonewolf sport.