Boxing Is Such a TOUGH sport

In all fairness though there is more to Boxing than just being tough u need to have a mixture of talent & toughness Yeah but my toughness is my standout quality. I also have a half decent jab and a good left hook, and a fair bit of power in my right hand. Well i been training for almost 9 months and im proberly going amatuer next year but i understand what you mean its a very tought sport. Good luck. It's a really rewarding sport. My advice: Keep throwing the jab, keep moving your feet and try and relax. Also remember that amateur judges like humble fighters, and good sportsmanship is really important if you want to develop as an amateur. If you act like a dick (not saying you do or that you will!) then you'll have trouble getting enough fights to get into open class. Win or lose anyone you share the ring with is a fighter, and a kindred spirit.

Well i been training for almost 9 months and im proberly going amatuer next year but i understand what you mean its a very tought sport. It helps if you have a passion for the sport like i do i just love boxing in real life and on games lol. I have been 12 rounds before with headguard on with a bigger guy he was 24 and im 19 it was basically a real fight because we was tryin to win lol i won only by 1 round but it was so hard ive done it twice now all the muscles in your body are tense afterwards trust me. I have never been knocked off my feet but ive been close this kid who was younger but smaller then me hit me with a big body shot then i cudnet move at all he was hammering me for about 30 seconds but it felt like 30 minutes lol i just had to take everything i was blocking alot but taking alot i just cudnet move i realise what body shots do to u when u get a gd one lol. The must thats happened with me gettin knocked down is my glove touching the canvas but it was my fault i was against a faster guy and he hit me when i tried to duck to lol so if he had followed up he could of dropped me. I have took beatings and given out beatings thats how boxing is bloood,sweat and tears thats what the sports all about. Its alright to train at ur own pace but if u rearly want it you gta train hard i think the hardest thing for me at the moment is eating properly lol i always seem to sway from my diet end up eating crap then having to burn it off lol. In boxing when you eat fucking crap it makes training alot harder for u thats one thing you must always know you gta try eating gd lol its dam hard though. well hopefully il be amatuer next year ive sparred big boys and small boys from feather wieght to light heavy and im always afraid before i go in the ring because i havent been doing it long i havent gone past my fear yet but im getting there.

In all fairness though there is more to Boxing than just being tough u need to have a mixture of talent & toughness IMO genetics are what seperate the good from the exceptional ,power ,speed ,durability ,big heart , natural gifts that u are born with bascially that u cant really develop u need to be intelligent to be a good fighter IMO aswell in Boxing terms of coarse

I've always taken pride in my toughness in whatever sport I've applied myself to. I may not have been the strongest or the fastest or the most skilled but I was always the one who would get back up from a big hit in rugby, the one who would not back down when a striker was through on my goal in football, the one who refused to tap in judo, and now the one who can take a good punch in boxing.

i agree , its about Character people who go to the gym for the 1st time & find it hard yet return the next day are Fighters hence the reason they come back & others dont some people get battered in sparring return the next time others never attempt to step foot in gym again ,hence the term fighter word to the whole post my man, word!

i personally dont know what it is that makes me do it. its a paradox. i hate getting hit, but at a certain level, i love it, cuz i know not everyone can take beatings and give beating back at the same time, while in a ring, with no where to run. when i first stepped in the gym at 12, i almost pissed myself from all the hard work i seen guys doin and sparring and said right away it wasnt for me, trained for a while, sparred, started gettin AM fights, been doin it ever since. goin pro when i turn 25, and i think i'll do real well too. its something inside of u, either u got it or u dont. my opinion, some jus have it more than others i guess. i agree , its about Character people who go to the gym for the 1st time & find it hard yet return the next day are Fighters hence the reason they come back & others dont some people get battered in sparring return the next time others never attempt to step foot in gym again ,hence the term fighter

i personally dont know what it is that makes me do it. its a paradox. i hate getting hit, but at a certain level, i love it, cuz i know not everyone can take beatings and give beating back at the same time, while in a ring, with no where to run. when i first stepped in the gym at 12, i almost pissed myself from all the hard work i seen guys doin and sparring and said right away it wasnt for me, trained for a while, sparred, started gettin AM fights, been doin it ever since. goin pro when i turn 25, and i think i'll do real well too. its something inside of u, either u got it or u dont. my opinion, some jus have it more than others i guess.

its the behind the scenes hard training & dedication fighters put in that goes unoticed by the media etc and some times the internal injuries they suffer from ,Nigel Benn urinaterd blood for 3 days & had a shadow on the brain after the McClellan fight ,we all heard the stroy about Ali being completely dehydrated after his 3rd fight with Frazier

Sounds like you hadn't a good chin,defense,stamina and no adrenalin in you. If you get in there better prepared, it's still hard, but not as hard as you told.

I love boxing but I would never be good enough to turn professional and have a serious crack at it. I started too late. Having said that if I had started much earlier and managed to generate enough wins then a pro career would be something I would consider because the buzz of boxing and the buzz of winning is incredible. I don't mind the training and I get a buzz out of improving my sprints times but I have to admit that the instensity sometimes leaves me feeling drained and irritable. 12 rounds would be formidable but I felt like I could have gone fifteen in my last fight, I was so fired up and in good shape. It was stopped in the third!

Some people are just not made for pain, others love the challenge and intensity, there's also the hope that some day you might be that one in a million shot that gets the glamor that boxing can provide. Definitely not for everyone.

That's the post of someone who has never stepped in a ring. Every boxer is afraid, we just push past it and do what we need to. Some are just man enough to admit it, others aren't. You'll never be anything if you can't be honest with yourself. Part of boxing is learning to conquer your fear and not letting it get in the way of your fights. i agree looks like Peter Manfredo needs to learn this lesson

Im not pro but i train in boxing and submission and the first time i sparred was with a boxer, small guy but he still beat the shit out of me. hahahah........................ASSHOLE!!!!!!! I told him that it was my first sparring but he still took me seriously and beat the crap out of me!!!!! lol. Thats why i respect fighters coz everytime i watch fighters fight im reminded of the beating i took. ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got :owned: Imagine you had to go through 12 rounds of that ! just imagine, what would you do??

im not afraid of anyone That's the post of someone who has never stepped in a ring. Every boxer is afraid, we just push past it and do what we need to. Some are just man enough to admit it, others aren't. You'll never be anything if you can't be honest with yourself. Part of boxing is learning to conquer your fear and not letting it get in the way of your fights.

I could be joe calzaghe for all you know. lol hehe, yea and I'm Bill Gates posting on a boxing forum.

i bet you i would have you had any fighting experience? have u trained at a gym even and sparred?

This is a great thread. Thats why its so disturbing to hear people hate on great fighters & try to discredit their accomplishments. Few men can do this boxing shit & do it well.

im not afraid of anyone I bet you , you wouldn't be able to become a pro boxer even if they paid you $millions..