How many of you box?

I did box from 15-19, i had 3 amature fights. I stopped going to that gym because i had no interest in the AM's as i am a natural puncher and my trainer kept trying to push me into the AM's. I stopped for a year then started to go to a MMA gym, im still mostly a boxer but i added some brazilian jiu-jitsu and a couple of tricks to my game. At the end of the summer i plan on going back to a boxing only gym because i prefer boxing to mixed martial arts.

We have a few pro boxers on here from time to time. Jermain Taylor was here last fall Stacy Goodson Kevin Johnson posts once in a while Charlie Zelenoff There are others I believe. How dare you forget the Ice Man , John Scully

I started at 26 and think your excuse is a cop out. I am an ex smoker, drinker (still do a touch) and other things and felt like I was going to die but persevered and did 15 rounds on the bag yesterday. I am also fighting in the amateur world championships and have sparred with several pro's. Moral, you are NEVER too old unless the doctor says so. Sorry I don't mean to attack you in particular but dont want someone missing out on a dream because they are afraid or something. D no worries bro. i was really into this karate shit and all those stuff when i was a kid. i always wanted to either box or muay thai. but i really never got the chance. its not that i gave up. i still go the gym but i just never tried doing boxing again. also i am kinda like in a suburb and the gyms around here if u join boxing or mma costs 100 a month. so if u would think about it. i would just work my ass off and buy a gun for 300 bucks. i wont be joining pro anyway.

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I stepped into the ring a couple of times when I was a young man in the military, but not since. Plenty of close combat training, but not the same. I'd love to get back into it, as a way to stay in shape, but there's not a gym for maybe 80 miles, and even if that weren't the case, I have some fairly delicate reconstruction that was work done after catching some shrapnel, and I don't think it would stand up to a pounding, so headgear would be mandatory for me, I think. Even so, I wouldn't mind that, if there were someplace I could go. That's one of the very, very few drawbacks of living far away from large cities. headgear is always mandatory! unless u are pro or vitali klitschko.

i tried but i think i might have tried too late. so when i did i though i was gonna die during training. so i quit and moved on to my normal life. I started at 26 and think your excuse is a cop out. I am an ex smoker, drinker (still do a touch) and other things and felt like I was going to die but persevered and did 15 rounds on the bag yesterday. I am also fighting in the amateur world championships and have sparred with several pro's. Moral, you are NEVER too old unless the doctor says so. Sorry I don't mean to attack you in particular but dont want someone missing out on a dream because they are afraid or something. D

I stepped into the ring a couple of times when I was a young man in the military, but not since. Plenty of close combat training, but not the same. I'd love to get back into it, as a way to stay in shape, but there's not a gym for maybe 80 miles, and even if that weren't the case, I have some fairly delicate reconstruction that was work done after catching some shrapnel, and I don't think it would stand up to a pounding, so headgear would be mandatory for me, I think. Even so, I wouldn't mind that, if there were someplace I could go. That's one of the very, very few drawbacks of living far away from large cities.

i tried but i think i might have tried too late. so when i did i though i was gonna die during training. so i quit and moved on to my normal life.

i had a couple unofficial fights. nothing sanctioned by any governing body though. and i am not talking streetfights - in which i am also undefeated in. not like that is a big deal though. i have/had a serious knee injury from my mid teens which can compromise my standing at literally any time to the point where i can't put any weight on it, otherwise, i would be fighting on a regular basis. getting that out of the way, i still love to spar and spar in different formats regularly.

I suck at boxing but at least I try...

I used when I was in jr. high and high school. My dad was an assistant trainer to Kenny Wheldon and trained a couple of champions. I had a chance to go pro, but didnt due to various reasons. Now I am a certified trainer by the state of TX, and one of the guys that I train is about to sign a promotional deal with Al Haymon, and ONE OF, not a main one, but one of Floyd May's managers. Al Haymon is one of the most influential people in boxing. He has major influence with the HBO matchmakers. Yet nobody ever sees the guy. He's like Keyser Sose.

i do :D!!!

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This thread already exists my friend, don't think it was to long ago so if you are interested think most people replied to that

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