How many of you box?

[P4PKING_2008]

Why...Is Amir Khan looking for a step up in competition?

I do.

[j]

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.

[It's Bobby Lee]

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.

[Stickman]

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.

[danny stash]

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.

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[j]

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.

[Dorian]

Why...Is Amir Khan looking for a step up in competition?

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[It's Bobby Lee]

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.

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no worries bro. i was really into this karate **** 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.

[PWESTNYC]

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

[Equilibrium]

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.