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[DocHolliday]

I started boxing last July or so at 19. I'd always wanted to box but my parents would kinda talk me away from it. I'd been in a good amount of street fights and never lost (i know I got it coming) and finally I fought a kid that had really done some boxing and he gave me the fight of my life, it was literally probably a 2:30-3:00 minute fight. He hit me so hard the first punch, it was a left hook dead on the eye. I fainted with my face, hands down, and basically threw my eye at his fist. My eye had a huge purple mouse and swelled shut immediately off that 1 punch. That was the only time in my life when I got hit and knocked backward, I actually bounced on my toes for a second or two to make sure I had my legs. He approached me a couple days later n told me "I've threw everything I had at you n you didn't go down, you should get into boxing" so I was dead set on at least trying it. I weighed 225 at the time, I'm 5'11". I thought I could be like Tyson or some ****. I trailed for like 6 months, dropped over 50 lbs and fought at SMW 168 the day after my 20th birthday. 2 months later I fought at SMW again and dislocated and fractured my shoulder and tore all the cartialage that holds it in place in the second round and finished the fight. I did PT for 6 months after that fight before I got a second opinion and had surgery a month ago. I plan on reurning as soon as it's healed, which is lookin like April.

[Pac-Fan]

Former muay thai trainee up in this *****! Sparring was ****ing brutal. Eyes get all red, headache like a mother, but my shins are ****ing relentless. Loved kicking that heavy ass bag. Never competed though.

I also wrestled in high school, but wrestling never gave me the pain (at practice or meets). I only went as far as sparring in muay thai, and that **** ****ing HURT. Can't compare the two sports.

[Albo Da Kid]

I've been training since I was 16 on and off, I'm 19 now. There have been times where I'd viciously train for 4 months straight with plans on going in the gloves as a novice and winning it, but something always happened to me. I always stopped training for some reason and stopped going to the gym.
It was out of laziness ofcourse im not going to lie, but the boxing career didn't appeal to me somehow at times. At times thta's all I fantasized about being a big time boxer, but at times, especially after a bad day at sparring or an argument with my trainer, I'd start thinking of reasons why a boxing career was the wrong thing to follow and I'd quit.. Just like that outta nowhere

These past few weeks I got my hunger for boxing back and I think that's because I started to run cause I felt i was completely out of shape, and then after a few days of running I decided that I was already spending time and energy to get in shape so why not invest all that time in the gym.

This time around I think i'm gonna make it past the gloves without quitting, regardless if i win or not.

(reason I wrote all this ios because I wanted to share my experience with boxing and I know there are a few guys here who might relate to me)

[βetamax]

I've sparred roughly 5 times. I've always been a good athlete and figured it would easily carry over to boxing and to an extent it did, but it's a cold check of reality when you step into the ring for the first time. All the speed and power goes out the window when your completely exhausted after the 1st round because you don't know how to relax in the ring and you have someone chasing you down trying to knock your head off. Very tough sport and just about any pro athlete who steps into the ring comes out saying they have nothing but respect for boxers. In fact, ESPN did a scientific study to determine the toughest sport and boxing came out at #1

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills

[RightCross94]

I've been training for a few years, boxing as an amateur. Australian Golden Gloves title and state title.

[CaRnAgEViOLaToR]

daamn since 13 and your 20 now and only 4 amateur fights??? how many times do you fight like once every 2 years?

LOL thats the thing bruh I'm kinda dissapointed at that my self started actually competiting when I was 17, had 2 amateur fights, took 2008 off but still trained heavy and sparred alot, and now had 2 fights in 2009, and in a feew weeks, gonna be my 3rd. I'm gonna be fighting alot more regularly now. I just do it for the pure love of the sport BTW.

[RightCross94]

Notice no *******s or Klit lovers entered this thread

[Derranged_]

LOL thats the thing bruh I'm kinda dissapointed at that my self started actually competiting when I was 17, had 2 amateur fights, took 2008 off but still trained heavyweight, and now had 2 fights in 2009, and in a feew weeks, gonna be my 3rd. I'm gonna be fighting alot more regularly now. I just do it for the pure love of the sport BTW.

Good deal, do you have aspirations to go prof some day?...

[CaRnAgEViOLaToR]

Good deal, do you have aspirations to go prof some day?...

I don't know, anyone that's seen professional's train, it's something else. But since I wa basically raised into the sport (it's been my favorite sport since I was a child), it was always a dream to just try it just for the love of the sport. Just maybe have a few fights. Maybe in 3 or 4 years after somemore amateur experience, I would give it a try.

[Lac'em up]

You gotta be pretty old if you already been to prison, maybe too late for an amateur return. Might as well just turn pro.