I am starting to doubt my boxing...

[GhostBlade]

There are some really hateful people in here projecting their insecurities with huge inferiority complexes disguised as superiority.

[mathed]

Don't worry. Just go find some small dweeb type kid and pummel him, trust me, you'll feel like a champion boxer once you do.

[mathed]

There are some really hateful people in here projecting their insecurities with huge inferiority complexes disguised as superiority.

You know me better than my own shrink does. How much do you charge per hour?

[Canelo Phresh]

Just wanna say that its been I think a year since I posted so its been a while.

So to get to the point, I got in to a phyiscal altercation with a guy bigger than me. So I hit him with a jab and he said "lol wtf was that BS" and he started circling around and anytime I would step to get close he would push me back.

I kept trying to close the distance but he kept circling around while keeping his distance while having two hands extended forward do I woulden't get close. In the end a bystander threatend to call the cops and we both left.

This was few months ago but me hitting him with a jab and he shaking it off really has made me lose faith in myself.

I don't know, ever since I been back in boxing I haven't been the same and am losing confident in my own skills.

Oh and I know fighting outside is wrong and I deeply regret it and I am deeply ashamed for being partly blamed for the incident.

I immediately pictured you fighting Bullet Tooth Tony.

[Holy Hatred]

Lol. Good little reply but yea It happened exactly as I wrote it. Glad you read and enjoyed it.

Your recollection of the truth is actually a false memory created by your brain to counteract the trauma-induced experience, If you don't realize this now it will destroy you from within. The first step to recovery is admitting defeat, and if it makes you feel any better, there are plenty of people out there who willing drink piss.

Do not fret my brethren, keep calm and carry on!

[mathed]

It's about instincts and reflexes. Dude puts his hands out and you immediately smack them to the side, towards your fast hand and counter with the jab (your fast hand) and come over the top with your right and immediately slide to your right because his momentum will be going in the opposite direction. When he turns around to face you, punch him square in the bridge of his nose before he can attempt to do anything and then grab his adam's apple and squeeze it until he falls to the ground. Then you proceed to walk away like a boss.

[Box"K"ing]

I fought a guy on the street about 18 months ago in a road rage incident and I can say that things aren't always as they seem.

This guy tried to run me into a median and started brake checking me when I got up behind his dumb a55. I threw my middle fingers up at the guy and he pointed to the side of the road. That's all I needed because I was already super pissed at what they idiot had done. He pulls off the road to the right and I came right behind him about 3-4 car lengths back and jumped out.

I did this out of anger and realized it was ****** because the guy could have shot me if he had a gun. He didn't so I approached and for a few feet from him asking what the problem was and why he was dricing like a prick. The guy went into how I brake checked him first, etc when I just went the speed limit over a bridge that is known for having police sitting on the other side waiting for speeders.

The guys is talking minor crap and I'm doing the same. The next thing you know were pretty close and the guy ends one of his sentences with 'b*tch" with authority. Now, usually I don't start ****, I just react violently once threatened, but this guy saying this so close to my face and having such an attitude saying it, thinking I wasn't going to do anything but b*tch, pushed my button just right.

I threw the left hook and didn't really mean to land it with full force and the guy pulled back so I missed by a few inches. Once I knew where his head was going to be pulling back I threw a right hand that would have made Tszyu in his prime proud. I connected 100% solid on the cheek of the guy.
It wasn't the chin but the way the punch landed I literally looked down at the ground expecting the guy to be there twitching............he wasn't.

The guy came forward trying to throw punches but I was winging my own with such speed and accuracy, he could land nothing and just tried to take me down. I used leverage to push his momentum around me and he hit the ground. As he was on all fours I remember thinking I could kick this guy straight in the face and this is over but I just can't be that cruel. Plus, It had been a while since I had been in a fight and wanted to see if I still "had It".

As it turns out, I did still have it in spades but as we were fighting I realized that weight makes a huge difference in impact of punches. I literally hit the guy with almost everything I had again and he fell this time but he wasn't seriously hurt and certainly wouldn't have stayed down for ten seconds had I not got on top of him this time.

Now, for an additional bit of info, the guy was about 6' tall, same as me but outweighed me by about 20-30 lbs. I go at 200-208 lbs usually and would probably fight at light heavyweight if I boxed. I out boxed the guy easy and landed on him hard enough to fracture my hand but still couldnt seriously hurt the guy.

I came away feeling like **** because I did that for a ****** reason but what bothered me most was not knocking the guy down or out enough to stop him. He landed nothing that remotely hurt me and I landed just like I wanted each time I threw a combination.

I went away feeling like a POS especially when I found out that I lost a priceless necklace in the fight that my brother gave me when I was a teenager. I think it was gods way of telling me to settle down and it's not wlways worth it.

The point of the story was to entertain and to help the TS know and understand that things don't always go how they play out in your mind or how you see it on TV........Stick to doing it in a gym as a sport. That's what I'm going to do............

Hopefully.

Thanks for reading.

It just sounds like you didn't want to fight that's all. There's nothing wrong with that. Your opponent didn't want to either. If he did he would have thrown some punches and not walked off because someone threatened to call the police.

You're also putting unrealistic expectations on what you can do with a single jab and tying your self esteem to how well you think you performed in a street fight. You're more than that. You're not the outcome of a sordid little incident in the street. That's not how you define yourself.

Plus, what makes you think you should be a good street fighter? Boxing isn't particular suited to it and you don't have any experience. Tyson didn't have any joy against Mitch Green when he tried to box him on the street. He had to use rough house tactics to get the job done, and he's Mike ****in' Tyson!

Boxing isn't street fighting and you jabbed him because on the level where it matters you didn't want to fight. You care what people will think about you and want to present yourself as a decent human being. You weren't committed to being the kind of w*nker that makes a tw*t of yourself by fighting in the street. That's admirable. You should commend yourself, not berate yourself.

When you fight in a ring you don't have to contend with those thoughts, when you fight in the street you do. It takes a little experience to suppress your decency and not be concerned about the thoughts of onlookers. That's not an admirable trait.

Thank you so much to the both of you, now that I think about it, my problem stems from ego. Like you guys said, having an expection of myself isn't gonna equate to reality and how the world works.

In some ways I feel like that Charlie Z clown who overestimates his own skills. I admit, upon self reflection I am a bit of prick now that I think about it and its something I need to work on.


Hopefuly this incident will make me a better human being and a better as well as more respectful boxer.

[Syf]

How many times have I seen people make very little of what's being done to them in a physical altercation, only to still get fucked up

Exactly! The last thing people give up is admitting that you hurt them.. why you think this big mouth was running his mouth? His mouth was his best weapon (discouraged you and ect) and your FIST remains yours. Remember that fighting is just as mental as it is physical. Don't let a man take your heart with his trash talk just do what you do.

No it wasen't "him going down" but the fact that me not being able to close the distance and getting pushed back as well getting trash talked after hitting him even though it was a jab.

I don't know, Im just looking to hear some feedback since I don't want my mind to assume things.

Jab... chances are he felt it. But he is not going to admit it to you. Trash talk is just an attempt to disarm you. There IS a reason behind them doing this. And even if they are not hurt, if you catch them with a left hook while they are trash talking, their perceived strength is used AGAINST them. Honestly, if you can land a jab you can land a right. And one of my favorite shots to shake up a larger opponent is a jab/feint jab upstairs, straight right to the gut.. then sit down on a left hook or right uppercut. Any normal Joe will be unmade by this, because they will hunch in over a bit from the spear to the guts you just administered. If they still ain't down from that lead out with a right to the chin... it should connect they will go down.

If you gonna fight (which I agree with Bill should be avoided if possible) cultivate persistance.. determination... When you go after a girl do you take the first no for an answer...no you keep on till you win her over! Same with a fight.. One technique didn't work? Pour out your whole arsenal.. He mentally trying to dominate you? Shatter that with shock and awe..show your training and why you are superior to a normal joe.. that is all my friend.

[Holy Hatred]

Thank you so much to the both of you, now that I think about it, my problem stems from ego. Like you guys said, having an expection of myself isn't gonna equate to reality and how the world works.

In some ways I feel like that Charlie Z clown who overestimates his own skills. I admit, upon self reflection I am a bit of prick now that I think about it and its something I need to work on.


Hopefuly this incident will make me a better human being and a better as well as more respectful boxer.

Hopefully you regain complete function in both of your legs soon. That **** pummeling that you had to endure after getting KO'ed was brutal, it's a miracle that you managed to survive. You're truly an inspiration, keep calm and carry on brother!

[Bigg Rigg]

Pick up MMA bro. I woulda shot a double, took him down and pounded him out on the floor. MMA works a lot better in the street than boxing does.