I need advice on boxing/life

[Boxnation fan]

Taking a year off from college or taking a break after HS to explore the world & your interests is a road less taken these days & I think its not a bad idea. If you legit feel strongly about doing something I think you should attempt something you love vs doing something you feel is right all day every day. Being a failure in your chosen path is better than being a winner on someone elses path cuz you won't be who we are really supposed to be.

So I say take a semester or a full year off from college & spend as much time learning boxing as you can for as long as you can. And if that love stays then take another semester or year off & if it doesn't go back to school or find something else you love & do that. But yea chase your loves & not what society tells you you are supposed to want. Thats why so many mfers today are miserable & on antidepressants or drunk or f#cked up all day or every weekend probably.

Great Advice.

[Boxnation fan]

Don't wake up in 10 Years and feel miserable that you didn't give Boxing your best shot.

Those that are saying PLAY SAFE and stay in College...for what? so that if you're lucky you can get a reasonable well paid job in a boring 9-5 job and let your life pass away never trying to Test yourself.

Education is just brain washing any way...and i say this as someone with a University Degree. I learnt far more in Boxing Gyms then i did at University. One of the two Passion's in my life included Boxing and luckily enough i happen to now be doing my other Passion.

Okay just a bit about the LIFE OF A PROFESSIONAL BOXER.

If you're not an OLYMPIC/WORLD Champion Amateur, Medalist or Amateur stand out, you will find it hard to get any type of Promoter to give you fights.

Basically its like MOVIE'S...Studio's will invest in 10 movies and even though 9 of them will either lose money or break even, it just takes that one Smash hit that will make them all their money back and then some. Same applies to Boxer's.

So in order to get a Promoter or to get on Boxing Bills, you will have to prove to be a Ticket Seller. Most novice boxers in the UK have to sell their own tickets and then get a cut of the tickets they sell.

Make a Youtube Channel and start making a Blog about your Journey trying to make it as a Pro Boxer as the best type of Promotion is SELF PROMOTION and there's no greater way to do that nowadays then Social Media plus its free and will allow you to build up a fan base.

Get your face known around the Boxing scene in your area. Try to get some type of sponsorship from a local business.

A Manager will usually do those things for you but you won't get one of those untill you can prove you can generate income.

Obviously, i'm taking it as a given you're going to be spending 24/7 learning the craft and technique of Boxing, Regular sparring sessions and getting yourself into amazing shape. Not only for stamina and endurance but to have the ability to take punches to the head and body.

[THC]

You won't regret focusing on your passions ASAP. Just be open to the possibility that what you dig now CAN change/shift over time.

Also, taking some time away from school to travel and get a sense of who you are will be a great investment. By this, I mean, becoming aware of your sense of self, not just identifying yourself with what you do for a living. i.e. your job.

[Madison Boxing]

life sucks and boxing is corrupt.

[kingstip9]

I started boxing at 17. My advice to you is, whatever your going to do. Immerse yourself in it 100%
Follow your passion, 90% of people will tell you to dabble
You don't "play" boxing. If your gonna do it, there's no oh I'll do this but I have my "plan b"
That plan is destined to fail. Just give everything to whatever you choose to do

[Dip_Slide]

Just take a semester off or something and try to get some amateur fights in, then it'll be much easier for you to decide whether or not you wanna become a fighter or finish studying and getting a job. 17 is kinda late to start competing but if you're a natural then you might make it, James Toney started at 16, Bernard Hopkins even later and the list goes on and on. College and a normal job can wait, you're still a baby in the professional world and I don't think it'll matter later if you finished college at 20 or 22, it's all the same at the end of the day. College will always be there, a boxing career won't.

[dranoel]

Stay in school.

I think Mathew Macklin graduated from a uni and he was a pro boxer.

Correct me if I'm wrong though.

Boxing is a business. So those people that don't have respect for you, peers and all are mainly the individuals responsible for your own success. You're not a one man island and in your early 20s it's easy to think you would conquer the world by yourself.

Just train boxing after , and if the coaches see you have talent. All good for you.

[PsychoPat]

Taking a year off from college or taking a break after HS to explore the world & your interests is a road less taken these days & I think its not a bad idea. If you legit feel strongly about doing something I think you should attempt something you love vs doing something you feel is right all day every day. Being a failure in your chosen path is better than being a winner on someone elses path cuz you won't be who we are really supposed to be.

So I say take a semester or a full year off from college & spend as much time learning boxing as you can for as long as you can. And if that love stays then take another semester or year off & if it doesn't go back to school or find something else you love & do that. But yea chase your loves & not what society tells you you are supposed to want. Thats why so many mfers today are miserable & on antidepressants or drunk or f#cked up all day or every weekend probably.

This here is great advice dont let cultural conditioning in society control yourself or your choices. You should live the life you love not love the life you live

[Reloaded]

I don't see how you can say you love boxing yet have never given it a go, its very tough to be successful at boxing its a sport where 1% make it big and by the time you realize it was just a young mans fantasy you will be behind the eight ball.

At 17 stay at school and every minute outside of school try your hand at boxing then see how you feel in a few years, its easy to flunk out in life so it will pay in the long run to get a back up education first and follow your dream second, don't dump one for the other at such an early stage you cannot get your youth back once its gone.

[sicko]

Do BOTH! Joshua Buatsi did both and got his Degree before turning pro and is still young only 24 years old