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Is there any tricks to boxing with fear?tomorrow i have to box a dude thats been boxing in my gym for 2 years and ive only bin there for 2weeks..i saw the dude sparring yesterday and he keeps comin forward like a tyson..i no how to beat him i no how to exactly beat him but usually when i spar my brother and **** my mind shuts out and i dont do it my ..first reaction is to just cover up..any tips on how to overcome it?
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I've said it before: Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is proceeding DESPITE your fear.
Everybody who steps through the ropes gets scared. That's why we do it; to train ourselves to OVERCOME fear. To face our fear, to recognize it, to even become comfortable with it; and in so doing, we learn to function under stresses that would completely paralyze all but maybe one out of a hundred people you'll ever meet -- including myself, before I started boxing.
That ability to function -- to fight valiantly, and strive for life, and to think and strategize, and ultimately to survive -- in the face of raw, crippling, animal fear is what separates a fighter's mind from the mind of that other 99%.
Avoid your fear and you'll be a slave to it forever. Acknowledge it; it's your brain telling you, "Hey, uh, we're doing something dangerous." Get used to the feeling, so that whenever fear raises its head you can say, "I've got it under control. We're cool, here." Fear never goes away. You just learn to push it aside, grit your teeth, and get to work.
Spend your ring time being a slave to your fear and you'll spend your ring time getting the crap beaten out of you.
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yeah, what fraidycat said. good stuff.
sparring over and over really helps.Comment
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If hes been boxing for two years and u've been in for 2 weeks think of it this way... u have nothing to lose he has waaaaay more experience then you its him who has the expectations upon him not youComment
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being ****y abit could help psych up and trash talk. it give you more confidence.
if you put i little though of getting beaten that you will get beaten but if you think that you the best then training will be more intensive and sparring better.Comment
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naw actually all the trainers really think that i can beat him but oh well ill post in here again telling you about how it goes..thankss..Originally posted by Kayo View PostComment
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I just want to say thanks to fraidycat as my first boxing sessions take place after christmas, It has boosed up my confidence.Comment
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you shouldnt be trying to "beat" him,just learn as much as u can from him,the more tricks he has up his sleeve and the better he is,the more u will learn from the experience,take it all inOriginally posted by FIGHTING_FLIP View PostComment
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i just sparred the dude and i got my ass WHOOPED..the first minute i got him good i kept my jab and i landed the more noticable shots like i him with the jab str8 right hook and another str8 right i guess thas the 10..and i landed a big right hand like the one in my picture and i tired to follow with a left hook and her ducked it and got me with a right hand to the body and the rest i played a winky wright defense cuz that body shot got me good..and then he kept swinging n like i would tri to duck and hed go the body and he got me cornered and one of the coaches said thats enough annnd he still kept hitting me and then for about 20 more punches he stopped..afterwards i came up to him n i told him ima get you next time and i shook his hand but the rest of the day i felt real weird..kind of embaressed..yehh but i think i can get him next time..Comment
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He carried on hitting you after they said stop. And youve been boxing for 2 weeks and hes been doing it for 2 years... and they put you together. Is this normalComment
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