Anyone know about boxing for the military?

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

is it considered as amateur or pro? do you get paid for it and what you gotta do to get in?im givin it serious thought to doin it after high school..

[Big $teve]

One of our boxing trainers is in the Marine Corps and has had alot of fights, I believe they are classified as amatuer. He got called out of the reserves recently and has been gone, popping in once in awile. Otherwise id ask him for you.

Steven

[kbpoetree]

dont bet on my word...but pretty sure its amateur..they dont get paid to fight..just to b in the military...lol..been some tuff mo foes come from that tho..but usually they aint so in2 boxing they pursue it as a career

[mr tricky]

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im british and live in the uk and my cousin was in the army (military) AND HE WAS A PARA-TROOPER THEN AFTER A WHILE WHEN THEY ALL DID BOXING TRAINING HE HAD alredy knew a bit of boxing so they took him on to the boxing team.
he wasnt paid for it but paid for being in the army.
you will do boxing in the army but if your good enough you will reprsent your regiment as a boxer and spend most of your military duty traing to box and fight other regiments. you will be in the best shape of your life with milatary and boxing.
my cousin was fed really well aswell he was given extra protein and nutriton foods and was give more gym time and his milatary work resolved around boxing , like if they were going on a long run, he would do whatever sutis him for boxing,
however this is all english **** so i dont know if america is similar

[P4PKING_2008]

im british and live in the uk and my cousin was in the army (military) AND HE WAS A PARA-TROOPER THEN AFTER A WHILE WHEN THEY ALL DID BOXING TRAINING HE HAD alredy knew a bit of boxing so they took him on to the boxing team.
he wasnt paid for it but paid for being in the army.
you will do boxing in the army but if your good enough you will reprsent your regiment as a boxer and spend most of your military duty traing to box and fight other regiments. you will be in the best shape of your life with milatary and boxing.
my cousin was fed really well aswell he was given extra protein and nutriton foods and was give more gym time and his milatary work resolved around boxing , like if they were going on a long run, he would do whatever sutis him for boxing,
however this is all english **** so i dont know if america is similar

Hey man do ya know if this applies to the raf as well or just the army. Because that where im joining as a pilot.

Cheers.

[MickyHatton]

I was a soldier in the British Army for 15 years and boxed throughout.

Although I was never paid for doing it I received privileges and time away from operational duties to train and compete.
The RAF and Navy have similar policies.

One year I spent 9 months out of uniform training and competing, however this was at Army level.

I could have and maybe should have turned Pro during this period but the boxing was an added extra to me being a soldier therefore I didn't.

[mr tricky]

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yeh im pretty certain the raf will do it aswell, as micky hatton sed, if your good enough it becomes part of your job ,
anyway the raf suhd have it , do you have to be fit and work out in the raf ??
coz ur flying planes arnt you?
probly will do it in the raf though 2

[P4PKING_2008]

yeh im pretty certain the raf will do it aswell, as micky hatton sed, if your good enough it becomes part of your job ,
anyway the raf suhd have it , do you have to be fit and work out in the raf ??
coz ur flying planes arnt you?
probly will do it in the raf though 2

Yh you have to be fit for obvious reasons, but i doubt itll be the same kind of training, more about endurance because im going into be a pilot. Plenty of stying in the same spot, reflexes etc. A lot different to army training, but you will need that degree of fitness.
I hope so it would be good, but army training and boxing training practically all the time would make you awesome. Almost a schedulde like a pro.

[JC Warrior]

For the US Air Force you get paid your normal monthly pay and allowances but fight under the au****es of USA Boxing (amateur). If you have ever fought pro or recieved pay to fight (toughman type) you are disqualified from being on the all Air Force, Armed Forces, or US Olympic teams. I'm not certain if the "previously recieved pay for a fight" rule applies to athletes competing for Olympic team slots who are not in the US Armed Forces but I know when I was fighting for the Air Force in '97, '03, '04, and '05 those were the rules and every year I was there we would see 2 or 3 guys get disqualified a few days into camp for having been paid to fight before.