pro vs. amature technique

[nedcmk1]

"man i hate the amateur style.. if some guy tickles me 4 times and i sit him on his ass 3 times.. he wins the fight? doesnt suit me"

Then win VIA TKO. Whats your record?

[jberg]

its my sort of mini trainer (who sort of watches out for me as i train) whos 18. my main guy is in his 40s and is an ex-pro heavyweight

[rmz]

If you're 15 I would stick to fighting amatuer fights for a while before even considering going pro, training with pros etc. You need to build experience in the ring and the only way you'll get that is by fighting amatuer fights. Most countries require you to be 18 before going pro. Just about every sucessful pro goes through the amatuer circut for a long time before going pro. Most of those guys have almost 100 or more am fights.

[jberg]

im not doubting that i need exp before fighting pro (if im ever good enough), i just dont know what to do exactly. my coach is saying he doesnt enter people for am fights. ive spoken to my sort of mini trainer and he said that under the same guy he just took the initiative to set up his own fights, with other decent boxers but with no official am record. he also entered for a tournament or two.
i do find it odd that he doesnt do am training.
oh well, i have no real alternative at the moment

[supRa]

hmmm well in my gym we got both so i guess i have a advantage

[jberg]

yeah, it would be nice to have best of both worlds, but i guess you cant win em all

[boxing_great]

Learning the proffesionals way will not help your amateur carreer because how they score amateur and proffesional fights is different. pro's take there time, picking and landing accurate shots, preserving energy by not doing much in early rounds to increase longevity throughout the 12 rounds.

Judges in the pro game score on style, accuracy etc. for example floyd maywether is pound for pound king (which i think is a very true statement). reason being is he throws half as many punches, uses half of his energy and still wins fights, you could never do that in the amateur game because its all scored on how many punches land, regardless of anything else.

thats why amateur fights look fast and scrappy because judges are simply counting and scoring punches landed within a very short amount of time (less rounds), so amateurs feel the need and urgency to wild out on their opponents.

I hate amateur boxing for that reason, but everyone needs to prove themself before going pro

yea thats why i hate amateur boxing, its kina ugly, and its full of people just brawling with no skill. i like to take my time, and pick my shots, and try and outsmart my opponent, thats where the beauty of the sport comes in, not just fkn head bashing.

[supRa]

yeah, it would be nice to have best of both worlds, but i guess you cant win em all

u know to tell u the truth when i was reading this i was wtf 'there 2 styles' lol the amateurs that compite we get trained the same way but of corse the professinal go for longer time

[nedcmk1]

You cannot spar with pros unless your are a liensed professional. otherwise they can shut down your gym if you are in the US.

[jberg]

im not sparring with pros, and i live in england.
ive basically found out something different now.
there are a few pros, but there are practicing novices. however, they dont enter people for am fights, only pro. or something along those lines