Any tips on getting into amatuer boxing?

[Yael The Great]

hrmm...while i do agree if you want to box, it is better to find a gym with a dedicated boxing program, but saying boxing training is more intense than mma training is just idiotic. training for 3 different aspects of a sport plus strength & conditioning is very difficult. now i'm not saying mma fighters train harder or vice versa, just think a bit.

Have you seen any mma fighters so far, all of the "well rounded" fighters are mediocre in all their skills and every other fighers is mostly all one sided. MMA fighters tend to be flabby, take liddel for instance.

[#1Assassin]

like ppl have said already get into a real boxing gym, thats a no brainer. guys from mma have extremely poor boxing skills by comparison.

dont listen to the ****** who told u to gain weight. ppl have diffrent genes, some are leaner than others. if sandy saddler or celestino caballero bulked up do u think they would be more or less effective?

just train for ability, then u will find out what your best weight is and after that u can decide if u want to drop a pound or two to make a lower weight class or not.

one tip i would give u is that if u plan to start boxing in september, start running now and get in shape. run 2-3 times a week, and do some basic groundwork to prepare u for boxing. even once a week is good, as long as u dont just sit on your ass. naturally slim ppl like u and me sometimes trick ourselfs we are in shape just cuz we dont put on weight and get fat, even though we might not be in shape at all.

if u dont get in shape u will not really be able to work on your skills for a couple of weeks once u get into the gym. u will have to get in shape first, but if u are already in shape u can go right to work. and when i say shape i dont mean fighting shape, like i said just do some running and situps and u will be prepared enough.

[Spartacus Sully]

hrmm...while i do agree if you want to box, it is better to find a gym with a dedicated boxing program, but saying boxing training is more intense than mma training is just idiotic. training for 3 different aspects of a sport plus strength & conditioning is very difficult. now i'm not saying mma fighters train harder or vice versa, just think a bit.

You can only do one thing at a time it dosnt matter how many skills your learning you can only work on one of them at a time. there is not variance of intensity dependent upon the number of skill sets with in any work out.

as well you can only do one exercise at a time and assuming you both spend the same amount of time working out there is not variance of intensity.

to claim one is more intense then the other is ******. they can both be equally intense as the intensity solely relies on the person doing the exercise or the coach training the person.

[PeterTheGreat]

Yeah the thing is though. The boxing gym here sucks. No joke. I live in a small city(18 thousand people), and the mma club is better then the boxing gym. But I love boxing and I wouldn't mind getting into amateur boxing so this is the path I am going to take. I have nothing against mma, I in fact enjoy doing, and watching mma. But I get a totally different feeling from doing something or watching something boxing related. And I couldn't say for sure that mma training is more intense then boxing training, because I haven't done a lot of pure boxing training. All I can say on that is they are totally different. Boxing you're working on totally differn't things then you would be in mma.

[DR.ORGYY]

fight at 118....

[PeterTheGreat]

fight at 118....

Right now I want to fight at the lower weights. I got good power in my punch's(mostly straights, and the left uppercut). And I have got some natural speed. My dream though is to make it up to welter weight at some point.

[ChowAce]

Holy ****!! your 5'11 and 120 pounds? You must be a stick. I would not cut anymore weight. I would get to a boxing gym and train from a real boxing trainer if you want to get into the amatuers.

[PeterTheGreat]

Holy ****!! your 5'11 and 120 pounds? You must be a stick. I would not cut anymore weight. I would get to a boxing gym and train from a real boxing trainer if you want to get into the amatuers.

Almost 5'11 haha.

[BG_Knocc_Out]

Go to a straight boxing gym first. There's a few MMA gyms here in Minnesota that have their younger fighters compete in the AM's and they only find success on rare occasions. Trust me, it's bad. Don't learn from a boxing instructor from an MMA gym regardless because they are surrounded by MMA, not Boxing.

[PeterTheGreat]

Go to a straight boxing gym first. There's a few MMA gyms here in Minnesota that have their younger fighters compete in the AM's and they only find success on rare occasions. Trust me, it's bad. Don't learn from a boxing instructor from an MMA gym regardless because they are surrounded by MMA, not Boxing.

Hahaha I know what it's like to be in a MMA club geez. My trainer works with boxers all the time. He himself knows ALOT about boxing. He isn't the best at it, but he makes everyone else in the club look ****ing terrible. He taught me how to time punches, counter punch, use distance, different defensive styles. Thing's you can use in those styles. He taught me feigns, and how to clinch. He himself loves and respects boxing, but I guess his heart lies with mma. Which is the direct opposite of me. Where I like mma, but my heart lies with boxing. I've sparred with a few tomato cans there that haven't worked on boxing as much as me, and I really enjoyed it. The trainer there knows the differences between boxing and mma. He is a very smart individual.