Am I feeling too relaxed going into fight day?

[FM3O]

For my last couple fights, I've had no anxiety, no worries, it literally feels like just another day. I feel like sooner or later some nerves are gonna kick in, but it never happens. It's a good thing I guess, cause I'm so relaxed, but at the same time I feel like maybe it's cause I'm not taking it serious enough. Does anyone else feel like this going into fights? I have a lot of confidence in my chin, I don't feel like anyone can phase me even if I get caught. I tend to feel as though I could have trained harder in some way. But still no nervousness. I'm wondering if this is normal...

[Sam Donald]

Well how many bouts have u actually had before and how long have u been boxing?

[supRa]

lol dont rely on ur chin buddy.. its just a matter of time when som1 pops u on point and it can be over!!

but i guess ur gainin confidence... thats a good thing... ur knowin wtf u b doin now lol...

[FM3O]

I've only had a few actual bouts, but I've been boxing for about 3.5 years and have been through my fair share of gym wars and smokers and have been up against some skilled guys. Lol I know I shouldn't rely on my chin, but it helps to know I can take some shots without ending up on my ass.

[Spartacus Sully]

COURAGE THE KEYNOTE OF A BOXER'S SUCCESS

Lack of Self-confidence Often Contributes to the Defeat of a Good Fighter

This is a lesson on courage. There is no trait of character which a boxer needs more than this. Courage of the highest order—not only physically, but morally—is essential to success as a pugilist. I say "as a pugilist," because it is in that direction that my experience lies. However, I have learned that this question of moral as well as physical courage is really the keynote to success.

There never was a boxing champion, or a champion, in fact, in any line of sports, who was a coward. They have all been fearless, and in nearly every instance morally superior men. Their sense of right and wrong has been as keenly developed as has their physical superiority. They have not only felt their power of mastery over their less fortunate fellow-men, but they have been possessed of the moral courage that comes with the knowledge of right.

It is courage that tells in every walk of life. This it is that leads the gallant soldier to victory; that carries the stout-hearted cycle champion under the wire a winner. The courageous man knows not the word "failure." His password is "victory," and his golden rule reads, "Be sure you are right, then go ahead."

The boy who is learning to box must be courageous. He must not know the word fear. It is not physical strength, or even the cleverness that comes to an expert boxer, that wins battles. It is moral courage. If a boxer be ever so clever, be he ever so strong, he cannot win battles unless he is courageous. And he cannot be courageous unless he has the moral strength of "right."

Take "Right" and pit it against "Might," and in nine instances out of ten "Right" will score the victory. So be sure you are right before you go ahead.

Another element that contributes largely to the success of a boxer is self-confidence. If a man is not self-confident he cannot hope to win battles. I have noticed in my experience in the ring how often a boxer will be defeated simply owing to lack of self-confidence. Men whom I have met and defeated in a round or two have gone out a few weeks or months later and put up wonderful fights.

Won in Other Battles

These men have taken blows and received punishment which I never dreamed of inflicting upon them, and come out of those battles victorious. In their contests with me they simply lacked confidence. I had gained a reputation as a hard-hitter and winner of battles, and it was therefore lack of moral selfreliance that defeated these men as soon as I landed a few blows. The blows I gave them had neither the speed nor the force of those which the same men took unflinchingly from men of no reputation. Therefore, do not forget that you must be morally courageous before you can hope to win battles in the struggle of life. There is no better moral in the world to follow than this, " Be sure you are right, then go ahead."

http://books.google.com/books?id=ODY...se&output=text

[ScottDBA]

I don't think it's a problem.

You said you think maybe it's because you're not taking it seriously enough.

But maybe it's because you do take boxing seriously and train hard so you have no reason to be nervous. You are confident that you have trained hard and are prepared.

[jonesy]

It's a good thing imo talking from experience. The times when iv been most nervous i haven't performed my best because im thinking too much. At the the top level you don't have time to think, your mind/body should know what to do. As long as uv trained your best and your concentrating it shouldn't be a case of not taking it serious enough.