Got Knocked Out

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I got knocked down in the 4 round in my first fight.

I started out great and boxed the ears of the other dude , problem was that i was to full of adrenalin to hear that my coach keept saying is a lefty.

I remember not covering up proberly and bamm he clocked me with his left hook .

I got up was dazed and pissed, but ok and had not symptomes the days after.

The next fight i had i did the same thing boxed the ears of the other guy but in the middel of the second round I had a epiffany and that was this is not for me, I dont have it me, talent yes but not the desire it takes to beat up the other guy for no reason other the winning the fight.

I never boxed again but I do somtimes thing about what it must have feelt winning.
I ones knocked down a good heavy weight prospect in sparing ( I was light heavy ameteur) and i have never feelt such level of euforia and selfworth.

I got a taste of It and it was sweet indead

[Sugarj]

Funnily enough, I do remember another strange tale along similar lines:

When I was 15/16 years old (early 1990s) I studied Kung Fu before boxing and the evening before my English GSCE exam the Sifu (class teacher) announced that we were going to be taught that night how to take a punch.

He told us all to get the largest crash mat out and to all line up infront of it. Our Sifu was a 3rd degree blackbelt and weighed 250Lbs (the guy was enormous!!!). He had killed a man in a full contact competition.

He made us all adopt cat stances and told us to brace ourselves for the power of being handpalmed full force by him in the foreheads.....in turn!

In Martial Arts there is very much a 'teacher say, student do' mentality. To be asked to do this in hindsite was ridiculously dangerous. But we all just cacked our pants and lined up without saying anything. He promptly decked us all in turn, leaving us splat on the large crash mats.

Wierdly, I got my best GCSE grade the next morning. It was the only A I've ever got in any exam!!!

True story.

[Soju]

So you're saying it IS possible to knock some sense into someone? Be right back, going to smarten up my office.