how long did you train before they made you into a amateur boxer?

[Mammoth]

A couple days. I'm pretty tough and could beat you all up.

[vman075]

My coach told me on day 1 that he doesn't let you fight anyone for 6 months. That was 6 months before you got in the ring with even guys in the gym. You do at least a few months of that before competing. Unfortunately I had a hand/wrist injury before ever getting to compete.

In my gym it was at least 10 months before competition. Idk if that is the norm.

[lopetego]

My coach told me on day 1 that he doesn't let you fight anyone for 6 months. That was 6 months before you got in the ring with even guys in the gym. You do at least a few months of that before competing. Unfortunately I had a hand/wrist injury before ever getting to compete.

In my gym it was at least 10 months before competition. Idk if that is the norm.

lol what a gym of softies

I've been in gyms where they put noobs in sparring matches a few days after they join

I had this coach who liked to match noobs with amaeturs and pros

arguing that ¨if you're a noob, better get your ass kicked by a guy with experience, you won't learn anything from another noob¨

[buge]

2 or 3 months for an actual fight

light sparring within the first day or two, as long as you knew the basics

[Ray Corso]

....."lol what a gym of softies".........another BS'er!



Your not "soft" excluding a green guy from sparring right away your giving the guy a chance to learn basic techniques.
How do you spar without knowing anything?
What sport do you join as a beginner and get to participate in the most involved training session within a few days without conditioning, learning basics and INSURANCE?


In my gym the average base skill level guy would train for 5 to 6 months prior to spar time and his spar time would be controlled by me. Any trainer worth a damn lets a new guy "earn the right" to spar. Unless your a jackazz loud mouth who needs some lessons in respect you don't spar within a few days. It doesn't happen that way!!

Ray

[lopetego]

....."lol what a gym of softies".........another BS'er!



Your not "soft" excluding a green guy from sparring right away your giving the guy a chance to learn basic techniques.
How do you spar without knowing anything?
What sport do you join as a beginner and get to participate in the most involved training session within a few days without conditioning, learning basics and INSURANCE?


In my gym the average base skill level guy would train for 5 to 6 months prior to spar time and his spar time would be controlled by me. Any trainer worth a damn lets a new guy "earn the right" to spar. Unless your a jackazz loud mouth who needs some lessons in respect you don't spar within a few days. It doesn't happen that way!!

Ray

Well usually those are the kind of guys they throw to spar right away

or guys with experience in other combat sports

or guys who just want to spar

as long as you've learnt the guard and the jab, you're ready to go

but anyway, 6 months before sparring? and you must have insurance? gym of softies, indeed

I think you should be more than ready in 2 months, assuming you take your training seriously

[Ray Corso]

I opened my gym in 1969 it remains open today. I've trained state, regional & national champions. I've handled pro champions in championship fights!
Sounds like your goofing around and I don't goof around. I taught boxing to young men who wanted to learn I didn't run an "exercise room" or allow the members to do what they want. As far as insurance I don't want to be liable for anyone getting hurt by injury from gym activity it's called covering your azzz something
you don't seem to think is important or you thing is "soft"!

"I think you should be more than ready in 2 months, assuming you take your training seriously"..............

so how many boxers have you trained?

Ray

[SCEN3RY]

I think it depends on the individual and your coach. I was casually hitting the heavy bag and I asked the coach at this tiny little gym about his prices, some one-on-one training...and he asks me in return if I was interested in amateur boxing, I told him honestly, I just wanted to exercise, I wasn't looking to compete. He said that he thinks I have the fundamentals and I could start amateur...I was less flattered than you think, I wanted to learn, I didn't wanna just get thrown into amateur fights.

I don't wanna sound like ass cause that coach is a nice guy. He knows his stuff, he's boxed professionally, his record was like 19-13 or something...I'm not sure if he was ever knocked out but he lost a number of decisions. His speech is a little slurred so I gather he had a tough career and probably a lot of tough sparring, but I've seen him train some guys, he appears to have a good grasp of the game. Anyways, different coaches will progress you differently. Ultimately, don't let yourself be rushed if you don't feel properly prepared.

[lopetego]

I opened my gym in 1969 it remains open today. I've trained state, regional & national champions. I've handled pro champions in championship fights!
Sounds like your goofing around and I don't goof around. I taught boxing to young men who wanted to learn I didn't run an "exercise room" or allow the members to do what they want. As far as insurance I don't want to be liable for anyone getting hurt by injury from gym activity it's called covering your azzz something
you don't seem to think is important or you thing is "soft"!

"I think you should be more than ready in 2 months, assuming you take your training seriously"..............

so how many boxers have you trained?

Ray

I'm not a trainer, heck I don't even train boxing anymore,
I stopped a couple years ago and currently I'm a lazy ass.

I'm just telling what I have seen as common practice in the several gyms I've been in. Maybe those trainers weren't not as ¨professional¨ as you, who knows, what they did looked effective. Aside from that one time when a kid ended up in the hospital from a sparring match gone wrong with a much bigger guy. Anyway, 6 months still looks like too much waiting time for light sparring, unless you're talking about hard sparring for tournaments

[Ray Corso]

Maybe "Cushion" would be a more appropriate nick name instead of Krusher! What do you think "Lazy Azz"? hahaha........

good luck sonny no desire to talk boxing to you.

Nite