Trainer have me on right path?

[KingAtom]

I've been training for about 10 months. I can only go to the actual gym once a week for a private lesson because of distance and work. I work at a normal gym myself and am fit. Also have heavy bag at home.

My trainer has trained 2 professional champions and I'm paying him for lessons to get me ready for my 1st competition (Golden Gloves Novice). He says the heavyweight fighters are generally out of shape or over weight so all the training has been getting me in better shape than I've ever been in. Usually the session is core, mitts, dragging tire. Then I stay afterward and do speed/double end bag work. Other than mitt training there is no fight training, instruction/sparring. Sometimes he doesn't even do the session. Has someone else do it that works for him. I fight in a month exactly from now and am starting to think he's phoning it in...going through the motions.

What do you guys think?Is this normal and he's holding off since I've only been training just under a year?

[Ray Corso]

Your preparing to fight in a tourney and you have NO spar rounds in? Are their members of the gym there to spar?
Sounds pretty strange, I ran my own gym for many years and Golden Gloves Novice is a good beginning in the amateurs. Once you go open there is a regional and national to advance to.

Why not ask the trainer why he hasn't planned sparring for you. Never heard of anyone going to a fight night without sparring.

What town are you in?

Ray

[KingAtom]

There are guys who can I'm sure. But I don't see many, I go in the morning for my training on Fridays and not a lot of people are there at that time. His reasoning is that the heavyweights are generally fat and out of shape and if I'm in good shape that'll be my best advantage.

I've been going to Austin to train.

[Ray Corso]

If your trainer has been established in the Austin Texas region he should know who the ethical trainers are and who the cheap shot guys are.
He is correct in saying the novice class usually has out of shape and very raw guys in it. However their are guys that will sneak in a guy from another region who maybe past the novice bout limit (usually 9 to 11 bouts).
I've seen out of state guys come in at novice who had 75 Junior Olympic fights. Hopefully your traioner knows his area and the trainers in it.

Now if your going to fight bust your azz for good lungs!
Be FIRST with your jab ALL the TIME!
Try to relax leading up to the walk to the ring and take some deep slow breaths when you enter the ring.
You must be first with your punches, take the center of the ring and fight from there.
Hands up, chin down and use straight shots!

Go get em'

Ray

[OctoberRed]

If your trainer has been established in the Austin Texas region he should know who the ethical trainers are and who the cheap shot guys are.
He is correct in saying the novice class usually has out of shape and very raw guys in it. However their are guys that will sneak in a guy from another region who maybe past the novice bout limit (usually 9 to 11 bouts).
I've seen out of state guys come in at novice who had 75 Junior Olympic fights. Hopefully your traioner knows his area and the trainers in it.

Now if your going to fight bust your azz for good lungs!
Be FIRST with your jab ALL the TIME!
Try to relax leading up to the walk to the ring and take some deep slow breaths when you enter the ring.
You must be first with your punches, take the center of the ring and fight from there.
Hands up, chin down and use straight shots!

Go get em'

Ray

Exactly, every now and then some ringer comes in these competitions who is much better than he appears on paper.

[greynotsoold]

What gym in Austin?

[McNulty]

No sparring? Drop the guy and don't fight.

[KingAtom]

Richard Lord's Boxing Gym. Didn't want to put it out there, makes me feel disloyal.
I found a guy who is retired from Austin area who had a bad ass gym about 10 years ago. I'm going to go see him this week and he said he would assess me, see if he thinks I could be ready in time for the tournament. He said he's a tougher trainer and wouldn't let a fighter fight unless he was sure he had every opportunity to win. We'll see how that goes. I'm going to see him tomorrow. By the way thanks for all the responses guys.

The only problem I have with just straight up dropping out is that I'm so invested in this mentally and physically, and monetarily! I joined USA Boxing, bought my shoes, shorts, lessons, lots of time, etc...I'd be so disappointed to put it off.

[KingAtom]

Also was put off because I pay for an hour lesson and got about 40 minutes last time, and it wasn't even him who trained me. When I asked what else he said that's all, but I want you to go do some more on your own. I felt jipped. There's a lot he could help me with in 15-20 minutes. Seeing how he's trained professional champions I'm sure he knows what he's doing, but I don't feel like he should have taken me on if he's not invested in me. I feel like he's just taking the money and phoning in the rest.

[OctoberRed]

Richard Lord's Boxing Gym. Didn't want to put it out there, makes me feel disloyal.
I found a guy who is retired from Austin area who had a bad ass gym about 10 years ago. I'm going to go see him this week and he said he would assess me, see if he thinks I could be ready in time for the tournament. He said he's a tougher trainer and wouldn't let a fighter fight unless he was sure he had every opportunity to win. We'll see how that goes. I'm going to see him tomorrow. By the way thanks for all the responses guys.

The only problem I have with just straight up dropping out is that I'm so invested in this mentally and physically, and monetarily! I joined USA Boxing, bought my shoes, shorts, lessons, lots of time, etc...I'd be so disappointed to put it off.

There are some real talent rich gyms in Texas, depending on how far you want to travel.