My "boxing" career is over.

[Verstyle]

word...i always thought it was easy going for 15 rounds at "only" 3 minutes...

yet i couldnt breathe after 2 rounds

it seems so easy on t.v huh.ahaha.

[phallus]

Hey fellas,
First of all, I apologize for clogging up the boards with semi-dramatic, poor-me crap. Thats not the intention. I just figured if I dissapear, some of the guys I talk to might wonder why. I'm 22, been boxing for 2 months, and tonight was my first time sparring. Well, I have never had my confidence killed so badly, ever. Me and another guy who's been boxing for far less time than me, less coordinated, poor technique, etc. My trainers have been telling me I'm making good progress, etc. Well, we get in the ring and I found out two things.
One - I have a good chin.
Two - I have no talent for boxing at all.

First, the guy was hitting me so often that my coach told him to focus on speed and not throw so hard. Then, I'm still getting hit in vast quan******, so coach tells the other guy to jab only. What happens? My ass is still getting kicked. So eventually the guy feels sorry for me and starts throwing slow jabs (because my coach tells me that I need to work on slipping; really?) and I still can't hit him. Everyone in the gym is yelling "move, fight back!" and I'm trying, and failing. I wanted to experience what its like to box, and I did, and I suck. No big deal, I guess, but I refuse to embarass my gym by putting on a performance like that in two weeks. Since I discovered my total lack of boxing ability, I won't be giving any more advice, because if advice comes from someone who can't do what they say, it is suspect anyway. Just wanted to let you guys know that if you think you have it rough, you might, but I was one step away from being wrapped in leather and suspended by chains from the roof.

If you guys will excuse me, I have some aleve to take and a headache to cope with.

Keep the faith, fellas.

every time u step up, u're gonna get humbled, u should learn to deal with it now. 2 months isn't enough time to develop any skills, u need solid fundamentals to beat those guys. think about what happened to u and og back to the gym and train harder, one day it'll be u handing some noob his ass

[Kid Achilles]

First time I sparred I got my ass handed to me too. My coach made me just stop half way through the first round because my opponent didnt miss with a single punch, and I landed maybe ten at most. Nothing surprising that you got your ass kicked. I once read the first time Ali sparred he barely did enough to beat the other guy, who was a complete begginer like himself.

Why would you want to quit and go out like that? You're supposed to get motivated to train harder after this.

[phallus]

First time I sparred I got my ass handed to me too. My coach made me just stop half way through the first round because my opponent didnt miss with a single punch, and I landed maybe ten at most. Nothing surprising that you got your ass kicked. I once read the first time Ali sparred he barely did enough to beat the other guy, who was a complete begginer like himself.

Why would you want to quit and go out like that? You're supposed to get motivated to train harder after this.

almost every fight i've ever had was against a better fighter than me. i was an amateur, but i got the chance to spar against a local club fighter, a professional, he handed me my ass. it pissed me off, so i went back to the gym and trained harder. a few months later i sparred him again, the first time i wasn't able to hit him, the second time i was, and i caught the ****er good with a big right hand. after we were done, he shook my hand and said i was a much better fighter than the first time.

one of my favorite fighters is lamon brewster, for this reason - no matter how bad he's losing, he never stops trying to win the fight

[Kid Achilles]

Brewster is a throwback to the old heavyweights. The Wlad fight was an awesome display of chin and persistence. I just wish he'd get himself into old school shape and lose the doughnut around the waist. He'd be a killer at 210-215 lbs.

[phallus]

Brewster is a throwback to the old heavyweights. The Wlad fight was an awesome display of chin and persistence. I just wish he'd get himself into old school shape and lose the doughnut around the waist. He'd be a killer at 210-215 lbs.

if brewster was better skilled, he'd be the modern joe frazier. i became a fan of brew's for life during the wlad fight, because of the way he kept getting up ( five times, in fact ) and he knocked wlad out. brew is an old school heavyweight, that must be why i like him so much

[Kid Achilles]

I agree about the Frazier thing too. Do or die attitude, big left hook, strong chin, fight like it's their last day on earth.

You have good tastes in fighters for sure. I just wish Brewster would come to fight in great shape. He's clearly the best American heavyweight.

[skyler]

If your going to quit when ever something starts to get hard in life, then your not really going to be successful in life let alone be a good boxer.

It takes time and dedication and confidence, just dont give up straight away like this, start believing in yourself then who knows what you will be able to achieve.

[BigMKO]

don't ****ing quit, give it a few weeks and you'll not know yourself. theres always gonna be hard times and setbacks, who gives a ****, a year from today you could be the best boxer in your gym. get back in there now!

[Pork Chop]

Hate to say it, but quit bein a wuss.

My first thumping was back in my old kung fu class when i was 17 years old. A guy I'd tooled in sparring almost a year earlier trained hard, came back, and broke my foot en route to kickin my azz.

I didn't spar again for a long time, like years.

When I did, it was at another kung fu school and I got beat down by all the seniors there. It stunk, I got rocked by these little dudes, but i kept at it and improved. Unfortunately that wasn't the end of me getting trounced at that school, a huge noobie at that school came in and started going full out with throws on me, with no notice- I didn't hold up too well. I had to move after that and never got my rematch.

Unfortunately getting trounced happens.
Years later, been boxing & kickboxing a few years and I still get my butt handed to me occasionally by smaller, faster guys with less experience. Sometimes we all just have bad days.

Whether you're truly a boxer or not has little to do with how well you do in every single sparring session; but in how well you bounce back when you suffer set backs.

A positive mental attitude is a hard thing to maintain- and by that I mean a mental attitude that keeps you moving forward instead of taking 4 steps back, not just being upbeat. A lot of times you're going to want to give up. You need to embrace the trauma of that situation and work harder to make sure the next time it happens, you're more prepared.