Thread: Why arent YOU a boxer?

Some of you are, I'd guess most of us aren't though. So if its its a sport that we love so much what is it thats stops us taking it up, training up and getting some amateur fights.

Me personally, I wanted to box when I was younger and trained for a while, I can remember turning up to the gym in Leeds being positive I was gonna be an awesome boxer and all that, anyway it turns out I was pretty crap. Worst of all, I ALWAYS got headaches when a took a shot, this was light sparring as well.

Originally Posted by TheCruelBallet

Some of you are, I'd guess most of us aren't though. So if its its a sport that we love so much what is it thats stops us taking it up, training up and getting some amateur fights.

Me personally, I wanted to box when I was younger and trained for a while, I can remember turning up to the gym in Leeds being positive I was gonna be an awesome boxer and all that, anyway it turns out I was pretty crap. Worst of all, I ALWAYS got headaches when a took a shot, this was light sparring as well.

well to put it this way i want to do bit of amateur career soon when i go to a gym but i wont be doing it long i dont wana get my face smashed up if im not even going be turning pro or ect

I started boxing first then became a fan of the sport. So I guess im the opposite

Its funny how less than 4 months ago I had ZERO interest in boxing and now its always on my mind

I boxed when I was about 12 but ended up giving up for what ever reason. It was the stupidest move I ever made as I missed it so much. I wanted to start again last year, but since I've had cataract replacement lenses in both eyes I can participate in contact sport as head traumer can displace them, which is a bit shite.. so now I just spectate, which is probably safer!.. I would like to maybe go on to judge or referee contests though

Originally Posted by TheCruelBallet

Some of you are, I'd guess most of us aren't though. So if its its a sport that we love so much what is it thats stops us taking it up, training up and getting some amateur fights.

Me personally, I wanted to box when I was younger and trained for a while, I can remember turning up to the gym in Leeds being positive I was gonna be an awesome boxer and all that, anyway it turns out I was pretty crap. Worst of all, I ALWAYS got headaches when a took a shot, this was light sparring as well.

I'm right there with you dude, instant headaches in the eye when I'd get hit.

Despite having really promising natural power, speed, coordination, and all that garbage that makes the Roy Jones' of the world stick out - NEVER could I get comfortable with punches flying at my face. And what good is it if you hit like a mule when you flinch everytime someone throws at you

Who knows, maybe there's a trainer out there who can help people get over this, but mine sure as hell couldn't.

I quite like my nose as it is, suffice to say id probably be a rubbish boxer. Leave it to the men i reckon.

I don't box for sport because I am slow and uncoordinated.

I take boxing conditioning classes a twice a week to stay in
shape, and I have the utmost respect for the physical conditioning
of most pro boxers.

Everyone loves sparring and the fighting, but to get to that level, it takes an incredible sacrifice. Serious boxing training is very boring. Doing the same thing over and over again, until it becomes instinct. You need to have a lot of drive to put that kind of time in. I once had that drive: but it doesn't stay with you for ever.

I started boxing when I was 16 or so and was pretty good. I still keep in good shape and still get down to the gym to talk to the guys, run, hit the bag and spar a bit a couple times a week.


I'm 22 now and I smoke too much weed and drink too much alcohol to really take it serious. Also, I'm in college getting a psychology degree. But I would say its mostly due to my affinity for sex and drugs.

Originally Posted by lance Uppercut

Everyone loves sparring and the fighting, but to get to that level, it takes an incredible sacrifice. Serious boxing training is very boring. Doing the same thing over and over again, until it becomes instinct. You need to have a lot of drive to put that kind of time in. I once had that drive: but it doesn't stay with you for ever.

well put lance, cc

I'm too old, too uncoordinated, too weak and I have the annoying reflex of closing my eyes, pulling my head down and lifting one leg up whenever someone advances towards me.

I'd be a joke of a fighter to be honest.

Apart from that I'm a world beater though.

I was a boxing fan as a kid but was too wrapped up in academia and books to ever think of it as something to pursue. It was just something I liked to watch. Beyond a relatively young age boxing is a difficult thing to go at and achieve any level of success. Im 26 now and seldom even go for a jog, boxing is just something that I could never really do.

I wanted to box in my early teens (32 now) but due to a protective mother and lack of any type of a boxing gym where I lived, it all conspired to hamper my chances. I am trying to take a shot at it now, but dont think there will be enough time in my schedule to right now. I am hoping that at the latest at the end of May I will be able to, but time will tell.

edit: I really want to get in and spar just to see how I would react to being in the ring. Whether I would stay in control and fight smartly (as possible), lose it and go nuts, or ball up in a corner and cry. Would like to know thou.

Because I can and

Originally Posted by dasamm

I started boxing when I was 16 or so and was pretty good. I still keep in good shape and still get down to the gym to talk to the guys, run, hit the bag and spar a bit a couple times a week.


I'm 22 now and I smoke too much weed and drink too much alcohol to really take it serious. Also, I'm in college getting a psychology degree. But I would say its mostly due to my affinity for sex and drugs.

yeah same story here mate, boxed a little bit when I was in my early teens but fell in love with kebabs beer and buddha to keep it up. That and the fact I had a malicious psycho trainer who used to make me spar with 20 year olds who'd been at the place twice as long as I had and therefore got my fucking arse kicked ritually. I was pretty big, at 15 I was 6ft1 about 200lbs and he used make me fight the adults, proper heavyweights and stuff. Fucking dickhead.

Originally Posted by TheCruelBallet

Some of you are, I'd guess most of us aren't though. So if its its a sport that we love so much what is it thats stops us taking it up, training up and getting some amateur fights.

Me personally, I wanted to box when I was younger and trained for a while, I can remember turning up to the gym in Leeds being positive I was gonna be an awesome boxer and all that, anyway it turns out I was pretty crap. Worst of all, I ALWAYS got headaches when a took a shot, this was light sparring as well.

in a nut shell? smoke drink and snort wayyyy to much... would consider it otherwise