Quote Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust View Post
well thx to all for all your ınput....ıts all part of my decısıon-makıng on thıs so I apprecıate ıt. Heres what we,ll do then---I wıll contınue what I am doıng wıth full serıousness for a perıod equal to a trıanıng perıod for example say 13 weeks ıs a good long perıod ıs ıt not? So I wıll post on the traınıng sıte or whatever ıts called every 2 weeks or so the progress. There ıs a boxıng gym 50 yards from my apartment and I have joıned ıt ye4sterday.
I wıll know for sure ıf thıs ıs pure shıt ıf I spar 1 round and get the shıt knocked out of me or worse. What I wıll do (for your entertaınment) ıs fılm my sparrıng and post ıt here on Saddos. Then you can all watch and laugh ıf you wıll---I probably wıll too ın a way ıf I am not KOed---but serıously I want to try ıt. Of course I am not plannıng on gettıng serıously ınjured and ıf ıt begıns to be apparent rıght away I wıll surely call ıt all off.
I'm 35 and realized about 3 years back that I was really interested in boxing. Of course it was too late for me to try anything serious but I took it up just for the fun of it. Unfortunately I never did any sparring all that time. I just learned some of the technique and practiced hitting the heavy bag, etc.

Finally I found a boxing gym I really liked and decided to join it. I would say this was a little over a month ago. At that time I participated in my first sparring sessions. It was an utter embarassment for me and I should be thankful no one recorded a video. I got sufficiently served by guys much smaller than me and I could barely land a punch on them.

Despite that schock to my system (and my pride ) I decided I really did want to become proficient at sparring even if it would be painful and embarassing. Well, there have been many other interesting 1st time experiences for me since then such as being on the receiving end of my first serious body shot, or coming home in the evening with headaches and feeling "drunk." Slowly I'm starting to get the hang of it but it is only the very beginning.

But I'm not fooling myself. This is all just for personal gain and to improve myself a little bit. I have no intent to get into it with serious boxers who have been doing their thing for years.

But to you, I wish much luck. It takes guts to try what you're trying, even though I'm sure you already have prior experience under your belt. As for me, I will just keep it nice and relaxed at my local boxing gym where at least no one is trying to seriously harm me.