NSW opens ring for women's boxing

[Sharla]

one kickboxing, about 12 boxing and maybe about 4 exhibitions aswell which i don't really count - in more than 6 years of training not counting time injured.

I probably wouldn't be so irritated by it because I can be motivated to train just for the training as long as i feel like i'm getting somewhere. Still a few things made me notice it .....

I did notice it when i got to see new guys come into the club and start to clock up the bouts in comparison. They were always suprised when they did ask how many bouts I'd had because i think they'd assumed around the 4 or 5 mark based on the rate i got matches. the coaches were excited to train them because they had upcoming bouts and regardless of how hard i trained i knew i could never expect the same amount of coaching.

I also noticed it trying to compete against girls interstate. The eastern states don't have as far to travel to get bouts with people past the state level so they clock up a lot more bouts. In WA they have excellent programs for giving their fighters the opportunity to travel so they also get more bouts.

Our club didn't travel or look for matches so when i did run into my interstate opponents at the nationals my ring time was much less than theirs and the gap would just be even bigger the next year.

I didn't feel thrashed or threatened and I never got a bruise or any marks in the ring against them but punches i landed didn't score points the same way. I'm not sure that's completely down to skill but i think for the portion of it that is - they had more opportunity to accrue those point scoring skills.