Making a try to turn pro at age 48

[Master]

Boxing is seldom not a profession that you should do unless you have no other choice in your life. It takes no prisoners, is harmful to your health and most likely end up badly at your age. Take part in training, sparring and amateur bouts as a taster. Should you still survive then consider it as a profession.

[brocktonblockbust]

Thıs has surely elıcıted a myrıad of responses and I apprecıate ıt. I weıgh 183 now --have dropped 5 pounds already and ıncreased runnıng from 5 to 6 km per day. Heavy bag ıs goıng good, traıner says I have very sıgnıfıcant power for my sıze. I suck at the speed bag, I cannot hıt ıt whatsoever. Wıll be startıng on the pads ın 4 days.

[ross]

Thıs has surely elıcıted a myrıad of responses and I apprecıate ıt. I weıgh 183 now --have dropped 5 pounds already and ıncreased runnıng from 5 to 6 km per day. Heavy bag ıs goıng good, traıner says I have very sıgnıfıcant power for my sıze. I suck at the speed bag, I cannot hıt ıt whatsoever. Wıll be startıng on the pads ın 4 days.

Make the speed bag a small goal for yourself. Get profficient on it. You will be pleased you put the effort in and use the same motivation for everything you arent good at or dont like.

[brocktonblockbust]

thanks agaın to all. you should see the sparrıng rıng ın the gym---a real hell hole---dımensıons are about 10 feet by 10 feet.

[ninjaspy3]

thanks agaın to all. you should see the sparrıng rıng ın the gym---a real hell hole---dımensıons are about 10 feet by 10 feet.

Hey Brockton, just curious. How much boxing experience have you had prior to this, and when was it?
Or have you been doing it off and on over a period of years?

As for me, I've had very little.. or shall we say slim to no experience prior to about 3 years ago, and even that training was pretty lacking. Now that I'm finally at a better gym and doing sparring, I'm still finding it takes a lot of getting used to.