Hi, good reading your post. Nice to know someone's in a similar position to me. I'm 23 and have been a big fan of boxing for as long as I can remember, but only in the last few months decided to giv it a go. I'm a student at the moment so I have a fair amount of time to spend on my training, however I only have acces to a boxing gym twice week at the moment, rest of the days I work on stamina and strength on the road and in the regular gym.
I have also yet to spar, but I'm looking forward to as soon as possible, not for the sake of a brawl, but I think I will improve better by getting a feel of an opponents movements in front rather than just working on the bags as im doing at the moment.

I've been reading this forum for some time now, though I haven't posted many myself. Just like to say I've benifited from peoples knowledge of the game, especially alexw and adamgb.
cheers