Boxing as a newcommer

**wanderingfighter** · 06-29-2017 08:31 PM

20 minutes a day is not enough....

I'm a advanced novice that's been practicing for 1.7 years as of now. I train 3 hours everyday except Sundays. Sometimes on Saturday I train twice a day, I haven't even began to scratch the surface of things. If you aren't dedicated you'll go to sleep with a lot of headaches if you ever start sparring against quality opponents.

**Master** · 06-30-2017 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by wanderingfighter

20 minutes a day is not enough....

I'm a advanced novice that's been practicing for 1.7 years as of now. I train 3 hours everyday except Sundays. Sometimes on Saturday I train twice a day, I haven't even began to scratch the surface of things. If you aren't dedicated you'll go to sleep with a lot of headaches if you ever start sparring against quality opponents.

That is dedication

**wanderingfighter** · 06-30-2017 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by Master

Originally Posted by wanderingfighter

20 minutes a day is not enough....

I'm a advanced novice that's been practicing for 1.7 years as of now. I train 3 hours everyday except Sundays. Sometimes on Saturday I train twice a day, I haven't even began to scratch the surface of things. If you aren't dedicated you'll go to sleep with a lot of headaches if you ever start sparring against quality opponents.

That is dedication

Yes but I started to train seriously at 30 and I'm 32 now and I have no idea what I'm doing or why I'm dedicating myself to combat sports. I haven't been able to find a teacher that can plan a fight for me so I'm putting all this time into training and neglecting other aspects of my life and at the end of the road I have no fight planned. I met some guy last month that talked about having me fight some Russian guy but they expected me to drop 12 pounds in one month and even though the other guy said he was 0-0 I saw videos of him and he looked extremely experienced. Probably had an amateur background in Russia to be honest with you because he was slipping shots and throwing from angles like a professional and he was fight ready at the proper fight weight. I had to back away from that one and felt like a coward for a week, but there's no way I'm to put myself into that position and have to lose 12 pounds in one month while the other fighter doesn't have go through that hardship and I'm 0-0 and no amateur fights in boxing or Muay Thai so I have no business in the right with someone that's super experienced. My motivation is in the dumps right now so I'm going to get back into focusing on my business life (which I neglected) and the conditioning aspects of fighting in general so I can be ready for whatever shows up out of nowhere, perhaps I will pick up running as a sport and start training for marathons. But I'm just about giving up on the idea of ever having a meaningful fight, at this point if I fight at some hole in the wall fight show I'll consider it a success. So I'm just going to build myself up for one fight.

**Master** · 06-30-2017 11:28 PM

There is a poster on here that fights unlicensed here and he has fought in those white collar fights which you could easily do yourself. That would give you a reason and focus to train so hard.

**wanderingfighter** · 06-30-2017 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by Master

There is a poster on here that fights unlicensed here and he has fought in those white collar fights which you could easily do yourself. That would give you a reason and focus to train so hard.

That's a good idea! I will also start documenting my process to maintain motivation. At this point if I can get one meaningful 'fair' fight I will be happy. The fun is in the journey anyway and I don't want to die before ever being in a fight. But I also don't want to get thrown into the wolves because well that's another thing all together. These striking sports are more about technique than brute strength and I don't want to put myself into a strength vs technique situation on my first fight due to my lack of technique as of now when compared with someone with lets say 30+ amateur fights and properly schooled from an early age.

In the gym I'm in I'm the only one that is not fighting for purses out of the regular ones that come everyday and I don't think the trainers are too interested in putting any effort to find me a fair fight. I don't think they know how to at this point since they deal with advanced professionals and there's even one major alphabet belt holder training in this gym which gets most of the attention. They are not sure how to go about finding someone that's 0-0, 1-0, 0-1 for me. They are more worried about bigger events and the one time they did find me a potential opponent it was this random Russian guy in his early 20's who's obviously looking for a stepping stone to start padding his record and go deep into the professional ranks. After I said no to that they told me to just get in the best condition possible so I'm ready to step into a fight at any minute since it's hard to match up beginners ahead of time.

You gave me an idea though. I will start seeking out white collar events on my own and set short term goals. Thank you.

**Master** · 07-01-2017 12:18 AM

Keeping a journal of how you are doing is a good way to stay motivated.

The poster I mentioned is @Tam Seddon, look up his threads and he has posted videos.

**wanderingfighter** · 07-01-2017 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by Master

Keeping a journal of how you are doing is a good way to stay motivated.

The poster I mentioned is @Tam Seddon, look up his threads and he has posted videos.

You know as soon as I did a google search for white collar events I found one that takes place in September for beginners. I messaged them and it looks like they will start holding these events every month starting September. I never thought about booking my own fights. Thank you!