Quote Originally Posted by MDS8405
And now for my little less intelligent answer....

Of course emotionally it can be trained. I spent tonight at my gym listening to two kids complain all night long (and it pissed me off so much, thats why I'm bothering to answer this one). One going on and on about his spray on tan sweating off and ruining his shirt, and the other kid complaining that our ab excercises hurt. Now, in a not so distant time, this might have been me...

After a few years of training for rock climbing and hard mountaineering though, my whole view on pain and hardwork changed. I mentally "trained" myself to thrive on it. I went from the kid that sat around all day avoiding pain and physical excertion (i cant spell... dammit) to the kid that spent most of his days climbing the most greuling mountains to be found. This has transferred over to boxing wonderfully. Instead of being scared to step into the ring for the first time, and worried about getting hit, I was ready for whatever was thrown at me. And when I finally did get caught with that first punch that made me stumble and sent everything spiralling towards blackness (just for a second though, he didnt catch me that good ), it just strengthened my resolve to go back at him and hit him even harder.

So yes, I believe it can be trained. Unless your main concern at the gym is your spray on tan, there might be no hope for you hahhah :P (i thought that stuff was for women anyway)
thats the spirit.. ! get hit and dive right back in you got the right attitude.