Your Uncle's only saying that to give you the motivation to get back in the ring if you find it tough... he wants you to prove him wrong...

Whats it like in the ring... its different for every one... when your not used to it its sort of like if you did something embarassing in the caffaterior at school, all eyes are focused on your every move. Its not like football or something, you get the feeling that your are being measured and feel isolated... won't take you long to feel comfortable in the ring though.

To be honest the first time you do it you'll be thinking of 1000s of different things 'what do I do when he does that' 'do I move my foot like this to step left' 'what was it turn your shoulder back and work off the oppo- OW! I'MT TRYING TO THINK HERE!'

Once you train your sef so they stances and moves become an instinct it'll all be much clearer. The whole point of learning to box is changing your instinctive reaction... instead of blinking and turning your head away when some one trys to hit you... that reaction turns into a parry, a block or a slip. Instead of thinking 'to punch step this way, turn this leg, twist here etc' you just think 'cross' 'hook' and perform it correctly with out even thinking.