Quote Originally Posted by iceman
monkey how could you say that? the rules are not even remotely the same, in amateur no technique is given aproval, ot is all agression and straight hits...no time to play hurt, or attack by drawing or even hook...it is knock him out or straight punches only...i doubt ameteur anything will help my boxing...i am too old to fight that way and i lay traps for my younger opponets which you never face as an ameteur . just even competion not that 19 year old that heals between rounds, you face the worst in pro and as far as ametuer you don't get tested all that much...i mean in 3 or 4 rounds, what do you get? ya gotta hit the deep water some time.........
Pretty easily,its ring time
Real ring time,not sparring
It counts now,your trainer has a chance to see what your made of when your scared.Most fighters arent "scared" in sparring,they know the trainer has some control over whats happening.
But when theres a crowd watching,and theres no real control,well you find things out.
That right there will save you from choking when theres a 1000 people who want to see a fight
On top of that,you can find a way to brush it off as,"It doesnt matter" if its amateur
Its a hell of a lot harder to brush that off once its on your pro-record
On top of that,as you say,you face the worst,all fighters develop little ticks they probably shouldnt,well not probably definitly,its hard for your trainer to see them all even in sparring,and definitly not on the heavy bag.
Amateurs are a way to find them