Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Yeah I understand completely.

Have you a gym/trainer in mind for your pro career?

I feel I need so show some loyalty to my current gym as long as I continue to live in Adelaide. They're a great bunch of people even if i don't always understand everyone perfectly. I think I'd like to manage myself a little more though. Just to feel I can work things out in advance a little more and make things a little more organized than they tend to be when you hear all your fight details via Chinese whisper at the last minute. I think I'd try to negotiate sparring outside of my gym as often as possible and maybe pay for a few sessions with some pro guys from Adelaide.

he thing with my gym is you don't pay for coaching - and they'd never accept your money for private trainings - but that can mean training doesn't have much have structure which makes it hard to feel like you're progressing. That's why I want 6 months to prepare physically and make sure my training is on the right track before I fight pro.

Quote Originally Posted by iceman
same here, no real avenue to complain and if ya find a masters division fight (HA) they basically castrate you...1 minute rounds and huge 16 oz. gloves...what's the point? i mean i assume a level of risk just by training why not let me test myself...besides i got insurance for a cat scan or mri..
Yeah they should just set a stricter medical if they are worried about slightly older fighters. You would be pushed more in training with only 1 minute rounds!