Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
Quote Originally Posted by bikersk
Thanks hitmandonny cc back. Well as a kid I loved boxing and started training around 14 or 15 i guess. Trained a lot but never did much though and only did that karate thing and some other MMA stuff i guess but not like it is now. I mostly did boxing training but a kick boxer trained me and my brother for a while. He helps train a guy here called the "Preacher" now who has or had Aus title had in Muay Thai i think. Have pretty much trained on and off, i'm 37 now and just got back into it this year (oops last year it's 08 now DOH). Im satisfied with training and sparring unless there is someone else around here as old and silly as me wants to.....

Um wasn't this thread about nose guards?
The original point was that you could get by in full sparring without anything but a nose guard
My point back was that you run a risk of repeat concussions that way,and if that does happen it turns up on your MRI's,and then you arent getting a liscence,which kind of defies that point of sparring doesnt it?
It's a good point. I saw Valeros most recent fight the other day. They were saying he is having trouble being licensed in parts of the US due to results of an MRI. They said it was a result of a car accident or something - not sure but either way he's at the top of the tree and could really crack it big time in the us and his MRI is preventing that at the moment.