Amateur's affecting Boxing detrimentally.

**donnydarkoIRL** · 02-26-2008 11:16 AM

Well I don't enjoy watching amateur boxing If I don't know the fighters personally as I feel that they have adapted the sport so much that it has become a different sport.

**Macho** · 02-26-2008 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by hitmandonny

Well I don't enjoy watching amateur boxing If I don't know the fighters personally as I feel that they have adapted the sport so much that it has become a different sport.

Hi my friend hitmandonny, Do you have some familia in amateur boxing? Well i do , i have a nephew that now is prospect for the olimpics , not now but maybe for the next and i want to say that i realy enjoy it watching him and other kids , the point is the way that you look at it , because when you see a kid that inspire to reach there goal that is beatyfull man....and i undertand what you saying in the thread , because i know that i amateur boxing you can see a good prospect for the future and other that go just for be part of the team......But that happens in every sports , righ?

**donnydarkoIRL** · 02-26-2008 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Macho

Hi my friend hitmandonny, Do you have some familia in amateur boxing? Well i do , i have a nephew that now is prospect for the olimpics , not now but maybe for the next and i want to say that i realy enjoy it watching him and other kids , the point is the way that you look at it , because when you see a kid that inspire to reach there goal that is beatyfull man....and i undertand what you saying in the thread , because i know that i amateur boxing you can see a good prospect for the future and other that go just for be part of the team......But that happens in every sports , righ?

Hello Macho, how are you.
I actually box in the amateurs myself Macho, I'm not an Olympian prospect, I've got an obvious Professional style.

I agree completely, I guess that the amateurs are necessary step for kids getting involved in the sport and as such are of vital importance. So yes, you are perfectly correct mate.

**No Contest** · 02-26-2008 06:55 PM

It's almost like they are two different sports altogether. I think amateurs are great for building the boxing skills up, but there's so much more open area in the pros,so if you can do good boxing at amateur your bound to be better with more to work with. As far as power, stamina, chin, heart those things are needed in the pro's moreso so you may not be working on those areas where you can improve them.