Some boxing questions

[donnydarkoIRL]

My understanding is that fighters do not pay sanctioning bodies directly. You normally have to pay something for a pro licence and often your gym or manager will take a cut of your purse. How much exactly is negotiable or set for that particular gym.

As for all the training details you might want to do a forum search for details. It sounds to me like you're considering a pro career and already planning to split millions with people but it's a long, long road in reality.

A lot will depend on you as an individual, your weight class and your strengths and weaknesses as to how you choose to train and how much preparation you need.

A beginner will take a lot longer to train up for a fight than an seasoned athlete who already had a s good base of skills and fitness. I'd say it'd usually take a minimum of 6 months to a year for a boxer to reach a standard to compete for the first time as an amateur - assuming they had a reasonable level of fitness before.

Some trainers will be less picky and throw you in earlier - sometimes to your peril - some will take longer. My gym takes a long time to prepare their firghters for their first bout but no one in my gym has ever lost their first bout!

One thing's for sure - boxing is not a get rick quick profession!

You forgot to add the caveat unless your Irish

If it makes you feel less cheated, I have an awful black eye this morning
But then again swelling and blood makes Irish Fighters more attractive doesn't it?

Well Hitmandonny's been training 12 years and is still working up to hitting the pros so I don't think that's quick say compared to becoming an engineer or doctor or something!

Thanks you Sharla, rep for coming to my defence.