A Night of Fights at My Gym

[Youngblood]

alright youngblood congratz bro.

tnx bro.

Check this. Right as the final bell rings...buddy punches me right in the nuts. Was like WTF?!?!

Then my team mate tells me later he heard the guy say before going in, if he was losing, he was gonna do that. Wish I knew ahead of time...woulda gave him one first. he didn't lose a pt or Fuk all, cuz the ref was as confused as I was. haha. Bastard.

[kingfrnk]

alright youngblood congratz bro.

tnx bro.

Check this. Right as the final bell rings...buddy punches me right in the nuts. Was like WTF?!?!

Then my team mate tells me later he heard the guy say before going in, if he was losing, he was gonna do that. Wish I knew ahead of time...woulda gave him one first. he didn't lose a pt or Fuk all, cuz the ref was as confused as I was. haha. Bastard.

damn should have used an elbow in return.

[Youngblood]

Already packing and getting ready for trip to open Championships. Looking forward to it, 5 day road trip, atleast. Hope I get some fights! Is looking pretty good that I'll be fighting for national championship folks, so wish me luck!

We might be scheduling another home show nov. 28th. to which I'll get the main event again. But am 95% positive am going to sit this one out. Really need a break from training and time to heal this back injury and let the treatments work. I say that now hahahaa, but we'll see.

[Youngblood]

Ok decided to make this my blog about boxing stuffs. Kinda like the 'things that irritate you' only regaridng boxing and what is going on with me. Place to vent, say the occasional thing I want to just type out or w/e...

So yea.

Well, ya, made it to nationals. That is end of Feb. We were hoping last time I posted in this to have a show on the 28th. It was not enough time.

I have a scheduled match for Dec. 5th, but as of today, it looks like I will have to call it off. I've had a recurring lower back prob. that has flarred up and it hasn't allowed me to train as I need to. As I should be. Been a real fucking hindrance in everything I do. It hasn't gotten any better with trying various things, but only worse. As I learn and build my skills, the more torquing I do when learning, the more my back fucks up. And right now it is totally fucked. So Im sorta not happy about that.

Anyway, am trying ot get it right. Rest. Seeing a physiotherapist. A sports doc. But it isn't easy, as each day I don't train, or miss a sparr, or some such thing I feel I am losing out. A mind thing, I know. SO I need to get that in check.

My 2nd last opponent joined our gym today. He drunked called me about 2 weeks after our fight and said he wanted a rematch and other stuffs a while back. It was awkward. I spoke with him once since and we had a really good talk. And he decided to travel the distance to come train with me and us (just this week, we sparred today)...so I spose he is over the beating, and found the humility to realize we are the place to be. And it made me feel pretty good too. And he is right. We are. His gym, well, that was my first, and it is a mess. Some sick in the head people running it with big egos and little dicks and that is the best way I can describe it. And these are adults...guys in their 40-'s and 50's. He was their last good fighter, and now he is gone long after me, and hopefully they are soon too. I suspect they'll be closing soon. Everyone else is now with us. He was there more then a year before I ever started boxing and we began together, and he was light years ahead of me. It was a pretty big humble pill for him to swallow, coming here.

I gained a lot of respect for him.

[killersheep]

Cool pics man, congrats on making Nationals.

[Youngblood]

So my back might be really fukked.

I`ve been thru a bunch of testing, a 2 hr consult with a sports injury specialist /therapist, and then a 3 day process of trying various light exercises to gage my pain reactions to them. Am now being sent for a MRI or Catscan or whatever to further look for potential disc probs and he thinks it is a high possibility. lower lumbar. That I may have had it for a while but have just been fighting thru the pain, which basically I have...for almost 2 years. i`ve never been pain free.

I really hope this isn`t the case, cuz it will likely mean surgery. It may even be an end to boxing for me. I don`t really know. I just know I am fighting this national championship one way or another. And whatever happens after that happens.

If it comes down to it, and for some reason I can`t fight any more, Ill ofc be disappointed. But I wont be devastated. I have never thought of this as a career goal. i`ve had lots of people tell me i have everything it takes to be a pro, and a good one, but I honestly have no urge for that. I`ve always just wanted to go to the olympics, the highest level of amateur, and then persue a career in medicine. My desire to go into medicine is far stronger then my desire to be a pro boxer.

So yea this has been a shitty last little bit for me. I guess I will find out more after I get the results back from the tests. I go next week for them.

[Youngblood]

Got good news today, but still have to go for the MRI. Finally making some headway on the back pain and been told by him after latest consult my reactions were good, and not that of a herniation. What he has been guaging in me is leg weakness and likely other things. I had quite a bit of weakness in my left leg in comparison to my right. This was the thing that most troubled him. But it seems to have corrected itself some and likely will more as we continue treatments.

I've had this recurring pain and injury for more then 2 years and it forever flares up. Haven't been or fought pain free for a long time.

This is also the longest I've ever gone without working out. Without doing anything. It is something I struggle with, maybe much like a person with an eating disorder or something. It is hard to get my head around the feeling I am losing out when not training, or stunting my growth in the sport somehow. But I know in a practical sense this isn't true. That the body requires the rest, and forever training and fighting when injured if anything may be holding me back some. It's something I am comin to terms with, tryin to better understand.

I think I am on the right path tho. Won't be strapping on for even sparring or anything until he says I can, and will do as told for a change and not cheat a workout here and there as I often do. It's all a learning process. Often of self.

[Nameless]

There is only oneeeee Younnng blood
oonnnnee Youngblood


Congratulation mate, can't wait for you to fight in Quebec while I am there, cheering for you might cause some havok among my fellow french Canadians (maybe, who knows) but hell, There is only oneee young blooodd, one young blooodd

[Youngblood]

Got a little over 1 week left, as flying out on the 21st and could be fighting as soon as the 23rd. Nationals are 23-28th.

I think I have come to the root of the problem and believe it is in technique. A bit of a flaw in the delivery of a few of my punches that I throw with a lot of force, and end up flat-footed when doing so and the over-extending is causing the repeated muscle pulls, strains, tears, w/e is going on. I just can't seem to stop hurting myself and even if I found the reason, there is not enough time to correct it completely and heal up to be at anything close to 100%. I think if I am 70% that will be good, considering it has affected my cardio training as well as ability to spar prolonged periods.

Am still confident I can win. Will have 2 fights max, 4 of us in my division so basically a semi-final then final for Canadian championship. We'll see.

[Nameless]

Got a little over 1 week left, as flying out on the 21st and could be fighting as soon as the 23rd. Nationals are 23-28th.

I think I have come to the root of the problem and believe it is in technique. A bit of a flaw in the delivery of a few of my punches that I throw with a lot of force, and end up flat-footed when doing so and the over-extending is causing the repeated muscle pulls, strains, tears, w/e is going on. I just can't seem to stop hurting myself and even if I found the reason, there is not enough time to correct it completely and heal up to be at anything close to 100%. I think if I am 70% that will be good, considering it has affected my cardio training as well as ability to spar prolonged periods.

Am still confident I can win. Will have 2 fights max, 4 of us in my division so basically a semi-final then final for Canadian championship. We'll see.

I expect nothing less than a brilliant performance Josh, I will not root for an english one for no valid reasons