Boxing - the right attitude while you're losing

[Andre]

think of it like this who cares if you have a bad sparr with someone aslong as youve been trying new movements and techniques and perfecting old ones then you are progressing, too many fighters just settle in their ways and leave it at that rather than risking bruising their ego taking a few more punches trying to figure something new out, just keep working at it and sooner or later itll feel like everything is just starting to click and then youll enjoy a lot more what your doing and that is the state of mind you should be in, enjoy boxing dont worry about getting hit everyone gets hit, if your getting hit in sparring then your learning a valuable lesson that could have been learned at full power in a real bout instead of in the much safer and controlled gym sparring sessions. now which one do you think is the better way to learn?

Like Wayne and Lyle have said: If you care about it, you are actually reacting and allowing a mental block to occur between your mind and your reactions, its that reason why your trainer is doing this for you.

[El Kabong]

As one of my favorite people said "Perception is reality" and that goes not only for the judges but for you as well. If you perceive losing rounds as more of a challenge for you to do better instead of someone just flat out whuppin your ass you see there is a bit of hope with viewing it as a challenge and the other way you start looking for a way out.