Why Do You Box?

[donnydarkoIRL]

I boxed because I am a warrior, the same reason I joined the Marine corp. I tell each and every prospect that comes into my gym, which I have been training over 20 years that not everyone can be a competetive fighter, let alone a good one, and that their is no shame in this. It goes back to the beginning of time, male dominance, man against man, who is the best. I respect all who enter the ring, win or lose, because it takes a lot of courage to face another individual in combat. We who box are modern day warriors, plain and simple. I love the smell of the gym, the rythm of the bags being hit, the breathing, the smell, everything. I am truly in my comfort zone in the gym. However that was a long time ago, please pass the Ben and Jerries::P

I'm not so sure about the Alpha male thing there...On paper my last opponent should have eaten me alive and he had strength i wont have for a couple of more years. I believe that to a certain extent the will to fight is in us all, but how we fight and how good we are idepends on our own personal attitudes and work ethic's.
I understand what you mean about loving the gym, i was out the guts of seven months with a shoulder injury and i missed it so much...To be back is really special. The gym kinda has it's own unique aroma a mix of leather, sweat and timber, the first day i re-entered the gym was really memorable.
And to step back trhu the ropes to spar sent shivers up my spine. This sport has really taken care of me.

[Abaddon]

Oh no I was not trying to go into the alpha male thingy neither, just stating what it is for me is all:

[donnydarkoIRL]

I really respect ur passion. CC

[southpawed]

Oh no I was not trying to go into the alpha male thingy neither, just stating what it is for me is all:

I see where you're comin from though Aba..The idea that we technically transform into fighting machines, mentally and physically, when we step into that ring. It really brings you back to a mindstate that you are early man, with no weapon, only your bare fists.. duking it out with your opponent for survival. Its an exhilirating feeling. And in the end when the bell rings, you two can touch gloves and show respect with no hard feelings, even though you've just attempted to bust up each others faces.

thats my kinda sport man.

[Chris Nagel]

Oh no I was not trying to go into the alpha male thingy neither, just stating what it is for me is all:

I see where you're comin from though Aba..The idea that we technically transform into fighting machines, mentally and physically, when we step into that ring. It really brings you back to a mindstate that you are early man, with no weapon, only your bare fists.. duking it out with your opponent for survival. Its an exhilirating feeling. And in the end when the bell rings, you two can touch gloves and show respect with no hard feelings, even though you've just attempted to bust up each others faces.

thats my kinda sport man.

In that case you could always join the marines.

[southpawed]

Oh no I was not trying to go into the alpha male thingy neither, just stating what it is for me is all:

I see where you're comin from though Aba..The idea that we technically transform into fighting machines, mentally and physically, when we step into that ring. It really brings you back to a mindstate that you are early man, with no weapon, only your bare fists.. duking it out with your opponent for survival. Its an exhilirating feeling. And in the end when the bell rings, you two can touch gloves and show respect with no hard feelings, even though you've just attempted to bust up each others faces.

thats my kinda sport man.

In that case you could always join the marines.

haha. you dont get saved by the bell in war.

[David H]

Oh no I was not trying to go into the alpha male thingy neither, just stating what it is for me is all:

I see where you're comin from though Aba..The idea that we technically transform into fighting machines, mentally and physically, when we step into that ring. It really brings you back to a mindstate that you are early man, with no weapon, only your bare fists.. duking it out with your opponent for survival. Its an exhilirating feeling. And in the end when the bell rings, you two can touch gloves and show respect with no hard feelings, even though you've just attempted to bust up each others faces.

thats my kinda sport man.

In that case you could always join the marines.

[Sharla]

David I know you're making some kind of statement with this piture that's probably obvious to everyone but me but I don't get it. Can you give me a clue?

I wasted an entire day today alone out in a field taking 450 mini soil cores by hand for DNA analysis to detect soil disease. I'm covered in mud, have cuts all over my fingers from the sharp edges of the soil corer and my body hates me so I'm possibly brian dead too and missing something really, really obvious so I'll have to ask you to excuse me if this is a stupid Q!

[Sharla]

Sorry i get it now i've had a coffee

[greynotsoold]

I think the point behind the picture goes back several years to when Riddick Bowe decided to enlist in the Marine Corp and lasted 6 days.
As fars as why I box...Nothing else, is there? I've never in life been the least bit interested in any other sport, and have been passionate about boxing since the age of 4, if not earlier. My dad was from Pittsburgh and I grew up on stories of Zivic (especially of Fritzie, him being Croatian and from the same neighborhood as my father), Conn, Marciano, and Zale. Plus, my mom would take me to the fights at the Olympic in LA when I was 6,7, 8 years old. I'm not as physical as I was so I rarely hit the bags and such any more (after an aborted 'comeback' last fall ) but I can still spend a day, easily, in a gym watching beginners hit the heavy bag.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Grey ur back! CC All ur old posts got re-posted they really helpful.