One of my nephews has a group of friends who have boxed in the basement a couple of times. I guess they have some gloves. They have only done it a couple times and none of them have trained with a heavy bag or anything.

One of his friends is always bragging about how he could easily beat my nephew. Well, my nephew and I started working with a heavy bag and doing daily workouts to try and get him in shape. We think it would be fun it my nephew got a little bit of skill and conditioning then challenged his friend and totally outclassed him. This friend, by the way, is a real jerk and is always giving my nephew flak. The 2 guys are about the same size and weight.

My question is, assuming they started as both equally bad at boxing, how long should it take of training with the heavy bag, doing boxing type workouts, sparring, watching videos, etc... How much of that should it take before he would actually get enough of an advantage to be sure of winning against his friend?

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but look on the bright side, we have boxing headgear, mouthpieces, sparring gloves, etc... It's not like they are going to do something crazy... I'm sure a lot of you had basement or backyard boxing matches with your friends when you were teenagers hehe...