Who on this forum actually boxes?

[BrooklynBomber]

I Box ammateur in NY.

Where? I am right now training at Gleasons.

[Lordy]

I tried boxingwhen I was about fifteen, was no good at it but I fell in love with the sport. Later swithched to the martial arts jiu jitsu first, then karate which I still do], and found I had more of an aptitude for this style of fighting. I still love boxing though.

[BUSTA-KO]

I took up boxing when I was 13. I was decent but I just had more fun with it than anything else. Boxing kept me off the streets which was cool, and it also added some muscle to my skinny behind lol. I also got into Boxing because of my cousin. He won the Gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, but he never really did anything in the pro's. Anyway, When I was younger I used to try to copy his moves but ended up looking like I was having a seizure...that's when I realized I had better change to a different sport before I become a laughing stock at school. lol.

[Slipx]

I tried boxingwhen I was about fifteen, was no good at it but I fell in love with the sport. Later swithched to the martial arts jiu jitsu first, then karate which I still do], and found I had more of an aptitude for this style of fighting. I still love boxing though.

yeah, I could imagine any martial artist that does just a little bit of boxing training would become a true force in whatever division they do, the striking training a hardcore fighter does is uncomparable ; especially with all the ground moves you learn in various martial arts, you would definately become feared on the ground.


but point fighting always failed to interest me..

[Pugnacious_Z]

ye

boxing is alright, i wanted to ask wen u thread 100 posts, do u get to download stuff

[Slipx]

yeah but it has to be 100 quality posts..if you post 100 times stuff like 'cool' or 'nice' or whatever one liner you can think up,it's generally frowned upon.

[Mr. Violence]

yeah, I could imagine any martial artist that does just a little bit of boxing training would become a true force in whatever division they do, the striking training a hardcore fighter does is uncomparable ; especially with all the ground moves you learn in various martial arts, you would definately become feared on the ground.


but point fighting always failed to interest me..

point fighting is a flat out joke and in fact...can make you develop bad habits on the street because you learn to pull back your punches when you fight for points...unfortunately I got up to brown belt in Okinawan Uechi Ryu Karate before I realised I would be better off learning something that is more modernized and would work on the street...luckily I was young when I wasted my time on tradtional karate so it wasn't that bad.

[Slipx]

point fighting is a flat out joke and in fact...can make you develop bad habits on the street because you learn to pull back your punches when you fight for points..

I am very unfamiliar with the rules of point fighting. They give you less points for punching full force?

I appreciate your input,btw.

[Mr. Violence]

I am very unfamiliar with the rules of point fighting. They give you less points for punching full force?

I appreciate your input,btw.

it's been years since I did it...I was in a few AAU tournaments...in point Karate you can't hit in the face...you get a point for throwing a punch inches from someone's face...than that's cosidered a point...body shots are a point, you have to pull back your shots too. the ref stops the action whenever someone scores a point...then you restart again from the starting positions...it just wasn't for me. It wasn't real enough. The only traditional martial arts worth anything in my opinion is Ju Jitsu, Muay Tai...these are some brutal styles that are absolutely effective on the street. Boxing is good for the street too.

[tyson]

I started boxing when I was 16, after seeing the Rocky movies on tv
Boxed my first fight after 8 months, against a former norwegian champion, and knocked him unconscious for 10 minutes in the 3rd round.
5 of my first 6 fights I won by knockout (amateur), and became a Norwegian champion in the process.
In my 9th fight, I was supposed to meet a guy named Nikita Dubunin in the weightclass over mine (in 64kg).
I had never heard about the guy before, and it didn't bother me.
I had knocked out the junior champion in 60kg the day before, so my confidence was pretty ok

But then, at the day of the fight, people started coming over to me sking "are you the one who's going to fight Nikita? YOU??.... well... Best of lucks then..."
Everybody, from kids to grown-ups asked me the same and wished my luck, and I didn't even know why. Who was this guy?

Anyway, I didn't bother to ask, and just went up in the ring at fight-time. This Nikita guy did indeed look very focused and determined it seemed when I looked across the ring.
The bell sounded, and before I had managed to take one step forward, he was all over me, throwing shots at all angles non-stop.
I was completly overwhelmed by this guy who punched more in 30 seconds than I used to in 2 rounds, and I got really angry at this punk who refused to let me get started. So I started throwing heavy hooks with bad intentions, neglecting my defence totally.
To my surprise, he never stopped throwing punches in bunches, not even for one little second!
So after the second round, I sat down in my corner and said to my trainer "I'm too tired, I can't do this no more.."
He asked me if Nikita hit hard, and I answered like every fighter would; "heeeeeell no!!"
So I got motivated to the 3rd round, and up I went.
But in the 3rd round, we threw a right hook at the same time, and his punch landed on my right biceps, and my arm just fell down by my side.
I tried to lift it back up with my left glove, but it just went limp again. Nikita stepped back in wonder, probobly thinking what was wrong. Then he smiled a little, before raising his right hand like Sugar Ray Robinson did against Jake Lamotta in Raging Bull, and unleashed a flurry of punches which I wasn't able to block, and only had my left hand to punch back with.
Somehow I weathered the storm without any problems, and the bell sounded to end the round.
In the 4th and final round, I thought to myself that I would have to get my right hand to function, so I managed to do so about 1 minute into the round. Then I thought to myself that now I could do what I used to do in training. So when he threw a hard left jab, I stepped out a little with the right foot, slipping outside the punch and countered with my first straight right in the fight, BOOM!
The only thing I remember from that fight is how sweet I felt when I saw him sliding on his ass into his own corner, and how he stumbled when he rose at the count of 9... The judge let him continue, and as I was walking in to finish him, the final bell went off.....
I had lost the fight 4-1...

Afterwards, I learned that Nikita was an Uzbekistan champion, had won a four-nation tournament between Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan and some other country, and that he had 87 fights with 84 wins...

I have been injured for 2 years now, but I plan a comeback this fall. And this time I'll kick his ass!