I'm 17 and started my 2nd year at college in england 2 weeks ago, but I want to quit and try to make it as a boxer. It sounds ****ing crazy as I have never even had an amateur fight before, but all I know is I would much rather try to make it at something that I love and have no regrets than keep spending more time doing stuff that I dislike at a ****hole of a college for another year with people (students and teachers) that don't respect me and keep wasting my time as I don't have enough time to train properly afterwards. Im scared that if I quit and don't make it il have nothing to fall back on as I wouldn't have finished my education (in england you have to stay in education until your 18) , but then again I don't want to be an old man and keep thinking to myself every single day "what if I actually went for it". Any advice?
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Drop out of college, bro.... -
Stay in school. Use your spare time wisely if you really want to try boxing. First thing, find a boxing gym and a coach near you. Start a serious training regiment, and after your first couple of sparring sessions you should know whether or not you want to pursue boxing any further. But get your education first if you can only do one.Comment
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My only bit of advice, don't come to boxing scene for adviceComment
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On your next extended time off from school, go to a gym and ask to spar with the toughest guy in the gym. Then you will see if you really want to drop out.Comment
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yeah definitely don't drop out. Just manage your schedule well enough to be able to do both. Good luck!Comment
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Don’t drop out of school. In order to provide income for your family for your entire life you would need to become a world champion making millions and millions.... not saying you can’t do it, but have a back up plan which is education. In your spare time, find a good gym and a good trainer...train hard, have a few fights, see how things go... reevaluate in a year or 2...Originally posted by Dillian78 View Post
More than likely the educational route will lead you to a nice lifestyle with a nice job vs boxing. Again, in your free time go crazy with boxing, but don’t drop out of college...you’ll end up like me, 27 years old and wishing everyday I finished school.
I got a good job now, but from age 17-25 I was working ****ty dead end jobs... education needs to be number one. Boxing can be number 2.Comment
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Well in college, you will probably get a nice career after or a stable job. Nobody knows if you will make it as a boxer, if you have great talent then maybe it will pay off. But 17 is also kind of late to start. Id say go to the gym, see what you got , but stay in college.Comment
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Go with your gut feeling, man. Remember one thing though. Whatever happens, you shouldn't regret a damn thing.Originally posted by Dillian78 View Post
"Life's simple. You make choices and you don't look back."
Han from The Fast & The Furious SeriesComment
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Taking a year off from college or taking a break after HS to explore the world & your interests is a road less taken these days & I think its not a bad idea. If you legit feel strongly about doing something I think you should attempt something you love vs doing something you feel is right all day every day. Being a failure in your chosen path is better than being a winner on someone elses path cuz you won't be who we are really supposed to be.
So I say take a semester or a full year off from college & spend as much time learning boxing as you can for as long as you can. And if that love stays then take another semester or year off & if it doesn't go back to school or find something else you love & do that. But yea chase your loves & not what society tells you you are supposed to want. Thats why so many mfers today are miserable & on antidepressants or drunk or f#cked up all day or every weekend probably.Comment
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