Doesnt it feel good WHEn..

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

people ask you what do you do as a hobby or something or if you play sports and you can reply back with pride " ima boxer"..i feel hella good about my self and definatley keeps me goin harder n harder

[Kayo]

yeah i love it, then their response is "oh **** really, i guess i wont piss you off"

[SpeedKillz]

yeah i love it, then their response is "oh **** really, i guess i wont piss you off"

HAHAHA exactly the response i get all the time. i love it!!

[fraidycat]

I get that, too. Weird for me, lemme tell ya.

A few days ago, some of the guys in my band (I play saxophone in a band) were shucking and jiving with me about my fight. One of the members, who is an egotist and kind of a loudmouth, starts going off about how that isn't real fighting, he and I ought to step outside and he'll "show me something." He had been a semi-pro ballplayer after college and considers himself to still be something of an athlete.

He was actually asking me to go outside for a friendly punch-up.

Before I could even talk him down, one of the guys who'd been at my exhibition bout spoke up: "Dude, are you insane? He (pointing to me) would kick. Your. Ass." He said those last three words that slowly: Kick. Your. Ass.

"He's right," said another guy. "He'd **** you up."

"Yeah, Chris, you're gonna get hurt. Don't do this, man. Take it back, say you're sorry."

"Look," I said, "This is a ****** idea. Come to the gym sometime, and we'll go Waltzing Matilda. I'd love to. But I'm not going to fight you. Ever."

I am, by and large, a gentle soul. I was, until very recently, an ordained deacon in the Presbyterian church. I hate fighting. (I LOVE boxing, but I hate fighting. Figure that one out.) On top of that, I don't box very well, yet.

But what was amazing was this: My fights throughout my life have for the most part been accompanied by knots of people urging my adversary to kick my ass, and my adversary knowing it was an easy feat.

This was the first time -- THE FIRST TIME -- that a group of people has ever talked someone OUT of fighting me, for fear that HE might get hurt.

That, in and of itself -- all Christian mercy and humility aside -- feels amazing.

I am truly a different man now than I was two years ago.

/hijack

[Kayo]

I get that, too. Weird for me, lemme tell ya.

A few days ago, some of the guys in my band (I play saxophone in a band) were shucking and jiving with me about my fight. One of the members, who is an egotist and kind of a loudmouth, starts going off about how that isn't real fighting, he and I ought to step outside and he'll "show me something." He had been a semi-pro ballplayer after college and considers himself to still be something of an athlete.

He was actually asking me to go outside for a friendly punch-up.

Before I could even talk him down, one of the guys who'd been at my exhibition bout spoke up: "Dude, are you insane? He (pointing to me) would kick. Your. Ass." He said those last three words that slowly: Kick. Your. Ass.

"He's right," said another guy. "He'd **** you up."

"Yeah, Chris, you're gonna get hurt. Don't do this, man. Take it back, say you're sorry."

"Look," I said, "This is a ****** idea. Come to the gym sometime, and we'll go Waltzing Matilda. I'd love to. But I'm not going to fight you. Ever."

I am, by and large, a gentle soul. I was, until very recently, an ordained deacon in the Presbyterian church. I hate fighting. (I LOVE boxing, but I hate fighting. Figure that one out.) On top of that, I don't box very well, yet.

But what was amazing was this: My fights throughout my life have for the most part been accompanied by knots of people urging my adversary to kick my ass, and my adversary knowing it was an easy feat.

This was the first time -- THE FIRST TIME -- that a group of people has ever talked someone OUT of fighting me, for fear that HE might get hurt.

That, in and of itself -- all Christian mercy and humility aside -- feels amazing.

I am truly a different man now than I was two years ago.

/hijack

yeah i've got a story like that too i was at a halloween party and i dressed like a construction worker. And some random kid who didnt really belong there was like "you look gay" to me and i responded with "..ok?..sorry at least all the girls are paying attention to me". And then he said "i'd **** you up bad buddy so stay outta my way" and then two of my friends are playing pool and are like "yo dude...cool it, im not sure you know who this is. Havent you seen him on tv or in the newspaper for wrestling and im pretty sure hes just as good of a boxer too from what i've seen" and the guy responds with "psh those sports are for ******* street fighting is the only real fighting" so i came back with "ok well when i hit you with a 1,2 combo so fast you dont see it then get close hip toss you on the ground and have my foot on your neck are you gunna tell me their ***** sports?" and the guy looked like he'd seen a ghost

[Smokin']

LMAO. Boxing is definetly a bad ass sport. Most guys (unless they got balls the size of beachballs) **** with guys who train in a discipline like boxing, wrestling, heck even karate. I got props for any humble (keep in mind I just said humble) kids who train at boxing. The ****y ****s who think they run **** should shuv something sharp and ***** like up there ass.

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

LMAO. Boxing is definetly a bad ass sport. Most guys (unless they got balls the size of beachballs) **** with guys who train in a discipline like boxing, wrestling, heck even karate. I got props for any humble (keep in mind I just said humble) kids who train at boxing. The ****y ****s who think they run **** should shuv something sharp and ***** like up there ass.

yuup even when you talkin to a 250 pound football player and they know you box, its sort of feels like they have all the respect for you and it makes you feel ( well for ME it does) BIG

[Smokin']

I got 20 times the respect for people who box and people who do MMA. I know of 2 MMA kids that were in my math class. These guys trained 4-5 times a week and didn't have a damn LICK on them. I knew this boxer and buddy would roll up with cuts over his temple and swollen eye/eyebrow's all the damn time. THe 2 sports dont compare when it comes to toughness. Sorry MMA fanboys.

[fraidycat]

THe 2 sports dont compare when it comes to toughness. Sorry MMA fanboys.

Depends on the MMA. While waiting for my eardrum to heal up after this most recent fight, I took a few weeks of Judo, 2-3 times per week. THAT is a damned fun sport, and it's definitely a full-contact, intense combat sport. It differs from non-contact martial arts; you get pummeled into the mat. A lot. And it hurts. It's not as brutal as boxing, but you get bounced around pretty good. I was as sore as I get from boxing; no actual injuries or blood, but it's a full-contact sport, no doubt. I would not screw with a skilled Judoka.

I think I'm going to add Judo to my repertoire next year. Throwing people into the ground is FUN. And it's only gay if you smile.

[j]

I got 20 times the respect for people who box and people who do MMA. I know of 2 MMA kids that were in my math class. These guys trained 4-5 times a week and didn't have a damn LICK on them. I knew this boxer and buddy would roll up with cuts over his temple and swollen eye/eyebrow's all the damn time. THe 2 sports dont compare when it comes to toughness. Sorry MMA fanboys

****ing kids these days!

if you don't participate, then as you do not ****ing know.

and for everybody else, i'm not dissing boxing and you know that. boxing is part of mma - so dissing mma in at least one sense is dissing boxing. mma is not a style, but a discipline of training more than one style of combat with a strong emphasis on sport fighting.

and you guys know i know what i'm talking about.