Ever notice this and find it ironic?

[pyrovampx]

How people that are experienced and trained in boxing are the ones that are very friendly and non violent in the sense that they don't want to hurt you.
When in fact people expect boxers to be mean, ****y and start fights.
In my gym everyone is friends and are extremely friendly.

I find myself more comfortable at the gym I have never yet got into an argument or a fight there. When I go outside into the world people there are
mean and arrogant. They'll start **** for ****** reasons. And are very rude and angry people in general.

It's funny at school everyone hated me for some reason and they start **** with me "bullying and racism", when I go to my boxing gym I feel comfortable and everyone is friends with me.

pretty ironic don't you think?

[JayCoe]

I found that when I first joined. I walked into a gym by myself, everyone was as nice as pie. The "gangstas" are humbled, and those who lack confidence gain it.

Another ironic thing i've noticed is the "tough guys of the street" usually don't last. One of the guys I know got jumped outside the gym because the "tough guy" wanted to spar straight away, the boxer who sparred him busted his nose. Some people are naturally hardened to violence, but most of the tough guys are just the same as anybody else. When they get hit, they want to stop.

I guess when you remove the violence from violence, and make it a sport, nobody has any reason to be angry at each other. You respect those who beat you because rather than wanting pure vengeance, you want to learn to out-do what they did. Any vengeance wanted is a desire for more skill, not to physically punish the person, outside of boxing.

[lilevil]

Boxing teaches displine in and out of the ring. The guys in the ring don't have to fight in the streets. They fight real fighters. They are usually nice and friendly because they respect everyone training and getting in that ring.

[peewee1460]

i'd rather be in a gym than anywhere else. everyone has already had their ego checked and there's no need for the every day bull**** of who's toughest.

[pyrovampx]

I found that when I first joined. I walked into a gym by myself, everyone was as nice as pie. The "gangstas" are humbled, and those who lack confidence gain it.

Another ironic thing i've noticed is the "tough guys of the street" usually don't last.

yeah I notice the boxing gym is where the big gangstas learn their place compared to everyone else. They lose their ego and learn more about themselves and how strong they truly are compared to others.

[Hearnsz]

Threadstarter,

It's not because boxers are overall more friendly, because I doubt they are.
But in a boxing gym people with the same interest (boxing) gather. Even more; gyms often attract people with similair interests overall. (more manly men)

People with similair interests are usually friendly toward eachother.
I heard stories about how people visited some sort of pedophileforums and they said all the pedophiles seemed really friendly.
Needless to say pedophiles aren't that friendly in the 'real world' where people of all interests are.
Same goes for boxers; they are without a doubt, in general, more violent than the avarage person. (IN GENERAL, I personally am not violent at all, even though boxing has made me more violent!)

EDIT: I'm saying boxers are more violent, I'm not saying they're less friendly.

[jasonindus]

hearnsz, i disagree...

in my experience the hardest people i know are the most humble and walk away from fights. it's like people who have money don't need to show it... but people who don't have money need to act like they have it... so people who can't fight and don't have the discipline, clear mind or rationale are usually the idiots you'll find on the streets and out on a saturday night who pick fights and have anger issues

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As peewee said, there is no other place Id rather be but in the gym

[Young_Stalin]

Well i think it's a matter of respect for yourself and the sport. 2 boxers in the ring when sparring have respect for each other, they are making eachother better boxers. You know, when that new guy comes in and spars with you for the first time you don't knock his head off. You tap him and over time you tap him harder until he is going at you at your level. Street thugs have no respect for their oponent and demand it from others. With all your training comes responsibility, how impressive is it when a well trained boxer beats the hell out of some guy on the street? It's like bringing a ******* to a shouting match. Personally I will not fight outside a ring unless it is the only option. As a side note here, does anyone else notice that when these street fighters spar at a gym and they hit you with everything they got, that oh so well telegraphed im going to lean way back and throw my right kind of punch. That look of terror that they get in their eyes when you take it with no ill effect and they realize this fight will go for longer that 30 seconds.

[Kayo]

As soon as i started boxing...i stopped fighting. You get the kinda feeling like "well i do this enough at the gym do i really need to do this outside" or "its a waste of my time to beat up some chump whos going to charge at me with some looping overhand slap that i'l know out and he'll press charges"