Boxing or school when it comes down to it

[F l i c k e r]

If you don't make the olympics.

Stay in school. Box on the side.

[frosty-g]

Im pretty good at boxing I want to be heavyweight champ.

I play football to im pretty good at that to.


Im a freshman my coach says Im going to have the size and speed to play in college and go D1.

But when I turn 18 I want to not go to college and turn pro.

My mom says Education should be Number 1#

and i will need school later in life .

I feel like screw that

everyone seems to think it is really easy to beat one of the klitschkos so why not just fight one of them when you have a spare afternoon?

[ChampBox@PR]

You should do both. Im doing both right now!!

[IronBoxer]

Both have their pros and cons. A professional boxing career can heap in wealth, fame, endorsements and all other sorts of fringe benefits. However to achieve them you have to give it more than your all and by that I mean really going the distance where you put aside everything else and do nothing but train, train, train and train boxing. Simply put you live for boxing. If you decide to go down that path, remember to safeguard your money wisely you don't want to end up like Rocky Balboa.

A college education or more will to some extent provide a source of steady income depending on what your profession is. However, in today's world a college degree is becoming less and less meaningful. The high paying jobs many college graduates seek are nowhere to be found and that is why myself and other graduates have to be working at dead end jobs that barely cover expenses. One of my contemporaries graduated with a degree in medicine and has been unable to find work and she works two minimum wage jobs: one as a pharmacy cashier and the other as an exotic dancer(not a joke!). So you have to choose wisely. My folks recently set up a laundromat where I now work at and its slowly paying dividends. One on hand it allows me to put my business degree to use but I also have to deal with people who are way beyond arrogant and have nearly made me go postal on more than one occasion.

To make things simple TS, do both. Just make sure you devote time, discipline and dedication to both. For the record I'm doing both as well.

[BostonGuy]

I would do both so that at least if the boxing thing doesn't work out you have something to fall back on. Look at the Klitschko Bros, both of them hold doctorate degrees in sports management or something to that affect and both obviously have had a lot of success in boxing...

[T.Horton]

School has got to be the priority unless you're Mike Tyson and by that I mean special. You have got to have sthg to fall back on if you get injured, knocked tfo or whatever. the chances of becoming a top flight fighter are slim to none.

go to school and the gym afterwards (and before if there is time in a day).

[T.Horton]

everyone seems to think it is really easy to beat one of the klitschkos so why not just fight one of them when you have a spare afternoon?

lol he isn't evem 18 yet dude.

*if i find out that the young cats who i work with haven't been to school i don't let them train.

[ippo]

Education always comes first before sports.

[Journeyman]

schoo .

[oldschoolking]

I think School is the better choice. You can still do the training on your spare time. Good luck!