Boxing or school when it comes down to it

[JC Warrior]

Breaking from the majority I would go boxing. I graduated high school and got my college degree by 25. My employment prospects may be better but I could have finished my degree a few years later and still been ok, even a high school drop out can get their diploma online etc.

You will never be able to get your youth back, however. If you are serious about boxing, have a fighters mentality, and the ruthless discipline required to get up at 530am every morning to run and train hard, then forsake school and commit yourself to it and don't look back.

You can take the smart route and go to school and no one will fault you. When you are 25, 26, 27 though and you're coming on the downhill side of your physical prime you will wonder what if I'd tried harder or pursued the athletic dream...that will haunt you the rest of your life.

[Left2theliver]

Don't see why you can't go to school AND box.

This. I'm a full time college student, AND I have time to go to the gym 5 days a week, for 4 hours a day.

[Barn]

It's easy to do both but, if I've got an essay to do and I'm struggling for time it's the boxing that suffers and everyone should have this mindset in my opinion.

[Josh_Shing]

^That. No hooks before books. If you go into full time boxing, your skills you learned in school will fade, especially your math. And with most big degrees, you need math classes of some sort. Do school AND box and maybe your skills from both lives will remain sharp. You just have to man up and find a way to juggle both. Hell, you can even go for some degree that's not as demanding like biochem, microbio, nursing, engineering, etc. Do something sport related. Or business related if it turns out you like that. Or maybe become a sports therapist of some sort. But more than often you're going to run into math classes if you try those courses, which is why it's good to stay in school.

[Trigger unhappy]

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

[AlacranMX]

Juan Manuel Marquez finish university, Marco Barrera went to Law school. You can do both