Focus on shadow boxing and forget sit ups?

[Longhaul]

Is there that much of a difference in white collar to fighting a 0-0 amateur that's been through training and is ready to debut like yourself? I've not been looking at amateur boxing matches yet because I don't want to over look my WCB match.

The thing with WCB though is for example if I was to put on a dominant performance in my fight the question is would other WCB organizers accept me in the future for their competitions? My city is a small place so it wouldn't be too hard for them to do research and find out who's fought before etc and what was the out come. It states for beginners so if I do really well I may have no choice but to go to amateurs.

I think that they only really let boxers who either only just won or lost do it again. I can't see them letting someone who won very easily go around a second time because the public would scream blue murder if there's this constant boxer who wins every WCB event of the year or the next six months even, they'd call it a set up, wouldn't look good for their promotion as it's not supposed to be about reigning champions, even the belt doesn't go to the winner but whoever raises the most money.

But if I lose, I guess I should look at doing another WCB competition, or if I only just about win and am not anyway happy with my performance.

In amateur fights you might debut vs a guy with 3 or 4fights.Every gym I was in had different coaches some wouldn’t let you fight for ever if you were a beginner some would throw you to the wolf’s.Every fighter is different some capable coaches have you sparring with more exp guys who will fight to your level or slightly above to help you.Some gyms you just can’t get much sparring it all depends.I saw some wcb type stuff the guys were office workers wharehouse workers two minute rounds of arm punches and gassing out.I will tell you if your fighting two min rounds train 3 min rounds in the gym sparring shadow boxing bag mitts ect

[RossyJames]

In amateur fights you might debut vs a guy with 3 or 4fights.Every gym I was in had different coaches some wouldn’t let you fight for ever if you were a beginner some would throw you to the wolf’s.Every fighter is different some capable coaches have you sparring with more exp guys who will fight to your level or slightly above to help you.Some gyms you just can’t get much sparring it all depends.I saw some wcb type stuff the guys were office workers wharehouse workers two minute rounds of arm punches and gassing out.I will tell you if your fighting two min rounds train 3 min rounds in the gym sparring shadow boxing bag mitts ect

I just need to make sure that I don't have people taking advantage of me and building up my hopes to get knocked out to make another member of their gym look good.

I really want to spar but I don't have that opportunity at the moment. And yeah it makes sense to train for three, at the moment I have a stop watch and try and punch as fast as I can for two minutes, while also being accurate, although I'm quite not there yet I've still got time to improve. I'll extend it to three minutes which should prepare me well, I mean even doing two minutes, in a boxing match I'm not going to be punching to that extent.

[Longhaul]

I just need to make sure that I don't have people taking advantage of me and building up my hopes to get knocked out to make another member of their gym look good.

I really want to spar but I don't have that opportunity at the moment. And yeah it makes sense to train for three, at the moment I have a stop watch and try and punch as fast as I can for two minutes, while also being accurate, although I'm quite not there yet I've still got time to improve. I'll extend it to three minutes which should prepare me well, I mean even doing two minutes, in a boxing match I'm not going to be punching to that extent.

Remember you were talking about reducing fat don’t forget to include a good diet.

[DugzBoxing]

I'll focus on ofc shadow boxing, press ups, sit ups, planks etc and continue with my running and swimming.

I'm going to stick to doing 200+ press ups and sit ups a day despite taking on more things but hey I've got a fight coming up so I can't really complain, I want to win.

Do you think 200+ press ups and sit ups a day is good enough to prepare myself for WCB? Before I could manage that I used to think that 200+ would be really impressive but now I can do it I'm thinking maybe I should do more, it doesn't really feel that impressive after all.

Since getting into boxing I've only been working in my local Library 8 hours a week so I for sure have the time to workout which I am grateful for as most people my age can't afford to either leave or drastically cut down their work hours to train and fully focus on one thing.

In isolation these bodyweight exercises are pointless. You need to include these in a training routine. Doing so many might seem good but there are so many parts to a quality workout.

You need to learn how to skip rope and do this non-stop for 15 minutes. If you want you can include bodyweight exercises like a set of 10-15 press ups, sit ups and squats. That would be the warm up.

Then, shadow box for as many rounds as you want to warm up your joints and focus on different aspects; dedicate each round to something that you can improve on.

Somewhere in here you might want to spend some time on footwork drills. Poor footwork in a fight could lead to you getting knocked out.

Hit the heavy bag. Mix things up and don't just focus on power. Split your time on the bag into several rounds. Focus on speed, power, your jab and useful combinations. Aim for 4 x 3 min rounds if you want.

Set yourself a circuit. Place different pieces of equipment in each spot and challenge yourself to complete each exercise for either 30 seconds or 1 minute. You can also do a specific number of reps. Use a barbell, kettlebell, bodyweight, treadmill, medicine ball etc.

To mix it up in every session why not have a medicine ball thrown at your core for strengthening? Or have someone put on boxing gloves and throw punches. Remember to breathe every time.

I don't know how long you would be training for but if it is an hour, and you can add a few more things to this workout, you'll be looking to burn 800+ calories in a session at your weight.

If you are training in the boxing gym and doing their sessions forget the excessive press ups, sit ups etc. and attend 3-4 times a week instead. On other days you can swim and run.

Hope this helps.

[RossyJames]

Thanks for the responses guys, I'll be sure to add in a lot of what you've all suggested.