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    How do I tell my mother that I want to keep boxing? She wants me to quit.

    I posted a thread awhile back. As previously stated, I am 16 and 5'1, 112lbs (but more like 108lbs) if I don't have any clothes and shoes on.

    I don't think I will get any taller or bigger since my dad is about the same height as me.

    I tried playing football, baseball and basketball, but due to my size, I am not good at playing any of those competitively since everyone is bigger than me.

    I finally found something that I do well in, but now my mother wants me to stop boxing and start taking school more seriously because she wants me to become a Doctor or Engineer.

    We are not from the U.S. so as you can imagine, my mother is very strict with my grades and believes I need to stop boxing now that I am getting closer to graduating.

    How do I tell her that I want to continue boxing? My entire life, I've been told by people that I am too small for this sport or that sport, but when I find something that I am actually good at competing at.......
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    #2
    It's your life, you have to live it and not anyone else. Women mostly don't want their sons/husbands to play any body contact sport so your mother's attitude is usual. You just have to tell her that it's something that you have to do otherwise you will be unhappy and does she want to be responsible for that? Study and boxing are not incompatible anyway, just studying is not good for you and plenty of people study while working, I did.

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      #3
      Do both. Tell her it's just for fun. All students have hobbies or sports. If you continue to win, you can turn the hobby into a career. If you aren't competitive enough, then you have school as a second option.

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        #4
        To be fair I wouldn't advise letting a sport really interfere with your study either, but as Richard G noted finding a nice balance between the two would be ideal. Apply the dedication and determination you learn from boxing to your studies and you'll be killing it.

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          #5
          Tell yo momma Salvador Sanchez and Mohamed Ali together came to you in a dream and said to you that you would be the GOAT!

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            #6
            Originally posted by Richard G View Post
            It's your life, you have to live it and not anyone else. Women mostly don't want their sons/husbands to play any body contact sport so your mother's attitude is usual. You just have to tell her that it's something that you have to do otherwise you will be unhappy and does she want to be responsible for that? Study and boxing are not incompatible anyway, just studying is not good for you and plenty of people study while working, I did.
            In my country, parents are always strict when it comes to studying.

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              #7
              Mama said, "Boxing's the Devil!"

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                #8
                Your can be like the water boy of boxing

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Deontay Wilder View Post
                  Do both. Tell her it's just for fun. All students have hobbies or sports. If you continue to win, you can turn the hobby into a career. If you aren't competitive enough, then you have school as a second option.
                  I have told her it's just for fun, but now that I am getting closer to graduating, she wants me to stop boxing because she says it's time to put away the games and get serious.

                  But I have been serious this entire time and I'm serious about becoming a professional boxer. I even got a couple of important people to notice me recently, something that's never happened before.

                  But I am 16, which means I still live in my mothers house.

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                    #10
                    tell her that you're already brain damaged from taking so many head shots, thus it's too late to be an engineer or doctor ... so may as well keep boxing

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