Why did you start Boxing? (and my introduction)

[Spartacus Sully]

Being a pacifist I got picked on alot built up a high tolerance for pain and spent many nights in the mirror imagining how i would fight back(shadow boxing). Took up wing chun and tai chi wanted to do something that was a bit more training baised less internal energy.I always liked sparring with my friends which is ok with me since its not out of anger so i took up boxing since i allready had gloves and stuff from sparring, and i figure if im just boxing im not going to be fighting people out of anger im just going to be doing the sport.

[fraidycat]

Yes there is you will get at least a medal or a trophy at 90% of club shows. Damn amateur.

I know that. I have a couple of medals. What I meant was, you have to get in the ring. It's not like baseball where even the bench warmers get trophies.

[TredKiller]

i started boxing about 2 years ago,
i was always getting into fights at parks and stuff,
always took beatings at home, but i have a huge tolarence for pain, it started when i watched rocky lol, i started watching videos of fights like duran vs leonard 1, Ward vs gatti 1, and i loved it, and i decided to go to the PAL boxing
gym in my city, i was 5'11 wieghing 190 lbs, i was fat, but i lost wieght
and now wiegh 160.
im always in the gym, everday except sunday (church day lol),
i tryed to make a style like bhop's, and i do very well at countering, moving
i use my jab alot, and i love going to the body, my heads are a little slow, but i hit hard,
i spar once or twice a week, looking forward to fighting after the summer

[Rockin']

I had always liked watching boxing when i was young and then had a step dad who loved it, we would watch fights and such together. So he and my mom get divorced one day and Im in a brand new school the first day of English class. This kid sitting in front of me just turns around and says that he could kick my ass, that he was a boxer. I was shocked to hear anything about a boxing gym, let alone one near my new house. So he tells me to meet him there that night, that he would pay my membership fee and thoroughly kick my ass. I said game on and showed up that night waiting for him. He never showed but I did every night that I could after that. After about 60 amatuer fights and 7 pro I walked away from it for different reasons but returned as a referee and judge in the amatuers. I'll be reffing/judging the pros in the near future. Took and passed the Association of Boxing Commisions pro test and passed but got pulled away from it for a while. A retest and Im on, you'll see me in the future...............Rockin'

[fraidycat]

Rockin,

Weren't you going the personal trainer route, or talking about it some time ago? You'd be great at it.

[Rockin']

Rockin,

Weren't you going the personal trainer route, or talking about it some time ago? You'd be great at it.

I was doing it for a while, had a couple of little fighters I was working with too. But what it comes down to is I dont want to waste my time with somebody unless they will listen and work hard. I make them work and well it seems today that people are ******* when it comes to hard physical work.....

As for having/working with people who want to fight I found this. They all want to tell people that they are boxers and have everybody think that they are fighters but dont want to work hard to become a fighter. When I train somebody I will make sure that they are in shape for a fight, ofcourse with the skill to compete. I did what I did as a fighter and have a reputation for coming to fight, Im not going to embarress myself or ruin my reputation just because some guy wants to have 1 fight so he can brag that hes a fighter. Work hard, train hard and fight hard and Ill be in your corner with smiles..............Rockin'

[Dynamite Glove]

I was doing it for a while, had a couple of little fighters I was working with too. But what it comes down to is I dont want to waste my time with somebody unless they will listen and work hard. I make them work and well it seems today that people are ******* when it comes to hard physical work.....

As for having/working with people who want to fight I found this. They all want to tell people that they are boxers and have everybody think that they are fighters but dont want to work hard to become a fighter. When I train somebody I will make sure that they are in shape for a fight, ofcourse with the skill to compete. I did what I did as a fighter and have a reputation for coming to fight, Im not going to embarress myself or ruin my reputation just because some guy wants to have 1 fight so he can brag that hes a fighter. Work hard, train hard and fight hard and Ill be in your corner with smiles..............Rockin'

Strong words.

Truth is, people can tell you **** all day long, but they don't mean what they say...and you never know what they are thinking. Lately, I've been reading some stuff about this system they are developing where they can point a laser or something at a guy's skull and figure out if he saw something or was in a particular place. Some person in India actually got convicted of a murder based on this method. Wouldn't it be nice to have that in a training facility to see who's full of **** and who isn't from the get-go?

I remember reading this site a long time ago lurking and saw a post of yours. You said, "Rumble, young man, rumble". I read later in a book that was what Ali's camp did when he went up against Liston the first time. I know that's out of place, but it's just what I remember from years ago.

[DeepSleep]

Almost everybody in my Family boxes/boxed so I was wearing gloves and punching things since I could walk. Nothing has ever made me happier than watching a good fight with my dad ...

[Dynamite Glove]

Almost everybody in my Family boxes/boxed so I was wearing gloves and punching things since I could walk. Nothing has ever made me happier than watching a good fight with my dad ...

You are lucky, deepsleep. I envy that. Never take that for granted, the fact that your whole family boxes and etc. That's how I'm gonna be when I have children, (well, if I have a boy. I don't want a girl in my family to box...)

[FlaminGuru]

i tried boxing, well mainly because, my dad used to do martial arts himself.

Though that wasn't the reason why i did boxing. I did boxing cause i didn't live to my best potential like school and other sports. Taking up boxing just came to me naturally so i tried it out, for now i have an off and on relationship with boxing, i started at 14, and stopped, hopefully I'll go back when my schools officially done. It is a great sport.