Hello everyone, this is my third week of boxing ever and last night I sparred my coach and was beaten up pretty bad. I did not request to spar nor did I ever claim to be a badass or act tough. I'm 5'3'' 155 and wanted to learn proper conditioning and ultimately technique so I can defend myself. I am often subjected to humiliation when I go to public places like bars or casinos, expecially when I am with a woman so I just wanted to atleast be in shape so I could save face in those situations and not get my whig split in front of my date. I sparred with my trainer on monday and after talking with other fighters and observing them I concluded you shouldn't throw bombs on a fellow member of your gym, although I have seen guys from other gyms throw bombs on our guys and vice versa but these guys have several months or years of experience. Well yesterday I sparred my coach who is ar9und 6 ft and probably 190 I'd assume , he has trained for years and boxed himself and has trained very successful amateurs. It was brutally one sided and I couldnt even get in range without getting tagged rather hard. At the conclusion of two rds, my eye was black, lip was split, and nose was bleeding. I am no ***** and can take a beating I just felt humiliated at my lack of skill and for looking so bad in front of the other guys in the gym. After sparring he said its not about showing how tough you are and if i continue that I will be ******ed. He then asked if his punches hurt and said he was wearing 20 oz gloves. I've never seen him throw hands like that with anyone else and just wanted some feedback if that is typical in boxing gyms or rather tactless and improper as I suspect. He also reminded me of how short I was and how that is going to give me trouble. I'm aware of that and can just as easily get my ass whooped at a bar for free I just don't want to fight everyone time someone runs their mouth and wanted to legitimately build confidence through the sport of boxing. Thanks for your time and feedback.
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Want to add, ive gone a total of 10 days for 1.5 hours, one on one time with traoner on technique has been maybe 15 minutes total, first day was probably 10 minutes of that -
your coach gave you a busted lip, nose, and black eye after your 10th day in the gym?
9 inches in height difference. 40-50 lbs of weight [rpbably more in natural size because you're not in shape.]
yeah.
nope.
get the f#ck out of that gym!Comment
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Damnnn , what a d*uchebag ! I hope someone will whoop his ass too. GTFO that gym asap.Comment
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dont just quit, write a **** review on that gym hahahaaaa.
give us the name/location and his nameComment
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I'm thinking he did this to show you how tough boxing really is, and that you need to experience this now and understand what you are getting into. It's an old school mentality to show brutality to a newcomer to gauge them, and see if they have the mindset or the heart to go through it. They don't like wasting their time, or yours in the long run.
Now, I don't agree with this practice because I think it's ******ed and an old-school mentality that needs to be erased.Comment
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Your coach is a ***. Try and find an opportunity to sneak into the gym and take a dumb in the ring, maybe smear it around a bit.Comment
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For today's lesson: If you can't take this beating then try ballet.
In all seriousness I think it sounds like he thought you wanted to be competitive with boxing and let you know it's not all fun and games. If he told you that you are ******ed to keep going I suspect he was looking for you to say something before that. Try talking to the guy before you start talking him or his gym down. That being said i don't think he should have gone to that extent but if he was trying to see how far before you'd say something he either thinks you're tough as nails or about as smart as one lolComment
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Originally posted by PitbullParsons View PostFor today's lesson: If you can't take this beating then try ballet.
In all seriousness I think it sounds like he thought you wanted to be competitive with boxing and let you know it's not all fun and games. If he told you that you are ******ed to keep going I suspect he was looking for you to say something before that. Try talking to the guy before you start talking him or his gym down. That being said i don't think he should have gone to that extent but if he was trying to see how far before you'd say something he either thinks you're tough as nails or about as smart as one lol
Thank you for the input, he knows I am not ******, to join the gym I had to advise him why I was worthy more or less, I told him I supported myself by working full time while attending a prominent university in my city. It is known for being academically tough and often attended by the affluent, which I am not.Comment
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Your humor is appreciated, thank you for commentingOriginally posted by SplitSecond View PostComment
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