Which weight class am I?

Too old, too small. 230lbs and 11% body fat....... stop eating Burger King fat boy. You should be at 175lbs but instead you lifted weights and gained unnatural muscle, not natural muscle. You're probably stiff and slow now. Go play a weightlifting sport, something slow like 100m sprinting or NFL. Leave the real speed sports like boxing to the real athletes who don't lift weights.

I have a vertical treadmill to sell you, it could undo the damage your eyes and weightlifting has done to you. It once made a quadriplegic, blind kid with MS regenerate his myelin and beat all 100m sprinters in races. My colleagues at famous universities who look up to me knoe about my secret clan of healed super soldiers. Think about your chin and thumb alignment, how does the cerebellum operate optimally? All human damages and ebola is called in c4 compressing the afferent receptors in your spinal compractor of the 5 chakras. I was taught by Osteopaths, we have all the evidence you need being worked on by Stephen Hawking, to be released in 2046. The research is lagginf behind master practioners such as myself. Let the ground move you, not you move the ground. Watch out for the mechanical brake, the heel. If it touches the ground you not athlete :yep

 

Train, see where your weight sits. Problem solved.

All this "you'll be perfect for this weight class" bull**** will be thrown at you soon, don't have any of it.

Find the weight YOU feel best at and stick there. Don't drop or gain weight because someone feels you'll have an advantage at whatever weight, that advantage is lost if you don't feel completely confident at that weight. Your decision should be based on your performance not strategy.

 

As a weekend warrior, like I was, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Skill is the great equalizer vs size. As I said in another thread recently, I watched a 6'1" (some say he's not even that tall) Ruslan Chagev become the World Amateur champ in 2001, where he regularly beat taller, heavier opponents.

Watch Tomasz Adamek vs Kevin McBride. You have a 6'1" heavyweight with vastly superiors skills completely dominating a 6'6" opponent who was far far heavier.

I would work on developing your skills. You could find the super heavys you fight aren't that skillfull and you will do well against them if you take the time to develop your game.

FWIW: Audley Harrison was 19 when he started boxing and became the Commonwealth and Olympic Champion.

 

Listen up.

1 ) 20 is not too old to start. Infact its a fine age as most amateur heavyweight mature later, or cross over if they can not play football well enough.

2 ) 6'3" 230 pounds is slightly bigger than most super heavyweights.

3 ) Good nutrition can do wonders. Eat right and you'll see.

4 ) Become brilliant in the basics first. You'll need at least 2-3 months in the gym before sparring.

 

Your friends uncle owns a gym? +1 You'll get the right attention.

The first time sparring is going to be rough unless you are a natural.

Rule 101, you're not not allowed to spit out the mouth piece and quit until you've have had several sparring sessions.

Post your sparring when ready here. I can review. The toughest thing for newbies is usually balance and the fundamentals of defense. Yet 90% start out wanting to hit the heavy bag.

 

Boxing was not an option for me as a teenager. My parents didn't even like toy guns!

Football and Wrestling were, so I played them instead. Once I got to college an education, girls, friends, and partying took priority. I started in my boxing mid 20's after college just to try it out.

The guy I worked with Mark Anthony was ( X kick boxing guy ) said I had fast hands and a lot of power, but he also knew I had too many other options to be a boxer.

I never registered as an amateur, but had a few matches at large night club that offered a free bar tab to the winner where Mike Dokes himself was the ref. Dokes by the way was beyond gone. A sorry sight to see. The competition level was average to poor. So I won and felt good.

I also had some sparring in the gym. I was too big and strong for most newbies at heavy, so the trainer quickly moved me up to legit competition but no way was I ready for guys as big or bigger who have been doing this for years. I think it was his way of saying &hit or get off the pot. Glad I tried it, but the point was made. You play futbol, basketball, or track. Once does not play boxing for long. It takes a commitment, and once you have a good job and become an adult you have to make a decision.

I'm more of a historian type and fan.

PS: Chisroa was robbed in the Helenius fight!