being scared before fight...

Rusty nails,

those advises are superb! I think everyone should print them out and put them on the wall in their gym, I think it would help a lot of fighters.
All the best
The Predator

 

i agree good post rusty

 

Get your stamina up and it will take away that fear. You cant be afraid if you never stop punching.

 

I used to get extremely nervous before my bouts. Like, to the point where I'd be feeling sick and not wanting to fight. i'd suggest going to a sports psychologist, it works wonders. i went to one

 

I like this advice. When you know 100% that you are ready and in the best shape that you could ever be and you gave your all in the gym you should feel confident and that alone should take away your fear.

 

There's a difference between levels of confidence and what's known as performance anxiety, guys. The latter has more to do with performing in front of people and being in an unknown situation, it doesn't have as much to do with actual confidence or ability.

 

To be afraid before a fight is a normal reaction and you should embrace it as such, there is nothing seriously wrong with you you are just being human. However how you deal with that fear can be the deciding factor in your fight. Your opponent will also be afraid and he will also be trying to deal with the fear factor and sometimes it boils down to who can find a way to overcome the fear.

When afraid you will look for excuses to loose you will tell yourself you are not fit enough or not good enough to beat your opponent and this is when you have to deal with the fear, you have to start telling yourself you are good enough and you are fit enought to beat this chump and some. To deal with the fear you have to start believing in yourself and removing the doubt with more positive thoughts. This is how you can deal with your lack of confidence and the fear factor, it's just a negqative thought pattern.

Remember also that before you enter that ring you must have done all the ground work and preparation because if you have been slacking in the gym you will take that into the ring and start doubting yourself.

Read the teddy Atlas book "From the streets to the Gym", Teddy was a good sports psychologist when it came to fighters.

Kind Regards BH

 

Endorphins are not a natural painkiller and nothing to do with that

They are the bodys feel good factor and are released at times like, laughing, working out, or spunking in ur mrs

 

you have to believe in your own ability or get out of the ring, self belief and heart can take you a long way in the ring.

 

Just remember a few things johnny. First of all, you need to be nervous before a fight. Even the world champs get nervous before bouts. But you need not to let the fear of fighting consume you, you have let it work for you. When you go into the ring, just have faith in yourself, have faith in the fact that you trained hard, that you are in shape and above all just go out there and do the best that you can. If you can look at yourself in the mirror after a fight and say to yourself win or lose, that I did the very best that I can , then that is all you can ask for. Also remember Johnny that the guy you are fighting is just as nervous as you are. When they say boxing is 80 percent mental, it is so true Many fights are won and lost before the bell rings

 

Im actually a fairly confident bloke..dont know what it is but i spar anyone and everyone. Its a good way of gaining confidence the more u spar the easier it becomes. iv sparred without head gear before against my cousins husband who is 90kg i only weigh 70kg. Once u know u can take a shot from a much bigger bloke ur confidence sky rockets...Boxing is the last sport u should be in dude if u have confidence issues, its just as much mental as it is skill....have faith in yourself, uv got balls otherise u wouldnt be boxing. Might as well make the most of it. Its ok to be nervous but dont ever doubt yourself, thats a recipe for disaster...i guess u already know that ay....

 

i think i suffer from the exact same thing, i ****in HATE crowds watching me, i think negitive about myself, and get nervous before fighting. i never got any proffesional help however i decided i was goin to do somthing about it. i basically went to my gym n picked the biggest, muscled up bloke in there (who i later found out was some ex-heavyweight kickboxing champ). we sparred for a long while, obviously he was the better fighter, however the important thing to me was that i stood my ground, took his punches and got afew good hits in. this gave me a big confidence boost (as i was a newbie at the time).

also, i have always viewed fear as an advantage in a fight, if you know how to use it. fear is the human bodies primary defence in terms of survival, it numbs pain, makes you stonger and faster than normal, and allows you to work when nothings left in the tank.

for the negitive thoughts themselves, theres not much you can do other than 'try' think positive, which is easier said than done. personally, i intergrate the positives with the negatives, for example, if im thinking a guys way to fast for me, i try n solve the problem by takin it from him, i dont just dwell on it.

well, i prob have'nt helped u much, if at all, but i have nothing to lose saying it, so i may aswell say it...

 

Is boxing really what u wanna do??? Have u thought of that?? A little fear is normal however too much is not healthy & a great way to get hurt. Hope all goes well bro!! Work off the jab! Detached909