Longest break from training

I was 16 when i started boxing, had around 58 fights, lost about 7 of them. All these fights were in whats called the League, you cant represent your country in olympics etc its more for country fighters like myself as the Association doesnt have any shows in our area or atleast they didnt back when i was young.

When i deccided to get back into it i could only get to 70kg, i had never dieted before and used to fight at around 62-64kg, i tried the 69kg division in the Association but these guys were all pretty tall so i decided to drop back down to the division i fought at when i was young, the first time i made weight i was 2kg over weight limit the night before weigh in so i just didnt eat till weigh in and i had no legs after one round, i had to drop my hands and taunt the guy into standing toe to toe with me. I then focus on getting strength back and being strong at that weight and then threw my hat in the state titles, the winner would go to commenwealth games selection trials/nationals, i put everything i had into it and i mean everything, it was a full time task.

This was in 2005 im pretty sure, im 33 yrs old now. I won silver in the titles, defeated last yrs champ and was in the final but lost to a dud decision imo, i drove myself to the fights as my trainer had moved to the city, 3 hrs drive then weigh in and fight in about 2 hrs time. I thought id almost won by walk over as the opponent never showed up for weigh in and if he doesnt show up past the weigh in time its a walk over, the officals went and found him to make sure he didnt miss it loll, the boy was from melbourne, officals are from melbourne i was from Wodonga (country town) , he got warned 5 times for holding , deducted a point and still won the fight lol, to rub salt into a wound they awarded him Champions of champ awards for best fighter of the night, it was a farce, i threw my medal in the bin and had one more fight after that for the riverian title in the league.

There is a reason Australia has never won gold at olympics for boxing and its not because we dnt have good boxers, its because the best boxer does not always get to represent his country due to politics involved with the sport. Daniel Geal is one name that springs to mind, he got robbed badly and had just had enough and turned pro, imo he would have been our first AUssie to win Gold. At the time it was for me the Holy Grail of boxing.

The pros turned out to be just as bad, full of sharks and shaddy people. Because im from the country i am looked at as a stepping stone for the city boys but when they see i can fight none of them want a bar of it, so i turned my back on boxing for good only to come back yet again for a few pro fights before i finally close this chapter in my life. Dam this sport is addictive

 

In eight years I've had 5 continuous days away from training at most.

 

wow, hardcore!

 

Couple of years...

I find that if I leave it for a month, stamina is just gone. I can usually go by a week without loosing stamina.

 

2 weeks, It killed me!