Anyone ever have 2nd thoughts about boxing?

I reckon that alot of Pernell's problems stem from substance abuse, the dude hardly got hit.

 

yep its natural to question why you do this when your head hurts,your nose bleeds and your body aches.life and living damages you it is unavoidable might as well be something you enjoy doing

 

Can't you just get it fixed after your boxing career?

 

lol i just like hitting ****, people, heavy bags, speed bag, air (shadowboxing) lol:yep

 

Sometimes after a rough sparring session where the opponent makes me look like a clown and beats the hell out of me I get discouraged. I'm older now and don't fight but still love to train and spar occasionally. But I definitely feel the sparring session much more than I used to. I'm 43 now. I remember beating this 22 year old fighter pretty badly, knocking him down with a perfect uppercut and bloodying his face over 5 rounds. The next day I felt pretty sore, hands, neck and so forth and sparring was the last thing I planned to do for a week. But there the guy was the very next day sparring in the ring. Just shows how youngsters can recover. That or he was one tough kid.

 

Dude your ***gotry is strong

 

I'm exaggerating a bit. My symptoms aren't that bad. But sparring always gives me headaches now. ...and when I get drowsy (for whatever normal reason), I get REALLY drowsy now. Otherwise I am basically fine. I'm not truly punch drunk... yet.

I have been boxing for 10 years. Amateurs only. All of the "beatings" I have taken were sparring with pros. I have only been hurt in the one fight.

and I agree it is probably cumulative with me. Sparring week in and week out for a decade will do that.

 

are you going to war each time in your sparring sessions? This is what used to discourage me, having the feeling of having to fight or flight each week

 

Ditto. I wouldn't mind going 100% sometimes, but other times I want to spar with a learning purpose.

Then, when its over I want a debrief from the coach telling me what I did well, what I need to work on, etc. Maybe some pad work to correct mistakes, etc...

Instead, at my gym you turn up each week and everyone can't wait to get in there and thrash the newbies or beat the daylights out of each other.

I'm 36 and do this because I love to train and want to learn the sport, but it's a hobby.

 

In my opinion this is really the only good way to train. How are you going to be ready to fight an actual match full speed if you don't train full speed? To me there's really no difference between sparring and fighting. Sometimes I'll do offense/defense drills which is having one person throw nothing but jabs and straight rights for 1 minute then the bell rings and you're throwing at him. You alternate back and forth for about 6 minutes and that counts as one round. That's about as light as it gets for me though.

 

I'm going to tell you like my coach told me. Going fast can hide mistakes, but when you take the time to slow down and break stuff down you're exposed. Sparring is to practice and critique yourself with a moving target

 

I am afraid of getting dumber and other disorders when I am older,this really scares me.

 

I'm already borderline ******ed, so that's not a problem for me

 

this is part of the reason i do mma now, i have seen to many punch drunk trainers and even young pro fighter in boxing. I use to think i was tough taking head shots when i was a bit younger, then i realised all these head shots cant be good for me. So i chose a sport i loved with less head damage. There are obviously other risks with mma but now at least i wont end up punch drunk.