I had about 2 months of training before my first bout and had a pretty evenly matched fight but didn't get the decision. I won the first round big and then my punch output dropped the next 2 rounds. However I had a trainer who would do stupid things like put a guy in a fight when he was only showing up at the gym a few times per month, or put a guy in the fight after one month of training. I thought it was a bit reckless.
yeh 2 months of training sounds REALLY BAD.. im competing in my first inter club sparring (seems like a soft version of the amateurs, you have headgear , judges , ref , crowd etc) and iv been training for just over a year now properly but always been casually hitting tthe bag and moving around with mates. as reckless as your case does sound and i tend to agree especially with guys who arent even really commiting to there training my friend who is an experienced amateur told me the best advice he can offer me is to not wait.. JUST GET IN AN DO IT. im suprised to hear you were evenly matched. either your alot better naturally or there are other gyms out there putting in guys with as much experience as yourself in australia i was always told most boxers train for 2 years before they hit the amateurs
My opponent had no fights. I'm not really athletic but my brother boxed before I started so I knew things before I started. I just threw a ton of 4 punch combos in the first round and built up a lead. I slowed up after that and was a bit worried(Winded)going into the final round but my opponent slowed up his activity rate himself so I got through it ok. Shoot I can remember sucking wind in the first round.
2 years? Most gyms in America have a serious guy in the ring after a few months. Some trainers are kinda stupid though and just chuck a guy in there real quick.
How long should you train before your first fight? If you are a natural born athlete with the potential to be the next Roy Jones and you learn really fast, you may not have to train for long prior to your first fight. But the chances of that are pretty much zero. There so many variables and here are just a few: 1/ How fit are you when you begin training? 2/ How much natural ability do you have? 3/ How quickly do you learn? 4/ How regularly do you train - as distinct from how long? 5/ What are you looking to achieve out of boxing? 6/ Is it possible to get evenly matched while you have very limited experience? They are just a few of the considerations off top of my head.
i know a kid who was born in the ring and still hasnt had a fight yet however there was a kid who turned up like 6 months ago and has had his medical and can fight
I fought after training for 8 months in the 70s but it took a few fights till I could pace myself plus I wasn't throwing combos properly.
This was back when I boxed. I have thought about training myself considering the things I have seen and the incompetence gives me confidence that I can't do much worse. And yes the trainer blamed the kid.
