how to overcome fear of boxing someone bigger?

Floyd Mayweather wasn't scrared of Oscar De La Hoya.

 

when I said "its ok to have a little fear against some 1 bigger" I pretty much meant respect. If he didn't have respect for Oscar then it wouldn't have been a boring ass fight. Seriously that fight was boring as ****.

 

Trying to do MMA and boxing is really tuff when you have not mastered one skill yet. Find a new gym then learn one sport and stick to it.

 

First off, if you are going to sparr with someone heavier than you, find someone who is acctaully a skilled boxer and isn't a douchebag because they know how to hold back. Big guys are no different from anyone else, I for example am a welterweight and one of the guys I used to sparred with at my gym was a 220lb 6'4 russian guy named Buba (name isn't a joke) and I had very little trouble holding my own. As long as you keep you hands up and keep moving that head and strength of their punches won't mean a thing.
But if anything, confidence comes from lots of experiance and from the video I can see your still a beginner, so you just need more time in the ring. I also don't understand why they would put you in the ring for your first time against some one bigger and better (but not by much) than you. Thats stupid and you should probably find either a new coach or gym.
Plus, it's not a good idea for beginners to box without headgear on, for one having headgear gives you a confidence boost cause the punches don't hurt as much and it will help prevent injury.

p.s. Is that gym in NYC? Cause I swear I've seen that gym before.

 

Hey man, this gym is slack. At a real fighter's gym they wont let you get in there to even spar with another person until you have demonstrated the basic concepts of being able to throw proper punches, cover up, and basic footwork.

Second, that clown is turning his back and backhanding, thats garbage, thats two bums in a ring trying to slap each other to death.

Tips for you.
1)Cover Up
2) Use your back foot when you jab, your jabbing short in this video because your not using your back foot to push you. This is because your afraid to get hit, this is boxing, getting hit is in the contract.
3) Keep your eye on the target, alot of guys bury their head in their gloves when they are getting rocked, thats ok just make sure you are looking forward not down at the ground.

If I would have been in with that guy I would have put pressure on him, lots of it. He was enjoying being able to stand back and throw weak straight punches at you.

But remember:

THE CARDINAL SIN OF BOXING: DO NOT DROP YOUR HANDS!

 

I would stick with kickboxing. You don't have the body type to be a good grappler. And your sparring in a basement with a bigger person will not get you to the next level in boxing. Stay in kickboxing. The kickboxers tend to have more distance between each fighter. This will help because you don't like getting hit in the face or do not have the skills that will give you a defense to block or manuever 100 punches per round. Good amateur fighters at your size will throw at least 100 punches.

 

Haha I thought so, I went there one time a few years ago with a MMA friend of mine to do a little sparring. I never forget a ring lol.

About your question. You always must have your guard up at all times. When you throw a punch, the other hand is must always still be on your cheek. When your throwing a combo, don't throw the second hand until the last hand is back at your face. And make sure when your guard is up that your hands are on your face, never have your hands floating next to your face, because if the guy punches you and you try to block, you are just going to end up punching your own face.
You must always train like you fight. If you hit the heavy bag with your hands down, you will develope the bad habits and you will sparr with your hands down without even realizing it.
Goodluck.

p.s. Find good boxing coach where ever you normaly training and ask him for advice, its hard to trust all the info your getting on here considering half the people on this forum haven't even been in a ring before.