I can teach you how to box but I can't teach you to be a boxer.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Flatlander, Nov 4, 2012.


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  1. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All's good here.Your doing a great job with those kids-keep up the great work.:good
     
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  2. Flatlander

    Flatlander Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I am good man. I am trying to get down in weight and have been training toward the Ringside Masters tourney in Kansas City next summer.
     
    Flatlander, Nov 4, 2012
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  3. Flatlander

    Flatlander Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good to hear man and thanks.
     
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  4. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I nicked the song from Mosley's camp for a while


    Concrete jungle, concrete jungle

    I say Boxing you say Tribe

    Boxing

    Tribe!

    Boxing

    Tribe!

    Boxing Boxing

    Tribe Tribe!

    If he's taller and longer

    It don't matter!

    If he's quicker and faster

    It don't matter!

    If he's bigger and stronger

    It don't matter!

    And if he's never lost a bout?

    GLOVE HIM UP GLOVE HIM UP!
     
    SJS19, Nov 4, 2012
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  5. Flatlander

    Flatlander Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Boxing people and boxing quotes are the best in the world.
     
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  6. vengeex

    vengeex Boxing Junkie banned

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    :good :thumbsup
     
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  7. Flatlander

    Flatlander Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There has been over 5000 boxers who have come and gone from our gym over the past 26 years. Many had true talent and were gifted athletes. Only a very few had a boxers attitude and aptitude. We tell them to be a boxers one has to "Eat sleep and crap boxing". Boxing is a sport but one does not PLAY boxing. One has to live it and want it more than anything.
     
    Flatlander, Nov 4, 2012
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  8. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    Right on! Trying to get my legs/lungs back for another season of city league ball. FIrst game's gonna be a mofo!! :tired
     
    Lance_Uppercut, Nov 4, 2012
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  9. Boxing Fanatic

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    :clap:
     
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  10. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I give stories like that every time I explain why I love boxing to the 'normal' people
     
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  11. Flatlander

    Flatlander Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :good :lol:
     
    Flatlander, Nov 5, 2012
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  12. Flatlander

    Flatlander Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I hear you. I am trying to get down in weight to get out of the super heavy class. I don't want to win a belt by walk over and there are very few super heavy weights in the masters so that could happen.
     
    Flatlander, Nov 5, 2012
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  13. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    be like water.
     
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  14. MonkeyEarMuffs

    MonkeyEarMuffs Dynamite Upper! Full Member

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    I always tell kids that I am helping, especially during sparring, to Trust the Science. They will run into roadblocks in opponents that aim to shake their confidence and make them second guess their training. But Boxing truly is a science, where theories are stated, tested and challenged. Over time, certain techniques have been proven to work in specific situations a large percentage of the time. These Techniques have been proven despite immense scrutiny in a competitive and dangerous field. It is because of this, that the boxer must, above all else, trust the science. The numbers work. The equations supply accurate results when the variables are understood.
     
    MonkeyEarMuffs, Nov 5, 2012
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  15. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My instructor used to tell me "you can either hurt in here or get hurt out there" and nod towards the door.

    That phrase always brought me back to focus on the drill at hand.
     
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