Is boxing the toughest mentally and physically?

without a doubt yes!
the easiset thing about beng a boxer is the actual fight,people say oh theyre only in there for 36 minutes maximum and their on tv and making decent money and are celebrites in their home citys but the normal mr smith on the street has no conception how brutal boxing training is and the pain suffered to get the body in absoloute peak physical condition,im 5 ft 10 and i fought at 126lbs or 130lbs a few times .getting up to run in the pissing rain and howling wind at 5am for 8 or 10 miles then an hour nap,a light breakfast before gym,spar 10 to 20 rounds a day,1000 sit ups pressups skipping,light weights then at night a leisurely jog for 10 miles go to bed and do the exact same thing next day for 8 weeks!boxing would break tonnes of mens mental stability ,it takes certain types of guys who make it as a fighter.its a sport not a game you cant play boxing.

 

glad to see you put the word 'mentally' on this thread....thats the part you'll never see...mentally very hard for these guys to do what they do..

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills

Although I agree boxing is right up there, the ESPN thing is hugely biased toward American sports. It's laughable.

Take a look at 'football' for instance and compare it with the likes of gymnastics or rugby... what a joke!

 

But at the same time, you don't find marathon runners that hate running. They run 26 miles because they enjoy it. I hate running but only do it to keep in shape. I find it boring. But some people find it enjoyable.

I think every sport requires a lot of mental discipline. I mean football, you can suffer a devastating injury on any given play. In basketball, you go through a grueling 82 game season. In hockey, it's very physical. Now baseball is a joke.

 

boxing no doubt, to stay in your fight plan while getting hit in the head takes real mental toughness.

Apparently you have never played baseball before, that game is one of the greatest mind****s there is.

 

boxing and i dont think many posters here will disagree. do you have any doubts is that why you posted?

 

Mountaineering and traditional (not lycra clad gym style) rock climbing is the hardest.

It is physically one of the toughest things one can do - and you can actually die from a single **** up - or just from bad luck.

And you are not paid, and nobody watches you. You just do it for the fun - and you need to carry those ten pound brass balls around all the time.

 

They all require an immense amount of physical an mental fortitude...but BOXING is up there because you give and recieve punishment while trying to maintain a solid gameplan. That's PHYSICAL and MENTAL toughness at its finest.

 

being an astronaut.

 

All the reasons being mentioned for boxing also apply to MMA. In MMA you also have the additional strikes and ground game to deal with.

 

Jump horse racing jockeys too.

Jumping 4 1/2ft jumps at 30+ mph, hitting the deck on landing, sometimes trampled by the other horses, sometimes rolled upon, sometimes landed on.

Supposedly they fall 1 in 10. For the top jockeys that's 50 times a year. Once a week.

Mick Fitz who had the worst fall in the Grand National had an 8-hour neck operation and a 5-hour knee operation