have u boxed pro then. sometimes when its just seniors with only have 4 or 5 but sometimes 8 9 10. only been to 1 gym so cant compere to others
i agree with your post to a point , a lot of guys who have maybe had a few amerature fights and watch boxing on tv all of a sudden think that they are qualified to guide a young boxer through the ropes, but it also depends a lot on where you live obviously known "boxing citys" will have more dedicated trainers and also you have to look around a lot from personal experience i know that there are certain trainers that are just not going to fit with you.
yes there is , we look after our oldies lol. i think it has more to do with the area i live in (south wales) . there's several gyms in my local area all within 25 minutes walk and the gym my little brother trains at has several trainers who work 9-5 jobs but still coach in the evenings three times a week . i trained in a few martial arts before i went boxing and always felt it was more of a buisness rather than pure love of the sport . same can be said for our amature football and rugby coaches . looking at this thread i feel pretty lucky to of grown up where i did . i know what some guys were said in previous posts though , whenever i go home i try and go with my bro to the gym and i get tottaly left alone and i do feel a bit out of place at the ripe old age of 23 which is a shame .
I do some boxing and agree that the trainers in there gyms are like every other business person that I have come across. They want a lot of customers and want to do little work. But to a point I kind of understand where they are coming from. Most of the people they train are not serious, and are far from potential world champions. So the combination is very bad. All these guys do is give a little cardio session and put little emphisis on technique. I was fortunate to learn from a close friend who competed in the NY golden gloves. I look in awe when I see some people in the gym trowing the widest punches ive ever seen, not moving thier head at all and not even tucking their chins with there hands up. IMO a serious person would have to start very young and train with people who care for no $ involved. :rasta
In the uk the coaches do it for the love of the sport but this I find is possible because gyms are not open all day maybe 2 hours or something
Toronto is a **** town for boxing these days imo... Big fights (even in Quebec) get zero coverage in the local media... You're hard pressed to find a bar showing the big fights anymore... Nobody seems to give a **** about the sport,,, least of all the young kids. Without the kids coming in, and wanting to learn the sport and compete seriously in the amatures with the help of real accredited trainers, the whole scene starts to stagnate. Real coaches aren't going to hang around too long once things start going south, and the bills aren't being paid etc... Then you're left with the degenerates with nothing better to do, who would rather sit on their asses and talk **** than give some kid a few pointers. (unless somebody waves $$ at them) ... Next thing you know, it becomes a dead-beat scene, there's no money coming in, and before long another gym is closing down for good... At least, thats the way I saw it in the east-end anyway. Now, here's a guy with all your experience, paying $100 a month to hit the bags??? It's a Bum Deal if you ask me. Good thing I'm too old to fight anybody! I pay $35 a month for a fitness gym now thats 10 times nicer than any boxing club I ever saw... And I can still hit the heavybag.... And the scenery is alot nicer too!
good news, my friends new boxing gym opens in syracuse ny starting feb 1st so thatll give boxing a little more attention at least.
i started late (age 21). The first gym i tried wouldnt give me the time of day. He trained the kids and took them to all the am shows. 2nd gym. I was the only white kid in the place. I dont remember the head trainer saying more than 10 words to me in three months. Needless to say i left due to the fact i was uncomfortable and not getting any training, tips, advice, ect. 3rd gym. to avoid going bankru pt they turned into mma, karate, women aerobic boxing crap. not much motivation for me, someone trying to train for fights. 4th. Now im at a gym were I can train hard and spar with top amatuers and some pro's. the problem here is the coach has his favorites. example... he spends most of his time with his 15 yrs son (nationally ranked) and the pro (journeymen at best). They were real excited about me untill He found out im not elligable for amatuers (i did several toughman tournaments when i first started). Now i get no real training/attention. In conclusion. Without proper coaching and a late start at this sport i am now faced with going pro or sticking with toughman(gay-not real boxing). I have more natural talent than anyone in my gym and can cause the pro's much trouble in sparring. I only wish i would have started young.
i agree with some stuff but you but DISAGREE with a lot of it.... you thing boxing is the roughest/toughest sport there, my friend go to a wrestling practice, you will get worked 3 times hard then boxing.... i wrestled for a year and trust me it is a rougher sport then boxing, you think getting punched is all brutal and stuff, try getting thrown and slammed over and over again.... see what you think, not mention the rate of injury is much higher then boxing....i dislocated my shoulder there preety badly and had to get surgery.... and about casually boxing, you make a good point... but i dont casual box, i must say i am preety good and did have sparred national canadian champions(pro and amauter) and did ok with but you mention about know how to move, keeping distance etc the thing is most people dont get taught much of any of it and about chewing the mentally weak etc, i dont think not teaching your students a ****ing thing is a weak of doing it.... a person getting bored to death is not mentally weak, just bored i like how some people like to make excuses for lazy coaches