Have any footage of him? If we like what we see us ESB can always create some "future prospect" hype... at 6"1 and 114kg, 14 YO, he's still gotta be growing a bit. If he has speed and skill he'd be an interesting one to watch...
Actually, my mother dressed me far worse. I look back at my childhood photos and wanna knock the teeth out of the kid I see in the pictures.
I have only ever known 1 kid who at 14 was 6'2 and about 115 kg's he was of samoan decent who I only just had the privilage to meet last year.He plays footy and does bloody good at it,I think he was sighned to some jr contract or the like,But even though he was a big boy he was still just a boy,I'd recommend footy or a team sport just until he actually grows into his bodysize.It's good to see that he's getting looked after with sparring,if you were serious;probably meeting up with some mainland trainers\stable and seeing where that leads,instead of throwing out challenges,just my thoughts.
Whats this you reckon Im throwing out a challange? Hes my son I want to look after him hes been training for 12 months and without a fight except for the exhibition. Mate, more of my sons mates get injured playing footy than he does. Good on that samoan kid getting the contract but my son wants to be a boxer not play footy. At least in boxing he will be with someone his own age and size(if we can find someone) and not steamrolling over smaller kids on the footy field. The words I used were looking for an opponent... Im sure if my son is that size then there is someone else in boxing with someone his AGE and Size looking for a bout.
I was going to stay out of this thread but i really feel sorry for you so ill help you pull ya farkn head in some lol, just call it a favour Tassie is pretty isolated when it comes to the ranks of boxing, you dam well know that most of the time the tassie fighters have to come inland and fight in NSW, QLD, VIC and the other states to get fights. Now a kid whos very young and way over his size for his age is going to be near impossible to match in tassie, kids from country towns inland in Australia that size and age are dam hard to match. Ive trained a few who were near impossible to match and one of them ended up fighting the same guy a few times because they couldnt find anyone else, they tried melbourne, sydney etc. If boxings the route you chose for your son then put him in with some older guys sparring, not the same weight of course, slowly build him up and see how long it takes before he can stand his own with an older guy his own weight, you may be suprized! Ive got a guy whos 15 yrs old, 16 now but at the time of this story he was 15, ive been training him since he was 12, he hasnt had any fights, his weight is around 70kg i think and his pretty tall and skinny, a quiet kid, his dad brought him to me to help his football skills out and confidence as he was getting knocked about in footy, he ended becoming my best student at PCYC and i still train him to this day, he also went on to become the best and fairest player in the grand final. I have a mate whos around 34 yrs old, can handle himself well and is 70kg. Ive been sparring my boy for about 3 yrs now, he keeps me honest at the best of times lol, now the 34 yr old mate wants to do some training and sparring, i tell him ill throw him in with a kid ive been training whos 15, he laughts at me and says he wants to spar men not boys, i laught back to him and tell him if he can handle this guy for 1 round ill spar him next lol, he laughts back and says alright. I glove them both up, tell my boy to go easy on him just go hard to the body but keep him off with your jab. I tell the 34 yr old to go as hard as he wants to. Ding Ding round one, 34 comes out swinging for leather, the boy keeps him off with jab almost knocks him off balance with a stiff jab. Boy is boxing and loading up to body, 34 is wincing each time he lands to the body, the boy doesnt land much to the head and 34 is covering up on the ropes for most of the round trying to protect his body, almost in a curled up position lol, every so often he throws a wild swing and trys to move forward with combos, the boy boxing on the outside and using his reach, doing very nice , calm and in control the entire time, his training has paid off for him very well. End of the round, i laught at 34 tell him he needs to do more training, the boy has to much experiance for him and he needs to work on his speed. He says he was just going easy on the boy, i tell him to not go easy and ask him if he wants another round, he says sure and tell your boy he can go 100% this round, i agree. Then around 1 min into round 2, the boy breaks 34s nose lol Confidence wise the boy went through the roof, unfortunatly he broke his leg about 3 weeks later at school doing high jump, bone coming out of his shin and all. Moral of the story is m8, get your boy up there, stop looking for dam 14 yr olds, if he can hold his own he should be fighting guys who are 18, my first amateur bout i was 16 and had to fight a guy who was 19, dont be a farkn sook mate, its boxing not ballet and i know his your son, u wanna look after him then do the right thing, bring him up slowly as i have suggested, if his ready he will be able to match it with the guys who are 18 no problem. I knocked out the 19 yr old i fought when i was 16 and he was a tone stronger than i was. Its boxing not farkn weight lifting. Pull ya head out of the sand and please god i hope you are not his trainer.
Well if ya want to hear the truth in the ring he wont be bigger than anyone,its matched by weight regardless of age it seem your kids a bit big for his boots as a 14 he'd be alot bigger than all the other kids so probably walks around like some sort of hardass,and you being a proud dad fuelling his pride.I offered some decent comments but you only saw the negative ones,I just don't want you to push your kid further than he wants to go right now he's 14 and a kid,let him be one,he's got the rest of his life to be an adult,boxing is an unforgiving sport,there will be no way back if you break his spirit too soon.Take what you want out of my comments,there only opinions,its you who has the say about your sons life in the end.