i’ve been boxing for about a year in a town that’s about an hour drive from my city. the city where i box at is a big city a great night life and atmosphere for someone my age (20yr male). it’s a decent commute but i love boxing and most recently i have talked to the person closest to me about chasing that dream of boxing full time and trying to go professional. she agreed and said i should chase it. but chasing it would mean for me to leave this city and go an hour away to and live with a good friend who i grew up with who already lives there. id have to leave my apartment my friends and my girlfriend and family behind. my trainer has said he’d even let me live with him until i’m able to be on my own with no setbacks. so i have a home up there. and my heart is telling me to go there and at least leave this city and chase my dream. but it also tells me to stay and be happy and complacent here. i just wanna know what u guys think and if y’all have had any experiences like this and what did u do and how did they pan out
I’d say go for it while your still young and people are willing to work with you, since time goes by quick and even if a boxing career doesn’t completely pan out for you it can create other opportunities for you. I know quite a few guys that for whatever reason didn’t go far as fighters, but were very successful as trainers, promoters, managers, and even referees. My former roommate Kid Flash, who might still be on youtube didn’t have a lot of success in his fighting career, but was extremely successful as a sparring partner and is doing very well as a trainer. When I was around your age I tried being a pro basketball player in the NBA and twice didn’t make the main roster, but for whatever reason made a good impression on one of the team’s general managers and became a recruiter, which didn’t pay a lot, but I got free housing, free college, free food, and didn’t need to pay to travel, so despite my main dream not coming true a new opportunity presented itself.
It’s pretty normal to feel scared to make a move when you’re at crossroads like that. First few times this happened to me I didn’t do anything and ended up regretting not taking some of those opportunities, other times i was glad i dodged the bullet. Some years later, when I was around 18-19 i reached a place where I have to chose between making a huge leap or I’d stay in the same place and grow to be a lot of things I didn’t want to be. So I ended up leaving all my friends and family behind to move to another country where i new no one, just the person who came with me. Scary stuff for a kid to do but that opened up a lot of opportunities and now years later I’m happy I did that. Choosing whether or not to make a move is rather simple. Ask yourself if you’ll regret not going after the thing you want. Also, ask yourself why you want it. If you do go for it, expect a lot of twists and turns down the road, some road blocks even but it’ll make you grow and a couple years later that choice will manifest itself as increased size of balls, regardless of the outcome
You're 20 years old. It's the perfect time to chase your dreams. If you fail, which you will, you still have a lot of time to pursue a different career. Now is the time to crash and burn.
