Some Advice| starting boxing..

Why should you be worried? No one is likely to be going to hit you for weeks. Perhaps longer. If it's a good gym they will start with footwork, stance and other basics. Just listen and learn.

 

No point me trying to guess that. They will soon tell you when you get there.

 

Yeah. Make sure your trainer isn't an irresponsible egghead like mine was. Also make sure all the gyms fighters don't lose. If they are a bunch of losers, that's ok. Spar with them for 2 months and then move on to a better gym.

 

well, i'm not sure how much we can tell you. Everybody's different. You'll either love it, or you'll hate it. Either way, you'll find out as soon as you start sparring.

You're very tall for your weight class - that's a huge advantage. When you start sparring for the first time, you'll find your reach will frustrate a lot of fighters, but you are going to get very tired very fast and after a few rounds, it will feel like punishment, and not at all as fun as you'd imagined. This is natural. Until you learn to relax, and the movement becomes more natural, it will be like this for a while.

You will either be extremely motivated to improve, or give up and go back to jiu-jitsu classes.

Lol, no offense...I have huge respect for jiu-jitsu. I just find that a lot of guys who don't cut it at boxing end up taking jiu-jitsu!

Good luck, and welcome!

 

Chin up, hands down.

 

To be blunt, nobody at your gym cares what you think.

A good tip is to forget this ego stuff, train hard and see what happens.

 

lots of wall sits

pro tip;

Try to catch a couple pigeons and put them in a bamboo cage for later. You'll know what they're for when the time comes.

 

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Good advice. Some guys get ahead of themselves, thinking they are better than what they are and they only pay for it later on.