Stupid things people do at the boxing gym

It must be there problem then cause everyone at Ground Control is pretty cool in my book.

 

I've fought once, would like to fight again.
I don't really have a great build for my weight.

The first time around, i just starved myself for 6 months to get to the weight class everyone recommended I get down to and had nothing left once I got down there- refuse to do that again.

Diet and exercise haven't really caused me to drop a lot of weight - i've been eating clean all year and training like a madman. At least I'm starting to look a bit more athletic even if my weight hasn't gone down much. I study fighting as much as i can in the hopes that maybe I can overcome any athletic deficits with skill.

When it comes to smacking around sparring partners; the big boys never rough me up - we get along great & push each other well (never had a big guy tell me I didn't belong in his weight class either). It's only the little small guys that feel the need to try to win & sneak some shots in on me.

To take out a little guy, all I gotta do is turn up the heat; but it doesn't look too good. Sometimes, I just try to embarass them skill wise or sniper them as cleanly as possible. For the most part, I've been working on taking my ego out of the equation and trying to make the best of a bad situation; by turning it into something we can both learn from.

On the off chance that the little guy's got comparable skill, better speed, enough power to hurt me, and the attitude to cause me damage - either I'll avoid working with them or just suck it up and play defensive. i've always gotten in trouble any time i've cracked even medium-sized guys (180lbers) in sparring - and this is talking about 5 different gyms.

jimmy
i don't know the full story, so don't quote me; but i believe someone was talking trash and trying to get digits from our friend's girlfriend while he was sparring. I've chatted with John (Rallo) a couple times on another forum and he's always been real cool to me. My friends are still tight with coach hunter and binky. Just to be clear, any drama is 3rd and 4th hand information; so I'm not sure if any of it's real.

 

tampa what gym do you go to?

 

Did you know Chew when you were at Baltimore Boxing? He's one of the coaches now, but when I first met him he was still training and fighting and was down at the Boys and Girls Club I was at. He's a good dude.

 

brawling, throw bombs in the ring like no tomorrow

 

hahaha thats a classic 1st time iv herd ov tht happening. belter !! :thumbsup

 

I was down there in 2003 when Mo was still working there (think he got fired for showing up drunk all the time).

 

Oh I think that one is fourth street boxing club. My bus route in school used to drive past it, though I never been in it.

I used to see Winky at northwest park all the time when I was in middleschool like back in 97-99. He would go there with this old coach guy (it wasnt dan birmingham it was some old man) and jog laps around the park. I start watching boxing until highschool so I had no idea Winky was a world champ back then, I just assumed he was some amature even though he had nice cars BMWs and a Viper, he was real down to earth and nice to the kids at the park so I assumed he was a small time fighter.

I seen an MMA school in pinellas park somewhere close to the mall. I think that would be interesting but my ass would need to get in major shape before I walked in there

Someday i want to go to a boxing gym just to learn a few things and maybe spar after i learn enough.

 

PS - I don't think I knew Chew, the name doesn't sound familiar.

 

****ing *********** stole our thread.

 

smooth

 

2 right
cant b too careful

 

What a gutless piece of ****. I hate it when 'tough guys' pull their thing and then realise there is such a thing called payback. Then its the bull**** excuses. blah

 

That is the funniest **** I have seen in a while. Looks like he's gonna **** a brik. How fukin embarasin. Y would u even try? :good