I'm sure this has been done before. I know it sounds a little childish - but i sincerely want to know more about the folks that post here. So i'll start with myself: Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 37 Art/martial art: Boxing Stance: Orthodox size: 5 ft 8, 139 lb Amateur or Pro record (if any): 4-3 (am) Years training: 2 Occupation: Business analyst (recently laid off). Father to a 7 yr old girl. How did you get into the sport? - Been a fan since childhood. Wanted a way to stay fit and have fun, so I joined the local gym with zero desire to compete. Ended up competing a year later and loving it. Other sports: None. I was never tough, or athletic growing up. What is your style? Aggressive, come forward style. Strengths: Good conditioning, decent speed and ability to stay relaxed. What do you hope to get out of it? Just some fun. Hopefully have some good stories to tell my grandkids, and a record I can be proud of. Where do you see your future in the sport? Realistically, too late to go pro (plus,i'm not good enough tbh). But I DO want to be involved in boxing/training for the rest of my life. Like being around boxing gyms coaching people, or just helping out. I also lead a class at my gym and have taken a real shining to helping/coaching people. What do you love the most about boxing? Sense of accomplishment. Doing something most people wouldn't ever dream of doing, facing fear and risking personal injury and coming out victorious. I am more confident and less confrontational knowing as a small guy, I have little to fear in most men. Also, the fact that you can literally NEVER stop learning new things. Alright, your turn.
Location: Zagreb, Croatia Age: 23 Art/martial art: Boxing Stance: Orthodox size: 5 ft 9, fighting in welter weight division - 69kg or 152 lbs Amateur or Pro record (if any): 1-3 (am) Years training: 3 Occupation: College electrotechnics and guitar player How did you get into the sport? Needed grade for my physical education on college, one way to solve it was joining recreational student Martial arts club. I watched boxing before so i choose Boxing section which had training 2 times a week with trainer. After a year i started doing every day training alone+2 times a week with trainer, and finally joined an am/pro club 8 months ago and already had 4 fights! Other sports: Recreational soccer, basketball, swimming, smoking pot.. What is your style? I like being aggressive, but i am tall in my division so i box mostly.. we are learning ukraine/russian/lomachenko style so there is a lot of lateral movement,unorthodox and awkward elements but i like it and it really works. Strengths: Jab What do you hope to get out of it? I am already having great time boxing, already traveled some, meeting nice people, lot of friends. also some good record would be nice. maybe one day to become coach but we`ll see.. Where do you see your future in the sport? we`ll see, i am thinking on the present only but maybe some coaching n stuff, but there is a lot of experience and knowledge needed for that What do you love the most about boxing? i like that outsmarting in the ring. and also how many variety of styles and skills may be in the fight, i love to hit opponent, destroy him when he is vulnerable. i love to slip that jab, duck the cross and then hit back - no money can buy that feeling feeling when the fight is finished and you know you did well. i like to watch pro fights, debating with people about boxing and there is a lot of things, i could write till christmas
Location: Davis, California Age: 20 Art/martial art: Boxing Stance: Southpaw size: 5 ft 5, 125lb, 137 natural Amateur or Pro record (if any): 4-1 Amateur Years training: 2 Occupation: Student How did you get into the sport? I was out of shape after a long year of hard partying my freshman year of college. My friend introduced me to boxing to get into shape, and I never looked back since. Other sports: I used to swim, do track, and cross country. Now I just box and run. What is your style? In and out, counter punching, boxer-puncher. Strengths: Some alright speed and footwork. What do you hope to get out of it? I really would like to become the national championship under both collegiate sanctioning bodies that I know of (USIBA and NCBA). Possibly even entering into Golden gloves. Where do you see your future in the sport? I don't see myself going beyond collegiate, but potentially I'll continue as an amateur fighter. I'd love the opportunity to help coach in the far far future, depending on where my career and education goes. What do you love the most about boxing? I love developing my own style. I'm in the best shape of my life and have a sense of humility that I don't think I could have learned from any other sport. I can't imagine another sport where the better I get, the more humble I become. I've learned so much about sportsmanship and hardwork in the last couple years boxing, I can't and don't want to imagine what I'd be like without it.
Location: Brighton, UK Age: 40 Art/martial art: None - I always enjoyed watching boxing, have always trained either weights when younger aswell as kickboxing and I do boxercise now 3 times a week. Stance: Southpaw size: 5 ft 11.5, 175 lb Amateur or Pro record (if any): none Years training: n/a Occupation: Business Analyst (Systems Testing) How did you get into the sport? - Got into boxing around the Benn/Eubank era at that time I was going to the gym doing mixture of weights and bodyweight exercises Other sports: Athletics, Golf, Football, basketball. I'm fairly naturally athletic so quite good at most sports What is your style? Not really applicable but I think I would be a boxer, controlled agression. Strengths: Athletic, decent fitness, good agility What do you hope to get out of it? Enjoyment, health Where do you see your future in the sport? Not really applicable,I think I would enjoy being in the fitness industry but feel its a bit late and wouldnt earn the same money i do now. What do you love the most about boxing? I love most to watch a good boxer that can hit and not get hit, aswell as a good come forward fighter who loves a good scrap...I just love the training that goes with it or the type of training. I meant to add I would like to have a fight for the experience.
Location: Newcastle, UK Age: 43 Art/martial art: None - Enjoy watching boxing, have always trained weights when younger as well as a little boxing and I now train boxing 3 times a week. Stance: Orthodox size: 5 ft 8, 180 lb I was 230 lb this time last year Amateur or Pro record (if any): none Years training: n/a Occupation: mainly office work (transport & costing) How did you get into the sport? Always loved the art of boxing since a young lad but this time around it was time to get off the couch find a gym and train my ass off to get rid of the weight i had built up enjoying life as a lazy fooker Other sports: It used to be weightlifting till my knees and back started playing up. What is your style? Aggressive, come forward style seems to be natural to me. Strengths: Stamina, decent fitness as of now, quick to learn. What do you hope to get out of it? I’m getting everything I want out of boxing right now Where do you see your future in the sport? Not really applicable, just enjoying learning and getting fit but would love to take part in a match for real although my only hope would be a charity match (white collar). What do you love the most about boxing? Love watching a good fight and since taking up the sport I tend to watch it in a different way to what I used to, I love training and learning new skills most of which are coming naturally to me thus far.
Location: West Virginia USA Age: 36 Art/martial art: Boxing, 2 years of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Stance: Orthodox size: 5 ft 10, 215 lb Amateur or Pro record (if any): none Years training: 8 years, got into it at 28 years old, which I felt was too old to pursue any type of amateur "career." I get to spar with some of the club and low level pros, and I simply enjoy it. Occupation: Licensed Professional Counselor, I have my own counseling practice with three therapist working under me. How did you get into the sport? Went to the boxing club near my area simply due to interest. I wasn't allowed to spar for several months, which was good because I learned the fundamentals. I was already established in a career so it was not something I ever wished to pursue seriously. Other sports: weightlifting, played football in high school, competed in some no gi grappling tourneys, What is your style? In fighter, body puncher, I was trained by a guy from Philly so emphasis was on this. Heard over and over "kill the body and the head will fall." Very active...when in shape. Strengths: Good training in fundamentals, have had a lot of time with quality sparring partners. What do you hope to get out of it? Fun, as I said I'm too old to start a career. Where do you see your future in the sport? Just to stay in shape What do you love the most about boxing? In addition to echoing what Speechless stated: It is a "microcosm" for life and teaches you a lot about your character, teaches you how to overcome adversity, and most of all HUMILITY. We've all got ours handed to us in this sport.
Location: Dublin,Ireland Age: 19 Art/martial art: Boxing/bjj/kickboxing Stance: Orthodox/southpaw size: 6 ft 0, fighting in light heavy division Amateur or Pro record (if any): 19- 5(am) Years training: 6 Occupation: student How did you get into the sport? I started because i really wanted to prove my self in a sport which required lots of skills and that i really loved watching fights so I enrolled into the closet club i could find and it was the best decision i ever made. Other sports: BJJ and kickboxing thats all really What is your style? I like been smart i time everything and pick my shots i circle left and right and i attack at very awkward angles my style is very good with me and has not let me down i am decent body puncher a swell Strengths: Jab,cross and left hook What do you hope to get out of it? I want to fight more because i always fought more advanced fighters but seen i have bit fought much i have improved greatly and love coaching but fighting is my number 1. I am Irish kickboxing champion and i am a black belt in kickboxing Where do you see your future in the sport? been a pro fighter and success in the sport What do you love the most about boxing? how it can be unpredictable and how much if an art it is and there are plenty of smart. it takers alot of brains to box and strategist thats why i love the sport
Location: Virginia, U.S. Age: 21 Art/martial art: Boxing Stance: Southpaw size: 135-145, 5'7 Amateur or Pro record 13-3 (am) Years training: 4 Occupation: HVAC How did you get into the sport? My whole family has always been fight fans, I watched some youtube videos, read some books and "trained myself"(lol..) for a while, til my older brother eventually noticed(I had lost roughly 30 lbs doing this) and sought out a gym for me to really train and learn at. Other sports: None, tried baseball, football, and wrestling throughout high school, and was no good and uninterested in all of them. What is your style? Pressure, a lot of punches, and a lot of head movement.. Working on getting some more pop on my punches lately. Strengths: Speed, work ethic, head movement, balance. What do you hope to get out of it? I want to take the sport as far as I can, on top of that, it has already made me an all around "better" person, and helped me build some great relationships I wouldn't have built otherwise. I was also a little pudgy nerd before boxing, now I am a nerd that takes care of my body! Where do you see your future in the sport? I am humble, but I hope and envision the best, as I assume most young fighters do. What do you love the most about boxing? The competition and the challenge, presented both by my opponents/rivals as well as myself. I also love working and feeling/seeing the results, and not gonna lie, sometimes I enjoy the attention.
