Well, I just got a whole new appreciation for the sport

Well when you do win title, remember to shout out ESB.

 

haha it will just be a national title, to get some recognition for promoters etc...

 

Even so, a national title is still pretty important. Best of luck to you. :good

 

suppose so, im at that level. I got beat off a guy who i fought crap against but me and my trainer was sure wed beat him if we fought again. and hes the 2nd best in Britain

 

Nice thread this.

I don't think anyone who hasn't stepped between the ropes can possibly know just how difficult it can be.

There is a huge difference between even just a low-level amatuer and a guy off the street as far as speed, stamina, reflexes and co-ordination goes. And of course, the ability to fight.

As a guy just starting in the sport I often got the crap kicked out of me against the seasoned ams in sparring, and mostly they held back.

Once I got more experience, I did the same to guys just starting out. I suppose that's just the order of things.

 

You must be pretty good.:good

 

Years ago, I used to spar with this Tae Kwan Do guy during my lunchtime, at a gym a block from my work. I would come back with a bloody nose and generally scuffed up. I got some pretty funny reactions from the coworkers.

Then I got old and tired of loose teeth (and root canals)... not too mention I just didn't have the make-up for doing that stuff everyday of the week.

 

I assume he stuck to punching, or where you practising TKD yourself?

 

well im alright i can fight alot better just got to iron stupid stuff out. Im nowhere near what i can be

 

Just punches, he was looking to MMA stuff at its very early stages. I hit way harder than him but he threw punches in bunches. Once, I knocked him cold as a cucumber off a punch I threw with no bad intentions. I had boxed quite a bit in my teens, all amateur crap so I was used to it and I was, dare I say, in immaculate shape. I fully admit I am and always was more of an athlete than fighter. But, oh, to be young again.

 

Boxing and other fighting sports. is a physicaly and mentaly demanding sport. My only experance was training for a smoker that never happened and my school offers a kickboxing calss that i took last year which has a lot of sparing.

 

Boxing was called the most difficult sport in some calculation determined by ESPN.

Sparring is difficult, exhausting, and painful, but necessary to improve.

Once you spar against a taller person with longer arms, you'll respect guys like Tyson, Frazier, Hatton, Qawi, etc...a lot more (or at least I did).

 

Boxing is the toughest sport out there, so everyone that gets in the ring gets my respect.

Did a bit of sparring when I was about 16 to 18 and it is not easy, you have all these grand plans, but when your in the ring it is a diferert story. You start throwing punches with your arms etc...

 

TS boxing a taller guy is very very hard i hate it