Why do you fight?

thats like me abit. I used to have anger problems etc..was a total ***** loved to fight probably abit of a bully.

now im the opposite im cool as hell don fight just box. a real nice guy but with that desire to win in boxing

i hate hitting people now except when boxing

weirdo :good

 

Because I can.

 

Hi everyone – 1st time poster but a long time lurker on ESB and this is the first thread that’s inspired me to tap the keys.

There are so many of the comments here that ring true for me. I’m a very (overly) self critical/ analytical person and it’s often a real downfall for me emotionally and even professionally as I constantly battle with self doubt. As other posters mention, with boxing you simply can’t hide and the ironic thing is that my training helps combat the negative sides of my self analysis because at least I’m actually getting stuck in. I’m not afraid to say I’m still scarred of sparring and it’s not as big a part of my training as it has been in the past and definitely should be (and hopefully will be) but it gives me a sense of pride and achievement to know I’m doing something that at times can be down right awful and that not everyone else does.

I love loads of sport but boxing in particular is the one where if you meet someone else who trains you have an instant appreciation of the fact they have invariably put themselves under pressure. You don’t get that when you meet someone who plays Sunday league football or cricket!

With everything else taken in to account I also can’t deny I love the competitive nature of the sport and winning is an awesome feeling.

 

Was court ordered to start boxing with the whole "Gloves not Guns" thing. That was five or six years ago though. Now I've calmed down alot yet still box about 4 times a week. Competed in Amatuers for a couple years and got a record of 4-1. Now I just stick around in it for pure love of the sport.

 

-For respect outside the gym
-For respect inside the gym
-I like the challenge
-It makes me feel like a man, doing a sport most people are to scared to compete in.
-I have always thought boxing was the ultimate sport as a youngster, if i dont give it me best shot i know i will regret it when im to old to box, now is my time.
-I love working out.
-Facing my own fears, not that i am scared but if i stop i will feel like a let myself down
-I love saying '' im a boxer"

 

sorry twoohands to bring you up

but i have never understood why the respect out side of the gym. I dont give a **** if my mte thinks im solid becase i box, i would rather some old guy who knew boxing said that kid can fight.

also you like saying your a boxer tahts odd. I hardly ever say i am a boxer

 

it's the only thing from keeping the demons from taking over. that and i want to be remembered...

 

why wouldnt you give a **** what your mates think about you and why wouldnt you want respect in the community, Yeah i want the people who know boxing to think im a capable fighter, but the people outside the gym i want to respect me as a person not a fighter and going from my experience boxers generally get respect.

I dont go around saying im a boxer but if someone asks, im proud to say i am.

I find it odd you dont want respect outside the gym. Its not all about fighting pal. Its more the lifestyle.

 

same here mate.

 

:good

 

I think for me it was because I got the crap beaten out of me through most of grade school. In high school I started weight lifting but I wanted to know how to fight.

That and it looked challenging and I wanted to say that I could box to all these hockey players who think they know how to fight

 

I agree with you, respect is important both inside and outside of the gym.

 

Most important for me. In daily life there is so much non direct agression going on. People talking ****... getting under your skin... Now thousends of years ago there was a place for people like us who dared to fight/were good at it. So I like to think of myself and other fighters as those wariors caged by modern life and law. But in the gym there is a place for us to do what we were made for...

 

1. It's when you feel most alive, nothing can match that feeling. Especially if you win, I will be on a high for a week.
2. Nothing else matters when you're in the ring, just trying to get the better of you're opponant.
3. An immature part of me needs to feel a wee bit special and different from ordinary people and being a fighter gives u that feeling.
4. Boxing is the only thing i've ever been above average at.
5. It gives u something to focus on, without boxing my life would feel empty.

 

Whats the name of ya gym ?

Cheers :good