Would You Let Your Son Be A Boxer

I plan on having a home gym with heavy bag, double end, speed, etc. Will teach my boy/daughter boxing so as to be ready in life when they need to fight. I would rather them play a team sport so they gain be social, but if they love to box, I;m all for them competing.

 

I plan to do the same so my youngest Son can learn good fundamentals at home. I don't have much time for sparring at the boxing club at this time and I would like to stay sharp. So I install a heavybag/speed bag combo so we can work. Then I will take my Son to the boxing club when he is a little older.

My oldest Son moved away but wants to come back near me to start training. I won't pressure him . But my youngest Son loves to punch stuff. He punches any and every thing. And he likes boxing. I would let him.

 

Ive been in and around boxing.in and out of the ring & loved every minute of it.
BUT If I had a son Id do my best to persuade him NOT to make boxing his career. The main reason BLATANT CORRUPTION Starting with the State Commissions & on down, it seems impossible to find 3 honest people to judge fights today
I have two lovely daughters & have taught them enough to be able to defend themselves if needs be

 

My son is an amateur boxer, who I train. He just won the Junior Olympics Regional championship over the Memorial Day weekend in Detroit. He'll be competing in the National Tournament in Charleston, WV at the end of the June. His first National tournament. He's 13 and he's been boxing for three years.

 

Only if my kid is so dumb that repeated blows to the head would not make any difference, then yes.

 

I wouldn't advise him being a boxer, but if that's what he wants to do I'm not gonna stop him. I'm definitely teaching him how to throw hands though, he's definitely gonna learn how to throw a punch before he can walk. I find it weird that parents don't teach more of their kids proper self defense.

 

Good stuff man! Best of luck for both of you

 

I have an older brother who went into boxing at a local P.A.L club in town. He got really good real quick. Took to it like a fish to water. He was 13 years old and started getting some serious attention when he dropped a couple of older more experienced kids. After awhile there was really no one that would spar with him. Now i was about 9 or 10 years old when this was going on. ONe day my mom and i were in the living room and there was a knock at the door. It was the trainer and a couple other guys. I remember that really nice suits on and seemed like business men. My mom invited them in and they were talking to my mom who didnt seem too happy. She then kept repeating that she did not give permission and shes not going to allow it. She said he was to young and wasnt going anywhere with people she didnt know. As the men were walking out the door the last guy turned around and i remember it clear as day and the look on his face just pleading "Please Ms. Gonzalez think about it. You dont know what you have in your son. He can do something special with his life".
Well, my brother was 14 and from what i understand apparantly he was boxing without my mothers knowledge or permission and they wanted her to sign off so that they could start training him properly and part of that training was im leaving home for weekends and during the summer when school finished he would live wherever the training was going on or something like that. Long story short my mom said no because she was too afraid of him getting hurt. My brother eventually turned to a life of crime and drugs and ultimately did serious time in prison for attempted murder. He eventually turned his life around but he now has trouble finding jobs because of his record. Doesnt have a drivers license and struggles to support a wife and two kids. My mother from time to time talks about how she laments making that decision that day. This was 30 years ago which seems like a lifetime but it feels like yesterday.
I myself never boxed as i wasnt a fan of the sport until i was well into my teens early 20s (in my 40`s now). I now have an immense passion for the sport and i have a 2 year old son whom i will be putting in training at an early age. If it turns out that he has the talent to do something special i will not stand in the way and neither will his mother. Given one of two choices id rather have my kid end up like Pritchard Colon or dead pursuing a dream living a positive life than to live a life of drugs, crime or be left in the same condition from bullet wounds or a beating on the streets. My first choice of course is just that he turns out to be a good man who does positive things as a productive part of society and takes care of his family. That would make me just as proud as if he`d won 100 world titles. May all our children be more successful than us.

 

Don't have kids and don't plan to but I think something like boxing should be supported if they really want it but never something you should push them into, actually I think that's true for most things. If you try to stop a kid who dreams of boxing he probably just makes them even more determined anyway, how many of you did everything your parents told you?

Any Americans encouraging boxing for self-defence seems unnecessary when you can just buy them a glock. Just remember to teach them how to hold it sideways…..you don't want them to look like a dork while they're lighting up somebody who 'disrespected' them on the street.
Hmmm, maybe I should reconsider becoming a parent, I have so much wisdom to impart.

 

I definitely would if he wanted to do it. I would work him in the gym slowly. I think boxing is good for you and builds character. However, the BLOWS to the head that cause brain damage aren't. I honestly think some of the guys in boxing are less coordinated/fast than they used to be because of repeated blows to the head. The key is to develop a solid defense over a long period of time before getting HEAVILY involved in the game. Then you start sparring with higher level competition, and after that, you work on what needs to be worked on before sparring again.

I've spent a number of years in boxing gyms and fought in the golden gloves as a youth and I have to say that some of these "old timer" trainers really think that getting hit in the head makes it stronger or something. Sure, you need to get hit hard at some point to see how you react, and how bad you want it... But if you do that too often you are just hurting your brain and its ability to help you box effectively.

 

I'm gonna make my son wear a pink dress and listen to Fiona Apple until he leaves my house.

 

If you are. Train them young as in like 3 years old.

 

He won't have time to box with all the jazzercise and shopping we'll be doing.

 

love this post, thank you.

 

I agree concussions in those sports can be more severe although I don't know about soccer so much. Head clashes, head high tackles and getting whacked in the jaw by a knee can ko guys worse than punches but they don't happen as often. An average pro who has 30 or 40 fights over 10 or12 years is going to suffer a lot of brain trauma and is at great risk of at least some degree of pugilistica dementia but I know boxers who won't play football because it's too rough with too many injuries. Brain damage tends to creep up on boxers gradually after their careers are over. I saw a recent Terry Norris interview and was saddened to see him showing the typical signs of being punch drunk with slurred and slow speech and nowhere near as sharp as he used to be. Lots of pros have ended up like that throughout the history of the sport.