You might be a boxing "poseur" if you....

• You spend way too much time on the speed bag, before any fundamentals like footwork, defense/head movement, proper technique or half-decent cardio.
• You find yourself losing focus and/or interest in the middle of the class, or the coach’s lessons and opt instead to work on your bicep curls.
• You walk around without a shirt on, when it’s not that hot, and you’re not even sweating.
• On facebook, you want everyone to think you’re a boxer, your profile pic is of you – shirtless, and you post Mohammed Ali quotes – but everyone at your gym knows you’re a clown that doesn’t train with any real focus or conviction.
• You make excuses not to spar when coach asks you and show no interest in doing the more focused and advanced training with the team.
• You don’t even own any sparring equipment.
• You have no clue on how, or WHY you use the Philly shell but you try to use it anyway. Your version simply involves leaving your left hand low, but without any understanding of how to roll or counter. In most cases, this works for you, because you never spar anyway and bag work and shadow boxing doesn’t involve taking any shots.
• You hit a punching bag or shadow box without any purpose, other than to APPEAR as if you know what you’re doing – or to look cool, or both. Most of the time you are merely posing in the mirror.
• You constantly check yourself out in the mirrors.
• The interval timer beeps mean NOTHING to you. You float from bag, to dumbbells to speed bag and only spend about 1.5 minutes on each one before you sit on the ring and sip your water.

These are just a few observations over the years. Yes, I sound judgemental.....and I guess I can say that I don't judge those that make the effort to learn or are simply newbies....but I DO judge those who merely want to pretend to be boxers and copy the image, without any respect for the hard work, discipline or pain involved.


And no I am not judging those who simply do not fight. I myself will eventually retire from the sport and will want to just stay in shape in the gym without competing. So that's NOT who i'm talking about. It's the punks that act like hot **** and simply copy the image of a legit fighter for their own benefit.



Anyone wanna share their own?.....

 

I don't blame ya....lol...kidding

Ya, guys think being a boxer is cool so a lot of them just pretend to be boxers - thanks to facebook.
In my personal experience in the corporate world, i've found very little reason to hide my hobby. Most people just think it's pretty cool.

And I can see why some women might not want to advertise it, but truth is, very few female boxers that i've met are actually "butchy". People are not as judgmental about it as you'd think.

 

Yah, well those folks are just as bad. I agree.
Luckily, the fighters in my gym don't have any egos and we get along great with the keep-fitters and casual members. But I can see this being a problem, especially in a sport where you have a lot of ****y aggressive personalities.