How satisfying is boxing

[Jip]

I have been boxing, but only training and only for a short period of time, so i cant realy talk about landing a ko punch or coming from behind of scorecards to winning the fight.

How is it to stand in the ring. The excitemant, the highs, the lows. In terms of adrenalin rush or endorphines etc it must be crazy.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

It's amazing, the butterflies are addictive. Followed by the serene calm once you get hit.no bs, jip, if you can't do a pull up you should never box.

[gilgamesh]

I can't tell you what it's like to win or knock somebody out because I only ever had one amateur fight which I lost.

I fought like sh*t in my fight because the nerves got to me. I would've went on, and had a 2nd fight and a lot more than that probably, but the gym I was fighting out of closed, and I just never got back into the sport in the competitive sense.

I did a little bit more sparring a few years later, and got better, but never got the chance to have that 2nd bout which sucks.

It's definitely a satisfying feeling to feel yourself improving conditioning wise, and skill wise, I'm sure others who've had a far more extensive run in the sport than I had can tell you more, but yeah I enjoyed it. So much so that even now being 30 if there were a Boxing gym around I'd train, and spar and stuff just for the hell of it. I like it.

[Jip]

It's amazing, the butterflies are addictive. Followed by the serene calm once you get hit.no bs, jip, if you can't do a pull up you should never box.

Thank you for always reminding me that i am fat

[gilgamesh]

It's amazing, the butterflies are addictive. Followed by the serene calm once you get hit.no bs, jip, if you can't do a pull up you should never box.

Thank you for always reminding me that i am fat

Get yourself in shape before you ever think about competing.

At least 100 pushups, and 150 crunches or situps every damn day. If you ain't doing that, you ain't serious about competing in the sport.

[Jip]

It's amazing, the butterflies are addictive. Followed by the serene calm once you get hit.no bs, jip, if you can't do a pull up you should never box.

Thank you for always reminding me that i am fat

Get yourself in shape before you ever think about competing.

At least 100 pushups, and 150 crunches or situps every damn day. If you ain't doing that, you ain't serious about competing in the sport.

I dont want to compete. I just was curious to know how it felt to box in the ring. I am over 30. Boxing is over for me. But training would be good. More than that.it would be fantastic. Getting in shape. Have more energy. Being more positiv about life in general. Feeling better.

Train by myself would be good. Jogging. Shadow boxing. Etc.. I have a negativ towards going in the gym and train with others. That one guy might do something stupid and break my nose in sparring. Boxing attracts some stupid people. But alone it is hard to push yourself. Still got to do it.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

It's amazing, the butterflies are addictive. Followed by the serene calm once you get hit.no bs, jip, if you can't do a pull up you should never box.

Thank you for always reminding me that i am fat

If that is what you got from that, you're quite welcome. Don't ever box.

[crow]

The more important question is can boxers manage violence?

No small matter.

[littlepug]

Its a surreal but fantastic feeling, really makes you feel alive, on fight night every second feels like an hour, you really understand what it is to "live in the moment"

[SFW]

The more important question is can boxers manage violence?

No small matter.

Good question, and well put. This concept seems lost on many, glad you pointed it out.

[caldo2025]

I have been boxing, but only training and only for a short period of time, so i cant realy talk about landing a ko punch or coming from behind of scorecards to winning the fight.

How is it to stand in the ring. The excitemant, the highs, the lows. In terms of adrenalin rush or endorphines etc it must be crazy.

I like to think that i had a very small taste of what it might be like as a boxer through my collegiate wrestling career. Sure the biggest risks...danger, death and embarrassment in front of millions of people were not part of it. Thank God. But there are a ton of similarities i think. The weight control, training camps and dedication is similar. The biggest similarity is you are out there by yourself and only yourself to rely on...no teammates going to help you out. The audience's focus is squarely on the 2 athletes so there's nowhere to hide like in other sports. I'm surprised that you don't hear more boxer's talk about their fears of embarrassment because that was my biggest fear out there. I just hoped every time out that i wouldn't look like an ass and thank god, that happened just twice.

But i've scored TD's in football and hit home runs in baseball but those feelings are nothing compared to getting my hand raised after months of training for a guy that no one thought I could beat. It's a crazy high and again, that's not even close to how these pro boxers must feel. I know...just some similarities.

[Jip]

The more important question is can boxers manage violence?

No small matter.

Very true.

Hurt somebody and get hurt is not an easy thing to handle.

[Tony1244]

It hurts. I've only sparred and head butts aren't fun. Left the gym with headaches.

It's a great workout though. I love hitting the heavy bag. If you learn a basic jab and cross you have an advantage against the average drunk poluka.

If you've never spared before you realize its not that easy to hit someone. A hook seems like a basic punch, but I think a hook is more advanced than a jab or cross in that a hook is harder to land.

But I agree with what others said here, in my 100+ rounds of sparring, it's a real rush.

[Jip]

I have been boxing, but only training and only for a short period of time, so i cant realy talk about landing a ko punch or coming from behind of scorecards to winning the fight.

How is it to stand in the ring. The excitemant, the highs, the lows. In terms of adrenalin rush or endorphines etc it must be crazy.

I like to think that i had a very small taste of what it might be like as a boxer through my collegiate wrestling career. Sure the biggest risks...danger, death and embarrassment in front of millions of people were not part of it. Thank God. But there are a ton of similarities i think. The weight control, training camps and dedication is similar. The biggest similarity is you are out there by yourself and only yourself to rely on...no teammates going to help you out. The audience's focus is squarely on the 2 athletes so there's nowhere to hide like in other sports. I'm surprised that you don't hear more boxer's talk about their fears of embarrassment because that was my biggest fear out there. I just hoped every time out that i wouldn't look like an ass and thank god, that happened just twice.

But i've scored TD's in football and hit home runs in baseball but those feelings are nothing compared to getting my hand raised after months of training for a guy that no one thought I could beat. It's a crazy high and again, that's not even close to how these pro boxers must feel. I know...just some similarities.

Good story

I can imagine how stressful it must be the preparation and the relief of stress tension when it is all done succesful.

With pros who can earn millions over millions and the possibilities of future big fights it must add a lot.

[Tony1244]

It's amazing, the butterflies are addictive. Followed by the serene calm once you get hit.no bs, jip, if you can't do a pull up you should never box.

Thank you for always reminding me that i am fat

If that is what you got from that, you're quite welcome. Don't ever box.

Not sure what the correlation is between being fat and not being able to do a pull up, but I reckon someone can be 0 for 2.

[Counter-puncher]

I have a negativ towards going in the gym and train with others. That one guy might do something stupid and break my nose in sparring. .

thats exactly the point, getting punched. its fun. i hated my nose, got it flattened a little and knocked over to one side a little, I like it more now.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I have a negativ towards going in the gym and train with others. That one guy might do something stupid and break my nose in sparring. .

thats exactly the point, getting punched. its fun. i hated my nose, got it flattened a little and knocked over to one side a little, I like it more now.

My Dad pulled me out after I had my nose broken in my only loss.

[gilgamesh]

I dont want to compete. I just was curious to know how it felt to box in the ring. I am over 30. Boxing is over for me. But training would be good. More than that.it would be fantastic. Getting in shape. Have more energy. Being more positiv about life in general. Feeling better.

Train by myself would be good. Jogging. Shadow boxing. Etc.. I have a negativ towards going in the gym and train with others. That one guy might do something stupid and break my nose in sparring. Boxing attracts some stupid people. But alone it is hard to push yourself. Still got to do it.

Happened to me

I'd still rather be in a gym than just training by myself though. It's more fun.

[gilgamesh]

Its a surreal but fantastic feeling, really makes you feel alive, on fight night every second feels like an hour, you really understand what it is to "live in the moment"

I always love to tell people that was my favorite thing about it. For the moments you're in the ring, and somebody's punching at you. Everything else about your life ceases to exist, if you're stressing about your girlfriend, your job, your bills...whatever...when you're in that ring, and somebody's coming after you the ONLY thing in the whole damn world you have time to worry about is defending yourself.

There's a weird inner peace that comes along with it. It simplifies life for a brief time. It is definitely the truest sense of "living in the moment" I've ever felt.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

When I first started, I think I was 9, as a kid I was crazy into fitness; ran all the time and did push ups and situps constantly. Boxing was my love, I knew all the Heavyweight champs in order and used to make my pop box me and get mad when he wouldn't punch me. My uncle always talks about my first sparring session. My spot in Baltimore wasn't exactly a hotbed for Boxing. A guy named George Burton was the star of the gym. We could have went further into the inner city but pop took me out to the county to Loch raven gym. The only kid near my size there was 13. Unc always muses proudly about that first session, I was apprehensive but as soon as my back touched the ropes I went Morales/Pac 1 in a frenzy. By the fourth time I owned that kid and had to spar with a guy who had like 50 pounds on me. Ironically, he ended up dating the hottest girl in my grade school when he was in HS and went on to play for the Jets. We're still friends.

[Cent0089]

Taking a punch is hard. 3x3 minutes can be very long. IMO boxing is very satysfying, especially when you doing it in best shape of you. Ive never boxed competetively, but ive had a lot of trainings, and even sparrings. At 77 kilos i can cut to 75 weightclass easily, but ive had never consider myself for shape for competetive boxing, and i can do 100 pushups It is hard to do some serious boxing when you are in full time job :-/

[littlepug]

Taking a punch is hard. 3x3 minutes can be very long. IMO boxing is very satysfying, especially when you doing it in best shape of you. Ive never boxed competetively, but ive had a lot of trainings, and even sparrings. At 77 kilos i can cut to 75 weightclass easily, but ive had never consider myself for shape for competetive boxing, and i can do 100 pushups It is hard to do some serious boxing when you are in full time job :-/

Hard but not impossible, a lot of pros hold down full time jobs as did I.

[Cent0089]

Taking a punch is hard. 3x3 minutes can be very long. IMO boxing is very satysfying, especially when you doing it in best shape of you. Ive never boxed competetively, but ive had a lot of trainings, and even sparrings. At 77 kilos i can cut to 75 weightclass easily, but ive had never consider myself for shape for competetive boxing, and i can do 100 pushups It is hard to do some serious boxing when you are in full time job :-/

Hard but not impossible, a lot of pros hold down full time jobs as did I.

Agree and respect

[SaadOffTheDeck]

It's amazing, the butterflies are addictive. Followed by the serene calm once you get hit.no bs, jip, if you can't do a pull up you should never box.

Haha not quite true about the pull up, but fair enough. That is true for peak condition though in a particular weight class. Chuck Wepner, Butterbean and a few others had trouble doing pull ups. Oh my bad SaadOffTheDeck didn't mean to demean your opinion.Controlled adrenaline is quite the healing property. It is like butterflies, hah It is something to box through a man's strongest punch without a doubt. That being said, I feel sorry knocking people to the ground at this age.

I wasn't trying to knock him down. I misinterpreted that he wanted to actually take it up. Just going to the gym for love of the sport and exercise is great.

[JMac]

When I first started, I think I was 9, as a kid I was crazy into fitness; ran all the time and did push ups and situps constantly. Boxing was my love, I knew all the Heavyweight champs in order and used to make my pop box me and get mad when he wouldn't punch me. My uncle always talks about my first sparring session. My spot in Baltimore wasn't exactly a hotbed for Boxing. A guy named George Burton was the star of the gym. We could have went further into the inner city but pop took me out to the county to Loch raven gym. The only kid near my size there was 13. Unc always muses proudly about that first session, I was apprehensive but as soon as my back touched the ropes I went Morales/Pac 1 in a frenzy. By the fourth time I owned that kid and had to spar with a guy who had like 50 pounds on me. Ironically, he ended up dating the hottest girl in my grade school when he was in HS and went on to play for the Jets. We're still friends.

You must of been coached by Frank Gilbert and Jimmy Hines. Good guys. Jimmy passed a few years ago. Frank is getting close.