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Anyone here an amateur / competitive boxer?
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:35 pm
39 years old… training for my first fight in the Midwest area. Probably gonna get starched on my first match but looking forward to it
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Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:36 pm to FrancisCostello
Leftie?
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:37 pm to FrancisCostello
Me shadowboxing before one of my pro fights
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 7:37 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:40 pm to FrancisCostello
Keep your right hand up to guard against the Left Hook. Watch out for the Uppercut when you get in close.
Use your jab to maintain control of the situation.
This is assuming both of you are Right handed.
I've seen TONS of boxing movies. Also was neighborhood champ on Rock em Sock em Robots.
Use your jab to maintain control of the situation.
This is assuming both of you are Right handed.
I've seen TONS of boxing movies. Also was neighborhood champ on Rock em Sock em Robots.
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:40 pm to FrancisCostello
There are a few members of the sonic circuit on TD
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:42 pm to Champagne
quote:His opponent will drop it.
Keep your right hand up to guard against the Left Hook
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:42 pm to FrancisCostello
Not really into boxing at all, but my son’s daycare teacher has a daughter that is a former national golden gloves champion and had been Olympic hopeful.
She didn’t make it to London but probably would have had a good shot had women’s boxing been an Olympic sport 4 years earlier.
She didn’t make it to London but probably would have had a good shot had women’s boxing been an Olympic sport 4 years earlier.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 7:45 pm to FrancisCostello
Yes I lift and BJJ too. I do that thing Steven Seagal was a master of too.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 8:11 pm to FrancisCostello
I did, many years ago now as a teenager for 1 year. I managed to have 3 official bouts and won them all by decision. This was before it became mandatory for amateurs to wear headgear in their sanctioned bouts (mid 60's) and all bouts were three rounds, 3 minutes per round with a 1 minute rest between rounds.
Best advice I can give is to do your best to get your cardio up so the 3 rounds will not totally exhaust you. I don't care if you can punch like a mule if you can't go the rounds without gassing.
Chances are you won't get hurt too bad in that short of a fight, especially the way the judges look out for amateurs and boxing with headgear on. Just go have fun and enjoy the experience.
Best advice I can give is to do your best to get your cardio up so the 3 rounds will not totally exhaust you. I don't care if you can punch like a mule if you can't go the rounds without gassing.
Chances are you won't get hurt too bad in that short of a fight, especially the way the judges look out for amateurs and boxing with headgear on. Just go have fun and enjoy the experience.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 8:14 pm to FrancisCostello
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39 years old… training for my first fight
Posted on 10/30/25 at 8:15 pm to FrancisCostello
I've started training boxing and muay thai late in life (to go along with a bjj/judo base). One of my farthest-fetched bucket list items is to participate in just one local "pro" MMA fight just to say that I've done it, kind of like journalist E. Casey Leydon's journey at 44. (I would have no illusions of actually winning.)
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 8:16 pm to FrancisCostello
Check his knuckles first.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 8:24 pm to FrancisCostello
Work the body. Work the body. Work the body. His gloves will come down and then.....you know what to do.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 8:39 pm to FrancisCostello
That is pretty cool! Something I have always wanted to do!
Posted on 10/30/25 at 8:51 pm to FrancisCostello
Be in better shape and you’ll win.
People have no idea how exhausting boxing is.
People have no idea how exhausting boxing is.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 9:19 pm to blueboxer1119
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People have no idea how exhausting boxing is.
It is by far the hardest sport I ever got involved in as far as needing conditioning. It is a total body workout every time you head to the gym.
It was routine to begin by doing a fairly long run of about 3 miles before stepping foot in the gym to begin the real workout. Then 3 rounds on the heavy bag, 3 rounds skipping rope, 3 rounds hitting the speed bag, 3 rounds of shadow boxing, 3 rounds of sparring and then a lot of ab exercises between regular crunches, oblique work, medicine ball work etc.
By the time it's over, you're damn tired.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 9:58 pm to WonPercent
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Work the body. Work the body. Work the body. His gloves will come down and then.....you know what to do.
This is why ya gotta use your Jab don't let him in close enough to give you body shots.
Jab and side step to his Left hand side. Jab and move. Jab and move.
Listen to me, Kid!
Posted on 10/30/25 at 10:10 pm to FrancisCostello
Try to keep calm. It's going to be crazy with the audience and the fight itself atmosphere is going to be a lot different than training. You're going to be so jacked it's going to take a lot from your breathing. You're going to get tired a lot faster. Good luck!
Posted on 10/30/25 at 10:13 pm to shutterspeed
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I've started training boxing and muay thai late in life (to go along with a bjj/judo base).
We got a lot in common.
I was opposite, boxed as an amateur growing up. My uncle ran a boxing gym back home so it was seamless going to the gym. I loved it but a broken nose and a few jacked up ribs later I realized that I was never going to ever go pro. Believe me I knew it, we had some legit pros in our gym and sparring with them convinced me I wasn't going to make a career as a boxer.
I got into BJJ in my 30's well after that literally because I missed that kind of training and joined a school that also had boxing and MT. It was a MMA school and we had lots of fighters train there. Some UFC but mostly local Houston pros. Lots of guys would come in to train jits with the owner of the school. He was one of the first black belts in Houston. Rolled with quite a few UFC dudes and up and coming future UFC guys. It was fun. We got access to all the classes but I loved jits the most. I also fell back into boxing just for conditioning. Did MT for about a year but martial arts really got in the way of family life and had to pick one so I stuck with jits and it has been a journey.
Oh and good luck OP. Nothing compares to the feeling of measuring yourself as a person when you lace them up and step into that ring.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 2:18 am to Champagne
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Keep your right hand up to guard against the Left Hook. Watch out for the Uppercut when you get in close.
Use your jab to maintain control of the situation.
Probably good advice for someone stupid enough to box, but the best advice for a 39 year old who is considering boxing is DON’T.
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