Boxing (sport) - Because who doesn't want to punch bassomatic in the face

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I'm thinking about learning how to box. The problem is, I'm out of shape and I think I'm a sissy. But the thing is, just because I used to be a sissy and flinch easy, doesn't necessarily mean I wouldn't be able to tolerate getting punched if it ever happened to me. (I've never had a real fight.) How stupid is my idea?
 
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
I'm thinking about learning how to box. The problem is, I'm out of shape and I think I'm a sissy. But the thing is, just because I used to be a sissy and flinch easy, doesn't necessarily mean I wouldn't be able to tolerate getting punched if it ever happened to me. (I've never had a real fight.) How stupid is my idea?
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Find a white collar boxing gym that has plenty of male and female office workers who go there.
 
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
I'm thinking about learning how to box. The problem is, I'm out of shape and I think I'm a sissy. But the thing is, just because I used to be a sissy and flinch easy, doesn't necessarily mean I wouldn't be able to tolerate getting punched if it ever happened to me. (I've never had a real fight.) How stupid is my idea?
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I've been training for a few months. I'm 40+ and haven't hit a gym since high school before this. It will be a long time before you'll be hitting anything but a bag or focus mitts, let alone *getting* hit. It's a fun and fulfilling, but you will be basically re-learning how to walk at first and it can get frustrating. If you do it, stick with it and really concentrate on your footwork before anything else.
 
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
I'm thinking about learning how to box. The problem is, I'm out of shape and I think I'm a sissy. But the thing is, just because I used to be a sissy and flinch easy, doesn't necessarily mean I wouldn't be able to tolerate getting punched if it ever happened to me. (I've never had a real fight.) How stupid is my idea?
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Just do it.

I keep fit - mostly - and regardless, the only time I've ever been dizzy from exertion was sparring. Had to stop them, I felt empty.

There's nothing to lose and yeah people might say shit, but turning up, improving, enjoying yourself is worth more than their opinion.

The fact you are unfit is every reason to get to it. It makes watching it better too, you suddenly have such a better understanding of what it's like to be in the ring.

Also, can we have a prediction on Tommy V Paul. I'm saying Tommy on points.
 
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Mr E. Grifter said:
Just do it.

I keep fit - mostly - and regardless, the only time I've ever been dizzy from exertion was sparring. Had to stop them, I felt empty.

There's nothing to lose and yeah people might say shit, but turning up, improving, enjoying yourself is worth more than their opinion.

The fact you are unfit is every reason to get to it. It makes watching it better too, you suddenly have such a better understanding of what it's like to be in the ring.

Also, can we have a prediction on Tommy V Paul. I'm saying Tommy on points.
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Going to say Paul because Tommy is trash.
 
Mr E. Grifter said:
There's nothing to lose and yeah people might say shit, but turning up, improving, enjoying yourself is worth more than their opinion.
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That's when you razz them, there was a dude at an academic conference that was kind of smug and ribbing me a bit more than normal on my accent, I ribbed him back on something and he got this look of surprise and then seemed to like me more after that (like it was a challenge to earn his respect).

I'll try to make myself go after I get back from my trip.
 
I somehow completely missed this, but 50-0 Floyd Mayweather had an exhibition match against 2-0 John Gotti III last night for some reason. In a completely unexpected turn of events for such a serious, and not at all circus like, fight, the ref called it off in the 6th due to incessant shit talking by both fighters, after which Gotti tried, and failed to go after Floyd, and their entourages charged the ring.
 
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Marvin Hagler vs Tommy Hearns

One of the most amazing boxing fights. Tommy Hearns, won against Duran by knockout. Hagler was undisputed champion.

Note.: Tommy Hearns, broke his right hand in the first round, whilst giving an uppercut to Hager.

Enjoy..

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gaOTSMB6hLQ
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Many Boxing historians consider this to be the greatest fight ever. The unbridled ferocity from both legends never gets old.

I've been Boxing for many years now and here are my general thoughts:

1) Just start. Doesn't matter if you're as fat as Boogie or as rail thin as that skeleton bitch who refuses to eat. There are many levels to Boxing.

2) "Blacks dominate Boxing so why should I devote time towards it?" No. 3 of the very best pound for pound fighters right now are Tyson Fury (British white dude with Irish Traveler lineage), Naoya Inoue (Japanese literal Goku tier power puncher) and Canelo Alvarez (the whitest Mexican dude you'll ever see, with Irish lineage by way of the Saint Patrick's Batallion...even has red hair and freckles).

3) As you feel yourself improving and getting healthier, one training session at a time, you'll build a bulwark of self-belief and confidence that will help you get through whatever misery life inevitably throws at you.

4) Hitler was a huge proponent of Boxing and here are some quotes from "Mein Kampf" on the subject:

"There is no sport that so much as this one promotes the spirit of attack, demands lightning decisions, and trains the body in steel dexterity."

"And so sport does not exist only to make the individual strong, agile and bold; it should also toughen him and teach him to bear hardships."

"If our entire intellectual upper crust had not been brought up so exclusively on upper-class etiquette; if instead they had learned boxing thoroughly, a German revolution of pimps, deserters, and such-like rabble would never have been possible; for what gave this revolution success was not the bold, courageous energy of the revolutionaries, but the cowardly, wretched indecision of those who led the state and were responsible for it."
 
I write infrequently in this thread due to work, but I am going to make an effort to jot down some fight summaries and thoughts every other week or so. So much excellent boxing has occurred this year, and I have to share it.

RAYMOND FORD vs. OTABEK KHOLMATOV

I have followed Ray ‘Savage’ Ford for several years. He caught my interest when I saw his second fight against a journeyman in Europe (Birkenbergs, I think it was). Great movement, stick and move, excellent defense, and so on. One to follow. Watched him struggle, watched him get a questionable decision, and then watched him morph into a complete and motivated fighter. Well, that complete and motivated fighter had his first title shot in Verona, NY against one Otabek Kholmatov of Uzbekistan in the beginning of March.

Kholmatov is the best boxer in Uzbekistan at his weight class (featherweight), and his pedigree shows. He has dismantled every fighter put before him, and made it look easy. On a side note, Western Asia has been putting out some QUALITY boxers in the past decade. Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Tajiks and Mongolians are all starting to make their presence felt on the championship level. Anyway, what I’m getting at is Kholmatov is a tough customer, with extensive amateur experience and power that carried to the pros.

It was a war. The first third of the fight was dominated by Kholmatov, the second third was 50/50, and the championship rounds were dominated by Ford, capped off by a knockout in the 12th round with 7 seconds to go. Ford was behind on all the cards, and if Kholmatov could have lasted through the entire fight, he would have won. Truly unbelievable, and this is my fight of the year as of now. Check out the highlights here.

A damper to all this is that Kholmatov was fighting through an ACL injury. Puts a ‘What If’ spin to the whole fight.

KURT SCOBY vs. DAKOTA LINGER

Kurt Scoby was a NCAA (College level, for those outside the U.S.) running back, who played (and played well, if his stats are anything to go by) in Division II football. According to a few interviews floating around the web, he played football in the summer/fall, and boxed in the offseason. After graduating college, he turned to boxing full time, where he began campaigning out of NY, NY. He has the talent, the physique and the athleticism that go hand in hand with championship runs in boxing.

Dakota Linger is a first responder (I couldn’t nail down just what he does. Either paramedic, or cop) from the small town of Buckhannon, West Virginia. In the boxing world, he is a gatekeeper / journeyman. He started boxing in high school, by way of tough man competitions. At the time of writing, he has a record of 14-6-3, telling me he wins against bums, and loses against actual talent. The man is a perfect measurement of where a prospect stands. Defeated Linger? You’re on the right track. Lost to Linger? Either your boxing days are done, or you seriously need to go back to the drawing board.

Scoby and Linger met for an 8 round fight in Atlanta, as part of an all prospect card. The expectation was for Scoby would beat Linger up for a few rounds, wow the crowd, and get rid of him in the back half of the fight. For the first two rounds, it appeared that this was going to happen, until Linger started landing power shots, especially sneaky uppercuts, whenever Scoby started throwing combinations. Linger stayed right in Scoby’s wheelhouse for the rest of the fight, never letting him rest, never letting him plant his feet, and most importantly, never giving him time to really think up a solution to the constant barrage of power shots coming his way. The referee had to stop the fight in the 6th round, due to too many unanswered punches. The full fight is available here, and I encourage you to watch it.

NAOYA INOUE vs. LUIS NERY

For an in depth summary on why this fight is so important, check out Office Hancho’s video on the matter. The Cliff Notes are as follows -
-Luis Nery fights a beloved Japanese champion by the name of Shinsuke Yamanaka, and knocks him out in the 4th round.
-Nery tests positive for roids after the fight from tainted Mexican beef.
-An immediate rematch is ordered, with an appointed official overseeing Nery’s diet.
-Nery comes into the fight 2.3 lbs. overweight, which is a serious professional gaffe, ESPECIALLY as a champion.
-Smokes Yamanaka in two rounds, celebrates like a monkey in the ring.
-Japan bans him from boxing in their country.
-Years later, Naoya Inoue wants to beat Nery’s ass.
-The Japanese Boxing Commission lifts the lifelong ban on Nery because they think Inoue will beat his ass.

And thus the fight was made. The pride of an entire country is on Inoue’s shoulders, and what does he do?
-Gets knocked down in the first.
-Gets angry.
-Knocks Nery the fuck out.
I think that occurences of actual, raw anger are not too common in the ring. But Inoue showed me flashes of it during the fight. Upon his knockdown in the first round, the camera zooms in on Inoue’s face, and I could see it. He was pissed, but controlled anger sort of pissed. What a fight!


Yeah, Usyk and Fury will fight eventually, Beterbiev v. Bivol got canceled, CANELO WINS LOL, and so on. ‘Til next time!
 
In news that will shock literally no-one, John Fury has had to make himself the centre of attention for the Fury vs Usyk shit by headbutting one of team Usyk:

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oh hey a boxing thread, so I have a question. on /sp/ in the mma general, we say someone got heem'd when they suffer a KO.
I've been wondering for a while, what do they say in boxing threads? thanks
also Loma is so great
 
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oh hey a boxing thread, so I have a question. on /sp/ in the mma general, we say someone got heem'd when they suffer a KO.
I've been wondering for a while, what do they say in boxing threads? thanks
also Loma is so great
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I enjoy shitposting in /box/, except for the insufferable Brit (currently inder a Finnish VPN) who slurps Fury nonstop.

As far as a shitposting specific way to call a KO, there isn't one in /box/ that I have seen. Most of the time, it's tailored to whatever buildup and/or shitposting that has occured prefight. /box/ used to be one of the best generals on /sp/ until that stupid fucking nonce came in. Oh well.
 
I forgot that there was a boxing thread here on KF. This is awesome
 
So say someone is trying to get into boxing/mma and has no experience. What should they look for/avoid when it comes to gyms/classes? To avoid McDojo situations
 
TerminalTryHard said:
So say someone is trying to get into boxing/mma and has no experience. What should they look for/avoid when it comes to gyms/classes? To avoid McDojo situations
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Start here -

Most gyms should have a trial day, or week, whatever. You can go in, and check it out.

For me -

Who founded the gym? If it's an ex-pro, then chances are it's a good gym to go to.
Who is in the stable? Any pro/amateur titleists?
Is it at least mostly clean, well lit, well maintained? Doesn't have to be spotless, just clean enough to be respectable. Shows that ownership cares about their trainees, and take pride in the facility.
Are people welcoming? I'm not talking about holding your hand and showing you everything, I'm talking about banter, respectful treatment, and general attitude.

It will take some research, but good gyms aren't too hard to find.
 
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