r/amateur_boxing

Hey guys, I don't have any excuses. But I haven't trained in years. And even then it was casual and on/off for like a total of 2.

I've never competed or anything like that. I've done some light sparring when I was younger... but that's it. I was a total bitch about sparring too since I was admittedly scared shitless.

I'm determined though. I will be signing up for a formal gym once my gas tank is better so my capacity to learn is actually there.

In the mean time, I finally hung up this heavy bag my brother got me. But I don't want to develop any bad habits...

My ultimate goal is to do a smoker fight. That's it. I'm done with being sedentary. I'm ready to confront fear. This is something I'm going to do.

But right now is ground zero.

So if you're willing to entertain it, let me know how I can improve training on my heavy bag. I'm only able to do 3 rounds of 3 minutes right now without puking. So any cardio advice is desperately needed too.

Thanks. Feel free to be as critical as possible. I just need to know what to do and I'll do it.

I'm 14, 5,10, and I will fight at around 70 kg. I haven't fought before but I have 2.5 years experience and I've sparred and done well against multiple very experienced amateurs (20+ fights). My favourite fighter is George Foreman and although I don't aim to emulate his style, I do like to throw a lot of power shots so I was wondering if it was unrealistic to expect to knockdown my opponent in my first fight. My coaches say that I hit very hard for my weight and age (I don't know if he's telling the truth but my coach said I hit harder than he did fighting professionally at middleweight). Is it unrealistic to expect a knockdown? I don't know how headgear affects things really.

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Ive been training under a Gym for a year and overtime ive started training more intensively until now that i train 3 times a day i was wondering Is It enough and am i doing It correctly? For now my routine Is basically.

1. Either assault bike for an hour and bagwork or going to my boxing gym

(6 days)

2.resistence training with weights

(Also done 6 days a week)

3. Padwork on TV watching precision striking videos (5-6 days)

Ive started competing but lost my debut so i wondered what i needed to change

Basically the title, anytime I try to throw a combo even just a double jab I'm getting tagged with something either during or after I finish. Is there a defensive habit you should do after/ while throwing that stops you getting hit as easily e.g. joining your shoulder to your head.

Basically the title, i can kinda get into the pendulum, but stuck on how to move from there. Like do you stop and step like you do in your regular stationary stance or do you just keep 'hopping' around?

I always see boxers wearing the groin guard that wraps around your waist. Why don't they use the cups, i feel like it's more confortable and if they fight with it on, it should make sense to use it in sparring too? But surely there is a reason for it. I'm guessing its because body one gives some more protection against body shots?

I am going into my second year of boxing so far, and il admit im more of a intermediate still given my other responsiblities of studying and working, but wanted to get into boxing to atleast get a few matches but not really expecting to go pro or nothing given i came late at 20 years old. So i wanted to ask what would my workout regiment be if I was to want to get ready before asking my coach.

My workout ive been doing:

Mon: boxing workout

Tuesday: run 3 mile/weightlift

wednesday: boxing workout

Thursday: run 3 mile/Spar

Friday: Weightlight/box at home

Saturday: run 3 miles Boxing workout/wieghtlift

P.S dont mind being pretty critical or let me know this is a dogshit workout regiment, end of the day im not really expecting to go pro but do it on the side

Right now I do the following, typically 2x a week, sometimes 1 if im feeling extra weak & tired & don’t want the effects to interfere with actual boxing training
When im lifting I do the following routine that I put together based off advice of random s&c coaches I found on instagram
Upper body push, upper body pull, squat movement, hinge movement. So for example day 1 I would do bench press, pull-ups, lunges, hip thrust and day 2 I would do shoulder press, rows, Bulgarian split squats, and Romanian deadlifts. 3 sets of each using a weight heavy enough to keep me in the 5-8 rep range
The thing is I genuinely love pushing myself to failure and im really enjoying how much stronger I’m getting. Only recently did I become able to do pull-ups
I don’t want to overdo it and add too much but I have been wanting to add an extra day of lifting just because I wanna get stronger cuz getting strong as a woman is really cool and awesome. If it’s too much to do 3x a week then obviously I wont do it and will prioritize boxing but I wanted peoples opinions on my routine and also if it would be stupid of me to add an extra day of lifting

Im a 6'7" heavy weight. Ive always love george foreman power and because i have a lot of power too i thought maybe using that reaching stance would be a decent incorporation for fighting other heavy weights. As someone my height being heavy weight feels more natural so I can move a lot more swiftly at my height and weight. I thought with my power as well id be able to try that out with enough practice.

As context, I have been practicing boxing (on and off) for 8 months, with a 3 month break in between. One of my goals for this year was to get my first sanctioned fight, but I changed jobs last year (hence why the break) and my job is now much more mentally intensive, specially time-wise. I used to go 2 hours 4/7 days a week and sparred 2/7 a week.

Here comes the problem: the gym changed places and added new coaches; all of them are pro boxers so that’s great, no complaints about that. But I am only managing to go 3 times a week during the early morning, when there are no people to spar safely, or at least, the same 2 guys go and we spar each other. Out of my 1.5 hours I am able to go now, half is spent warming up and drills, with just 15 mins of sparring unless I go on a Saturday that it’s full sparring only; but here is another deal, I told my coach I wanted a fight and he said I had to come during the afternoon since that’s when most active amateurs come to the gym, or on a Saturday but they always have a higher level than me. I can’t go in an afternoon since I have work and I also go to the gym,si I am feeling a little bit discouraged because of this.

How do you guys (specially guys that are active) manage work, gym and social time?

Had my first amateur fight on Friday after taking the fight on a week’s notice (red gloves). Didn’t get the decision (thought rd 1 was close but mine, lost round 2, and won round 3) but overall not satisfied with my performance, happy I got in there and competed though and a lot to improve on.

The Good:
Made weight and didn’t have to starve myself or anything crazy

Was told that I’d need to close the distance and take the fight to my opponent as he was longer, I feel like I did that

Was told I needed to dig round 3 out if I wanted to win the fight, I also feel like I did that

Kept a good deal of pressure on the opponent

Mixed some uppercuts to the body and head that worked well

Was the fresher fighter by the end

The Bad:

Poor balance for most of the fight

Pushed a great deal of my punches which lead to them not looking as effective in exchanges

Smothered my own work way way way too much

Tired more quickly than my opponent as rd2 was easily my worst round

Did not transition between offense and defense very well, had a very straightforward style of walking my way into the pocket which was predictable

Lost, and can totally see why I did too

Overall, I need to work on having a more powerful lower body so my punches show up better and I need to not smother myself near as much, more angles and punches from mid range will serve me better in future fights. Onwards and upwards from here this will be the worst I look.