i am also eighteen and want to start boxing, i didnt think the previous chick got enough responses so can anyone tell me if i startde now could i make it pro. (names and ages of current pros please)
2006-07-27 21:58:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
absolutly! Get a good trainer! If youre hearts in it you can suceed!
I noticed several people had been looking for an amateur boxing team or program in there area. I thought I would post ours here in Arkansas just in case someone was looking here. We are non-profit. It wont cost you a thing. Glad to help http://dreamteamlive.tripod.com/ or email dreamteamboxing@yahoo.com
2006-07-29 06:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by Little bitty 1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really... most boxers start training when they are like 8 or 9 years old. Plus, boxings a pretty rough sport. It's at least as much about knowing how to take a hit as knowing how to hit your opponent. You need to be completely comfotable with pain - both in receiving pain and dispensing it. A lot of would-be boxers find their major block here - that they psychologically hold themselves back from dealing a truly knock-out punce. Violence is a thing that humans, psychologically, have a weird relationship with. We are both drawn to and appalled by violence and others' suffering. Boxers need to be able to rise above both emotions. They need to be able to deal with pain and suffering - both their own and their opponents' - completely objectively and emotionlessly. And to be able to do that, you pretty much need to have grown up boxing.
So to make a long story short, it's probably way too late for you to start boxing now and hope to make it pro. At least, if I were you, I wouldn't quit my day job. Pick it up as a hobby, though - it's a real rush.
2006-07-28 10:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by Spoofy P. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋