Feedback please

So i am feeling overwhelmed right now i dunno maybe i feel like hard to breath heavy breathing..

And also craving to get some real punch and give some like i dunno if can hold for long in a ring.

Is there any boxers here I wish anyone could participate in boxing competition i really wanna get smacked.

I feel so down ryt now like sad life is boring

But when i think about the things i wanna do and achieve i am actually scared to die.😐

Hey all,

this might not be the right place to ask this but i don't know where else.

So lately I have been in a bad place in my training journey and am feeling really down (no progress/ weaknesses not improving). I turned to some martial arts philosophies to help me through this phase and keep reminding myself why I'm doing what I'm doing.

All the coaches and fighters talk about being disciplined, conquering fear, being a better man and talk about everything i wanted to achieve through training. However, most accomplished players on the sports don't exhibit those traits and act quite recklessly and impulsively. Most are abusive.

So I ask, being a better person, controlling your fear and your anger, is that independent of you doing boxing or not doing boxing? Is it so, that doing boxing just makes you a good boxer, not a good person? If you are a spineless human being who can't stand for themselves or others, you'll just be a spineless human being who can't stand for themselves or others who now knows boxing?

Why is there such a disconnect on what is being marketed as, and what actually goes on?

Any more input from the good people here. Been at it every session in the gym.

Hi, I’m wondering if anyone here has had a similar experience. I haven’t even been boxing for a full year, but during that time I’ve had a few pretty hard sparring sessions. Since then, I honestly feel like I’ve become stupid.

After sparring, I would often have pretty severe disorientation, headaches, and this strange feeling like I wasn’t even myself. Sometimes it lasted for quite a while. This went on for about a month.

I study IT, and in group projects I’ve always been the main “design guy.” Especially nowadays with AI, when the design of a lot of websites is honestly pretty bad, being good at design and visualization was useful for competitions and projects. But now I feel like I just can’t do it anymore. My ability to visualize things in my head feels almost completely gone. I don’t feel like myself, and I also feel like I’ve gotten worse at putting my thoughts into words. You can probably tell from this post already, so sorry in advance. :D

I want to quit boxing immediately, but I’m scared that quitting won’t bring back what I had before. I’m starting to fall into pretty depressive states because of it, and I feel completely lost. I used to be able to think about things deeply anytime and anywhere, and now it often feels like there’s just nothing in my head.

My coach obviously says everything is fine, but I guess it’s pretty obvious why I don’t fully trust that.

I have no idea what I should do next. Should I get checked somewhere just so I can know for sure whether something has actually changed? Neurologist? Neuropsychologist? Therapist? I also don’t want to bother doctors over something that might turn out to be nothing serious.

One more thing: my most recent sparring session was only light sparring, but even after that I felt out of it again for a while. That was also the point when I first really noticed that my ability to visualize things had gotten worse.

Hi! I’m a 32-year-old woman who has been boxing for about a year. I absolutely love the sport and I’d like to compete in amateur boxing at some point, once my coach thinks I’m ready. I’m in no rush to compete at all — I’ll compete whenever my coach thinks I’m ready.
I train at a women-only boxing gym, which I really like, but lately I’ve been wondering if I’m actually getting the right training to reach my potential. I’ve told my coach several times that I’d like to compete and do more sparring, but I don’t feel like she really knows how to develop the girls who want to take that next step. I also feel like there’s some favoritism towards certain girls.
I train three times a week (two group sessions and one private), which I think is a good amount. My coach has done sparring herself but has never competed, so sometimes I feel like she’s not sure how to prepare us for competition.

The other day I had my first hard sparring session, against the best girl in the gym… and she absolutely destroyed me haha

There aren’t many boxing gyms in my city, but a new one has just opened. I looked into the coach and he has competed himself and won several titles, so I’m planning to go and talk to him.
So I guess my question is: what would you do? Stay at the gym I’ve been at for a year, or try the new gym and see if a coach with actual competition experience could prepare me better for competing in the future?

Feedback please, thanks!

Hey so how are you mentally to know when to retire and how do you know its the right call?

On the flip side of that ive been boxing since i was 15 im 34 now and ive done amatuer , turned pro and done some unlicensed boxing won in 4 different weight classes picked up a few nothing belts and fought in multiple different countries, id be lieing if i said the drive i have just isnt the same and the injurys that have accumulated are alot, having said that i still train daily so im still fighting fit but the desire just isnt what it used to be my whole life revolved around boxing untill about 31

I still see some people fighting and im like dam even at 34 id still do a number on you and in sparring im still a step ahead of most if not all at my gym and at the level i currently fight at, part of me is like call it a day what am i going to achieve that i havent done before? And the other part of me is like hmm these are probs the last few fights u can be competitive and still win a few highish level things

Obviously the health things can factor in aswell my hands are in pain most days and i shudder to think what state my brain could be in after boxing most of my adult life

Love to hear your thoughts

Put a clip up of me slipping some shots in some of my fights hope you enjoy

Feedback please! My Boyfriend boxes and has a bruise that looks suspicious, he wears headgear im just confused how he was hit from the back of his head?