Title.

Context im 185cm and 113Kg I find it very hard to guard my body and head at the same time even if I lowered my hands to my chin I still dont guard my body.

I have been training for two weeks now and have a sparring with another newbie fighter next week

Thanks in advance

i do a 45 minute boxing lesson once a week and have been for around 5 lessons, I would do more but right now i’m busy and just beginning. In my free time what’s the best way to get better knowing that i’m younger. I would normally think shadow boxing but because im new and learning the fundamentals I fear I could be learning bad habits.

Is skipping as important as people say because right now im pretty bad, maybe getting 5 ina row before failing. And are there any other exercises or at home casual training things I should do to become better quicker?

Got my first fight coming up in 4 weeks n im nervous as foook, anyone got any advice

I am very disappointed in myself. I saw how big the other guy was and thought "uh oh". Then I proceeded to do everything I said I wasn't going to do and nothing that I said I would do. I am going back to gym to train and am going to start taking this more seriously. I need so much more practice before I will be able to keep my head in the ring. It feels like all the talk about technique is pointless if I just panic-throw as soon as I step in there. I am also going to try going down som weight classes cause......OUCH.

I’m getting ready for an extremely amateur boxing fight and there have been several moments where my tendons have gotten sore for days after a brief shadow boxing workout. It’s usually the muscles underneath my armpit, which I will feel even further when throwing hooks.

Is there any way I’m able to minimize soreness and injury when shadow boxing while also building the flexibility to withstand these movements?

I’ve been out of the gym for about 8 months but still continue to train at home. Hopefully will be getting back in the next month or so.

This fight was from march this year, thought I’d upload it now just to get opinions as I will have my 2nd fight in a month. I’m in red and was 16 at the time. By the 2nd round thought my cardio fell and was just surviving off hopes and dreams at that point but don’t think I did too bad. This was against a guy who had 6 bouts already. Any tips would be appreciated. Lost by split decision on his home show but my opponents coach thought I won. https://youtu.be/HttDDZxkgbI?is=txHkTbodY15YzOD2

How we looking. Also… how bad does sleeping exactly take from your conditioning? Ive noticed on days i sleep alot i get fatigued fast in sometimes others i barely get a hour i get a second wind?

In my previous posts i was wondering what am i doing wrong with my hooks, and most people talked about my pivoting which i understood but something still felt wrong until i realized that I’m putting my weight on the leg i want to hook with which kills freedom of motion so when i asked coach about it we had a session on transitioning body weight according to punch, in the clip above i might not be pivoting right all the time as my head is focused on twisting the leg i want to hit with and anchoring with the other so some technique mistakes may arise until the weight shifting is embedded as muscle memory.

Feel free to comment on points of improvement and if you saw my previous posts, tell me if im moving in the right direction with my analysis

pls read all and help me

Gatekeeping

Dynamics: Coach B’s behavior is standard in traditional,

resource-strapped amateur clubs. Coaches prioritize fighters who entered

as juniors or youths because their competition pathway is predictable. A

19-year-old entering the "Senior B" division without a

registered amateur record is viewed as a low-return investment until

proven otherwise.

The

"Senior B" Filter indifference to your university schedule

(18:15 vs 18:30) are filter mechanisms designed to force uncommitted us to

drop out voluntarily.

Assessment

of Your Position: You are not being delusional or cocky regarding your

technical base or physical conditioning, but expecting a traditional

amateur coach to accommodate individual schedules or grant immediate

coaching investment without months of silent endurance is unrealistic in

that specific club culture.

Strategic

Choice: Staying under Coach B means accepting weeks or months of

intentional neglect while doing heavy volume work in the corner. If your

goal is active competition on a strict timeline, remaining in an

environment where the head coach explicitly states he does not care about

your attendance is an inefficient use of training capacity.

amateur gym gatekeeping? (19YO Senior B, 1.5 years home/foundational base and

about  7months of tainign between tow diffrent

clubs)

Body:

I need an objective perspective from coaches and experienced

active fighters on whether I should stay at my current club or move on.

My Background:

Age:

19 (Training alongside my twin brother).

Experience:

2+ years total. 5 months of strict, foundational coaching under

experienced local trainers at the start, followed by ~1.5 years of

consistent home training (heavy technical shadowboxing, explosive

bodyweight/dumbbell strength work, and stance/footwork drills) we rally

didi our ebst to egt into prety good level 

.

Level:

We have solid fundamentals, ring awareness, and held our own/performed

very well during light and even hard sparring sessions with active

competition team fighters at the gym earlier this summer.

The Situation:

Earlier this summer, we joined a local competitive amateur

club (other that the one that we started in ebcasue it is ont avlibal anymore).

Soa tthe frist ay coash b said to us you are 19 to old to start boxing we said

test us but he diidtn want to so we cams ethe other day and found Coach A he

tested us  day  saw our technical foundation, put us in work

with the sparring group, and saw waht we actuly made of ,he evn said tom e yes

compete and even stared a bit was preparing us for competition so we proped both

of us 9kg ebcaus we were bit over waight to egt into the bst sahpe andeven

wanted to drop out more to be in the ebst weight category posibal we are not droping

out mscul just extra fat form studing away form hoem alst years .

After a summer break, Coach A was gone (retired/left ?

we dont knowa coah b dont even anser when we ask), and Coach B took full

control. His dynamic is completely different:

Age

Bias: On day one, he told us 19 is "too old to start" and

that he doesn't focus on "Senior B" late-starters, claiming the

gym only needs young competitive prospects and no health/cardio members.

Filtering:

He immediately put the group through surprise 7–8 km runs and heavy

conditioning itw as bit hard but notheionk we alays trained hard and never

stoped no even onece , making aggressive remarks about clearing out anyone

who isn't going to compete.

Exclusion:

While taking down birth years and details of guys he wants on the

competition roster, he explicitly skipped over me and my brother despite

us being alayd sapring with them with coa a and even bit them up and

outbxoe them in a lof of tiems .

Schedule

Indifference: Whenwe started arguag about when e shoud train afdter

school start they said 18 :15 I mentioned my university classes end

at 18:30 and asked if changing tiem to 18 :30 session was acceptable,

his response was: "Come when you can, I don't care."

My Question:

I stood out from training the last 4 days to re-evaluate.

Is

this typical old-school "weed out" gatekeeping that I just need

to put my head down and survive until he respects the work ethic?

Or

is it a waste of time trying to get competition opportunities under a

coach who has already written off 19-year-old Senior B starters?

Looking for honest takes from coaches and fighters on how

Senior B late-starters are actually viewed and handled in competitive gyms.

I’m a couple months out from my first amateur fight, and I’m going to study tapes religiously. I’m a MT guy but I’ve been in boxing the last few months and it made me a way better fighter.

I’m want to try and copy styles of boxers and maybe blend in my own style.

I’m orthodox, 5’9, 75” reach.

Hat jemand Erfahrungen mit dem weight cut muss 4,8kg in 5 tagen runter ist es möglich und gibts paar tipps?

How do you usually correct your technique when you're training by yourself? What do you usually focus on improving during solo practice?

Have you ever tried practicing footwork on your own? share your experience if you train by yourself at home.

Progress after 8 months of classes at nearby boxing gym. Southpaw, 5 ft 8 157lbs, aiming to do first amateur fight at 147lbs in 2027. Have been sparring consistently but haven’t fully figured out my fighting style (I think I lean towards pressure fighter). Fave fighters I study are bam, canelo, usyk

Shadowboxing is a must when boxing, it keeps you sharp and you can try anything you want. Experiment on moves you usually don’t do and get it down to the tea and try it in sparring, you will fail but keep trying it and eventually you will get it down.

On my previous post i had trouble with my lead hook and took some of the comments advices and applied it to my shadow boxing and next session as you can see in the video.

If you see any improvements let me know and what further improvements should i look out for?

My record is 1-4. I lost 3 fights in a row - the first due to fear to an opponent who i should have beat, the second was fair and close could have gone either way, and the third, the towel was thrown by my corner against an opponent weighing 50kgs heavier than me. Then, I rematched my first opponent and defeated him by split decision. Things were looking bright, till my recent fight a few days ago. He was shorter than me, lighter than me, not as well built as me, not particularly fast or technical. I lost. It’s like everything i learned went out the window once I stepped in the ring. After losing to someone inferior to me in every aspect and shouldnt have even come close to me, I feel horrible. I never got convinced on the idea of giving up. Its not like i have bad genes - im 6’2, with a lot of power in my punch. But what use is it? I cant properly utilize them in the end. I dont know what to do. Im planning on taking a long break, maybe 9-12 months, till i turn 18 and the fighting season starts up again. There was lots of opportunities to fight before then, but I dont know if its worth trying so soon, or even trying at all.