He said some time ago that he had tried to leave that world behind as much as possible since retiring. No boxing for exercise, not following current fights. He just wanted to get away from the person he was back then and was afraid that getting a whiff of that world would set something off in him and he'd be back in that zone.
It's weird that competetive fire some people have. Obviously he had in more vivid, intense, consuming sense than anybody - you could see that from how he fought.
I might be being cynical but what will just be 16 minutes of fun for Mike + RJJ is only being promoted as a 'fight' just for the betting markes really. That glove weight + no KO rule + remote judges = a draw is the most likely outcome. I'm glad the UK boxing scene is too preoccupied with Joyce V Dubois to get involved with all this.Who's your money on, Tyson or Roy Jones Jr.?
Yeah, it is intense, but if you want to get fit it's probably one of the best ways - would sweat buckets, feel like collapsing and be on an adrenalin surge (not in a bad way) for an hour or two after. I don't know if you smoke, but if you do you might want to cut back a bit or quit, because you will feel the effects of every shit habit (as well as drinking, junk food, etc) during training. And it might just be me, but there's this great bit when you get 'in the zone' and don't think about what you're doing and it all comes together naturally...(I was never great at it though).My friend is suggesting that we take up boxing together. I'm thinking to give it a go if we can find a time when we are both free... has anyone ever done it? Any tips etc?
I was hoping you would reply cos I thought I remembered you saying you had boxed. Did you get to the stage of actual fighting or did you just do sparring? I say "just" but it's extremely unlikely I will manage that so no insult intended.Yeah, it is intense, but if you want to get fit it's probably one of the best ways - would sweat buckets, feel like collapsing and be on an adrenalin surge (not in a bad way) for an hour or two after. I don't know if you smoke, but if you do you might want to cut back a bit or quit, because you will feel the effects of every shit habit (as well as drinking, junk food, etc) during training. And it might just be me, but there's this great bit when you get 'in the zone' and don't think about what you're doing and it all comes together naturally...(I was never great at it though).
Nah, I never got to the fighting stage, did some sparring but spent a lot of the time on the defensive. It's like trying to put all this footwork and these moves together while constantly guarding your head, and your heart going through the roof while someone's trying to clobber you and drive you backwards.I was hoping you would reply cos I thought I remembered you saying you had boxed. Did you get to the stage of actual fighting or did you just do sparring? I say "just" but it's extremely unlikely I will manage that so no insult intended.
Yes I do smoke and... I have pretty much every basic vice there is. Not long ago I was playing football every Monday and squash once or twice a week and I felt fitter than I had for ages but I've kinda let that slide... played footie on Monday and it was fine... played squash today, almost died.
Yep, protect your knuckles and wrist bones.Wraps? Are they round the hand but under the gloves? What do they do