Valuable life lesson, challenge a boxing coach?

masraum · 04-30-2021, 04:44 AM

This guy seems to have learned pretty quickly, but then didn't seem to be able to back out or admit his mistake which I think would have helped. The weard thing is that he looks like an older guy. Or maybe it is fake and just meant to go viral. The guy got clocked pretty good a couple of times.

jhynesrockmtn · 04-30-2021, 05:02 AM

I think most of these type of videos are staged to "go viral"

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Originally Posted by jhynesrockmtn

I think most of these type of videos are staged to "go viral"

Definitely. But as a general rule of thumb, if two guys are remotely similar in age and size, a trained boxer will destroy an untrained boxer in the ring. And I'm not talking about world champs or even GG champs, ANYone with ANY training will destroy the untrained.

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^^^^ Haha- I lived almost the opposite version of this story. Late 1980s, used to train muay-thai and ju-jitsu at a local place with some solid guys. A boxer who was training for an old competition series called “Toughman” came in one day and asked if he could go a few rounds with us. I guess I was a little naive. Maybe 30 seconds into round one I put a kick on his lead thigh; he looked a little shocked and said “can we just box? There’s no kicking in Toughman”. Long story short, I ended up with a broken rib after continually getting hammered in the same spot and had a very painful next few nights trying to get in and out of bed. I have had a real respect for boxers ever since. Especially if you play by their rules.

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Originally Posted by gsxrken

^^^^ Haha- I lived almost the opposite version of this story. Late 1980s, used to train muay-thai and ju-jitsu at a local place with some solid guys. A boxer who was training for an old competition series called “Toughman” came in one day and asked if he could go a few rounds with us. I guess I was a little naive. Maybe 30 seconds into round one I put a kick on his lead thigh; he looked a little shocked and said “can we just box? There’s no kicking in Toughman”. Long story short, I ended up with a broken rib after continually getting hammered in the same spot and had a very painful next few nights trying to get in and out of bed. I have had a real respect for boxers ever since. Especially if you play by their rules.

Yup, but if a boxer tries to mix it up under MMA rules...they're hopeless.

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Originally Posted by gsxrken

^^^^ Haha- I lived almost the opposite version of this story. Late 1980s, used to train muay-thai and ju-jitsu at a local place with some solid guys. A boxer who was training for an old competition series called “Toughman” came in one day and asked if he could go a few rounds with us. I guess I was a little naive. Maybe 30 seconds into round one I put a kick on his lead thigh; he looked a little shocked and said “can we just box? There’s no kicking in Toughman”. Long story short, I ended up with a broken rib after continually getting hammered in the same spot and had a very painful next few nights trying to get in and out of bed. I have had a real respect for boxers ever since. Especially if you play by their rules.

Were elbows allowed?

My daughter and I were doing MT at a local gym until hip issues put a kibosh on that for a bit.

pwd72s · 04-30-2021, 09:13 AM

A tale from my daughter during her high school years. There used to be a youth boxing club in this town...not school affiliated. One of the coach's rules was if in a fight at school, off the team. There was a kid at 135 pounds or so who was darned talented...was being groomed for golden gloves, then olympics maybe? Not to be, but he was good.

Hallway scuffle instigated by one of the football players...one of the teachers broke it up, to be decided in the gym with gloves. Boxing kid called his coach, got an okay...the word spread. Gym full of students at end of the day. Daughter delighted as she recounted the tale..evidently the football player a bully. Football player never touched the trained boxer...school football coach called a stop in less than 2 minutes...didn't want his prize tackle to get seriously hurt.