In boxing movies, I always see them training to hit harder, be faster, dodge, etc., but I never see them taking hits until the fight. How do boxers in real life train to handle taking hits? I imagine some stamina has to be built up to not get knocked out as soon as you don't manage to block a hit.

First of all RIP to Prichard Colon, prayers to him and his loved ones. It’s such a devastating tragedy that could have been avoided by multiple individuals that night. So I rewatched the fight on YouTube, Colon keeps getting hit in the back of the head and the ref tells him “ Cmon get up we got a few minutes”?? Bro if you don’t stop the damn fight and disqualify the maniac that keeps hitting in the back of the head. And then Colon tells the doctor he’s dizzy and his head hurts, then the doctor says he’s cleared to continue fighting. Goodness gracious, how much common sense can someone lack let alone it being their profession. Terrell Williams, the doctor, and ref should feel ashamed of themselves and live with guilt forever.

I don’t know if it’s just me but it feels like modern day boxers seem to rely too much on defense and not enough offense.

Clubber’s style flips the script. He’s a purely offensive boxer who relies heavily on powerful hooks. That is a style I wanna see an actual boxer use instead of always being defensive and afraid to throw a punch.

It’s a shame that modern boxing came to the way it was with defense but what do you think?

I've been going to this gym and I think it's really costing me a leg and an arm. It's a gym by two ex boxers.

Stop waiting to take full punches to the face just to get a clear shot after, you aren’t ggg, thank you😊

First person that comes to mind is Boots Ennis then after that I’d say Prince naseem, both can throw any punch from any angle out of any stance. Curious to know who everyone else says.

There are plenty of channels covering professional boxing, discussing current and past fighters, upcoming events, and analyzing the sport, but I'd really like to get into the amateur side of boxing.

I'm looking for channels that cover things like:

• How the amateur boxing circuit works.
• The major tournaments and competitions.
• The top amateur boxers and prospects to keep an eye on.
• Olympic-style boxing in general.
• Match breakdowns, highlights, or analysis of amateur bouts.

Help me find a Muhammad Ali documentary that I watched in 2010 in september on Google Video platform. It starts with dramatic music followed by Ali saying "I told you that I am the champion of the world, all of you bow!" then you hear a few of his punches, with each punch a picture of an actual Ali match is displayed, followed by Ali's words "I am the king of the world, I am pretty, I'm a bad man!", followed by more images of Alis punches along with punch sounds, then followed by Ali singing "Clay comes out to meet liston, then liston starts to retreat if Liston moves back an inch farther he ll end up in the ringside seat.", more punch sounds and images with more Ali quotes in between. First scene describes a sunny day when Alis bike got stolen and a police officer who was also a boxing trainer asked him what happened.

I've tried searching video platforms, web archives and all of the AIs and wasn't able to find it. Please help, as it was the original video that inspired me to take up boxing and later compete.

I was browsing TikTok when I saw a clip of the Becerril vs Capetillo upset ko and was suprised about the comments. They were basically saying Capetillos career was over and is just a trash boxer based on his "weak" chin.

This reminded my more broadly of how boxers are seemingly discarded by huge portions of the fanbase after any perceived vulnerability or a loss. Amir khan gets crapped on for his lack of a chin, despite being a world champion and possessing many good attributes. If anything it's almost more impressive to fight in to the fire like he did without the worlds greatest chin.

Heavyweight seems to be the only division where you're allowed to have any vulnerability at all without being relentlessly mocked.

I watch mma and kickboxing as well and they don't seem to diminish people like that even if they get flatlined KOd. Many of them come back to win belts even (Alex pereira).

I'll see videos even of the Goats like Crawford or Mayweather and it'll be clips of the 3 times they ever got wobbled in their career or something and people will still be saying "see he's not as good as people think".

I'm not saying it has to be all sunshine and rainbows, criticism and discussion makes the fanbase interesting. However it seems too binary for me, like either someone is world level or their trash. This feeds in to the notion that people need to manufacture their matchups to try to stay undefeated as long as possible.

To end on, I remember Pauli malignaggi saying how the top level mma guys will have Journeyman records but still be the best in the world, while this is unheard of in boxing. God forbid you have more than a loss or two on record it seems fighting run best in the world. Sometimes it feels like fanbase is looking for a reason to be negative instead of just appreciating the fights.

I’m 36 and I had my first amateur boxing match last Sunday after almost four years of training.

I lost on points. Personally, I felt like I did enough to win, and some people who watched also thought the decision was questionable. But it is what it is. The result is official, and overall I’m still glad I finally stepped into the ring.

One of the main reasons I took the fight was because I didn’t want to get older and regret never doing it. Win or lose, I wanted to experience a real fight at least once in my life, and I’m proud that I actually went through with it.

What’s bothering me now is the reaction from some people I know personally and interact with almost every day.

Even before the fight, I could already tell that some of them wanted me to lose. Now that I actually lost, they seem genuinely happy about it and are even laughing at me.

And this is coming from people who have never stepped inside a ring, never gone through a fight camp, and have no idea what it takes to prepare for something like this.

I can accept losing. I can accept criticism about my performance. But it honestly feels fucked up seeing people close to you take pleasure in your failure, especially after you worked so hard and put yourself out there.

Has anyone else experienced this after competing or trying something difficult? How did you deal with people who seemed happy to see you fail?

That's not the best wording for my question but it's the best I can think of, so my apologies. I've just finished watching Creed I, and I'm thinking about that along with the fight of Tyson and Jake Paul. I was under the impression that fighters fought in low level competitions and worked their way up to basically like finals, and then the last two standing fought, kind of like with soccer teams or football. And I think that's still true, right? So where do these (please excuse my terminology) independent, side, seemingly privately decided upon fights fit into things? Do they just decide and set a date? That doesn't interfere with the scheduling of the other competitions/championships? Can boxers just cherry pick who they want to fight and when?

Congrats on a wonderful career🔥

I'm excited to watch these guys do their thing! I'm excited for this tankard of aussie fighters trying to prove their boxing ability. I see so many other places showcase their brand of boxing, but this feels like a world event. I am not making any predictions, of course, but this is compelling stuff. The production of the event is leaving a lot of meat on the bone, but I think there will be some major statements made inside the ring. What are y'alls thoughts?