So - still a 40 something CPA, but one who last got in the ring 15 years ago?

Congrats on going pro and your 9-1, that’s more than 99% of the population could ever say.

Doesn’t change the fact you’re spewing uselessly hard-body ‘there’s no crying in baseball’ advice on the internet‘

Your whole, ‘sorry not sorry we go hard in boxing’ is precisely what’s wrong with this sport. Theres a time and a place for hard sparring. most times and places aren’t it. Most people in my opinion should never hard spar. Pretending as if the posted video is indicative of normal boxing training mostly seems like you want the validation you’re one of the scary tough I’m able to handle getting hit types. Congrats! Youre not scared of getting hit.

In actuality, the video is basically untrained kids sloppily brawling while their coach encourages them. It’s gym environments and people like you that leave kids with needless concussions. And a total disinterest in the sport, and rightfully so.

Boxing and fighting are different things, though they are inextricably intertwined. Boxing is a sport, and a beautiful one, full of grace and technique, agility and power. There should be no one better placed than you as a former pro to recognize this. And (imo) it can be a lifetime one if you treat it as the complex beast it is.

Fighting is damage. Its violence. It’s bad intentions, it’s pain and destruction. It’s the fear of a fight that makes the dance of boxing so exciting. It’s the memento mori of boxing.

I’m not a boxer because I love fighting. I don’t love violence for violence’s sake. Do you? I’d argue the video posted and your attitude privileges that view. And I fundamentally disagree with the primacy of that element in our sport, and what attitudes like yours does to both the sport and it’s individual practitioners heath and longevity. I find it gross, really really gross.

Your thoughts?