How Hard Is Boxing?
Boxing, like any other physical sport is not easy. As a boxer, I give full respect to rugby and football players and athletes in any physically demanding role. I have participated in many different sports as I've grown. I personally found that football, both training and actual games, took a different toll on my body than other sports. In honesty, being an elite athlete in any sport is 'hard'.
Boxing requires a high level of focus for the duration of your fight. Boxing, as well as many other sports like swimming and track & field, requires much higher cardio endurance levels too. I found in football, much of the contact came from collisions in my 'blind spots'. Whereas in boxing, my opponents are typically right in front of me.
Nothing in life is easy to be honest. The amount of time it took to properly prepare for your english exam or ace those pop quizzes is not all that different from the amount of time I put in getting ready for my next bout. Preparation is and will always be key.
In boxing you typically fight three rounds and as many as 12 max title fights. You prepare to go in the ring each time. My goal each and every time is to out-box, out-class and overwhelm my opponent. In order to achieve that, it means you trained 10X harder and better than your opponent and you should feel better and perform great. Also in boxing and life, sometimes plain old experience plays a role.
As an example, a Lawyer will train and rehearse and ready him or herself for a big trial, but the more they work on their craft, the better they will get. The same goes for boxing. A boxing match by an experienced boxer will be better than one contested by rookies.
Bottom line: always work hard and you’ll get out what you put in return.
I, Joshua Frazer, am proof of that very fact.
Thank you
Joshua