Boxing Gyms

At some point in your development as a boxer, you will have to find a boxing gym or boxing trainer that you can work with and let them take you to the next level.  As I've mentioned on this site over and over, you can only learn so many skills needed to box from a book or website.  At some point, you actually have to box and you need a boxing gym or trainer to arrange fights, venues, and generally manage your boxing progression.  In addition, you will learn more from a good trainer in one session than you will from every website or book out there.

As a boxer, you have enough to worry about in regards to doing your daily boxing training schedule to worry about the business side of things.  Not saying you should disengage yourself completely, but trying to do both is probably not a good idea.  The main reason for this is the bias you possess.  It is easy to train really hard, according to your standards, arrange yourself a boxing match at a local boxing gym (assuming you have taken care of all the paperwork involved) and then quickly find out that maybe your boxing training regime was not quite as good as the one your opponent had.  It is much much easier to have a boxing gym or trainer push you to your limits than try to reach them yourself.

Also, there is the invincibility factor.  After a few months of boxing workouts and tough boxing training sessions, you will quickly think you can take on the world.  It's natural, especially if you have any sort of competitiveness or aggressive attitude in you.  You need a boxing coach to keep that in check and to put you in your place when required.  Boxing is supposed to be a gentleman's sport and their are already enough bozos in the ring.  Boxing will thrive if everyone has the right attitude and is not trying to take advantage of one another.

There are good boxing gyms and bad boxing gyms.  There are good boxing trainers and bad boxing trainers.  Problem is, they are not all bad for all people and they are not all good for all people.  You have to find a boxing gym or trainer that is compatible with you.  So, how do you do that?

That is the goal of this portion of How to Box.  Read through the next few pages and you will hopefully discover for yourself what makes up a good boxing gym in your mind and what kind of boxing trainer you are looking for.  It is a personal choice, but it is a personal choice that needs some solid foundations.

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