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After sparring how long does it take to tell if you have a fat lip? How many days to heal?
Hahahadepends on how much shit you like talking.
Lol well isn't that a revelation.It forms when someone punches you in the mouth. It goes away when you stop doing anything but eating and eating pussy for a little while. Once it heals it'll come back if someone punches you in the mouth, etc...
That's what I thought thanksFat lips, bruising etc come up fairly soon after but not immediately in my experience. I mark up really easy and regularly have black eyes or facial bruising from sparring. Part of the reason is my bone structure around my eyes. Don’t notice generally notice until I’m back home from the gym
Did you know that the sea is also wet?Lol well isn't that a revelation.
people will act like you got your ass beat even if you didn't though, that parts kind of embarrassing.
yesterday i was looking at one of nigel benns kids, the kid had a huge brow, i thought that was going to be a problem for him as a fighter. facial structure dictates a lot of the superficial damage we take. Joe Frazier came out of most fights looking like a loser because he swelled up a lot, while Ali rarely had a mark. Ali had a perfect face for a fighter, round, smooth features. Some asian fighters who don't have deep eye sockets tend to have horrible eye problems, detached retinas etc.., Aaron Pryor was half japanese and he had detached retinas.Fat lips, bruising etc come up fairly soon after but not immediately in my experience. I mark up really easy and regularly have black eyes or facial bruising from sparring. Part of the reason is my bone structure around my eyes. Don’t notice generally notice until I’m back home from the gym
I got in a fight with my roommate back in my early twenties. Which is to say we were both drunk and pissed at each other, and that son of bitch came into my room and just started clocking me left and right. Really unexpected. Took me a second to get my bearings and actually defend myself. But even then I kept taking a lot of punishment. Finally I got the idea to dip low and then I just picked him up and slammed him down. He hit the back of his head on my dresser and I was able to pin him down and stop it all. Luckily too because I think he was going to kill me if I hadn't done something.
So after it was all said and done, I went to the freezer and grabbed some peas and a chicken breast to put on my face, because it was starting to feel hot. I woke up the next morning with a friend of mine who was an EMT standing over my bed. He just said "dude you need to go to the hospital." So I rolled myself out of bed and could feel my face throbbing. I went to the bathroom and I was unrecognizable. It was weird. But it didn't really hurt much, just swollen and throbbing.
I say all of that to say this: being all fucked up didn't really bother me so much. I was even joking about it later on that night ("if anyone at work asks, I'll just say the first rule is I'm not suppose to talk about it."). The worst part was all of the sympathy from everyone - people thinking that I was some helpless victim. Granted, I did get worked over but I also saved my own ass. I didn't need or want anyones pity. And them giving it to me hurt me ego a lot more than any of those punches hurt my face.
Aside, that's what ultimately gave me the kick in the ass to start boxing. I figured if nothing else, I could catch a beating and take it pretty well. Alright place to start.
Yeah I realized after the first couple of sessions I had that getting hit in the face isn't as bad as I had previously thought. I always say that the big hook that whizzes by your head is scarier than the one that actually lands, b/c the being scared part is done and you just have to deal with the aftermath, which is bad but not as bad as most ppl think once you've dealt with it a few times. Not fun but I grew up with a bunch of pussies who couldn't stand the sight of blood let alone the feeling of a busted nose.
That being said, I've never had some asshole attack me when I wasn't expecting it, that seemed like a bad beating. I've never taken on nearly as violent.
One of my brothers did go through a very similar drunken experience where his friend who was a notoriously angry drunk, sucker punched him and broke his orbital floor bone or some shit. My brother ended up beating the fuck out of him but he looked way worse for wear than the other guy. As @mozfonky said my bro seemed to be pissed that ppl thought he was the one who took the worse beating b/c he looked so bad. Half his eyeball was red from blood leaking into it, swollen, black, etc.
I googled it and was like "You should go to the doc, pretty sure something in your face is broken." Had to have a minor surgery so they could put a piece of plastic in there or something.
Anyway he was cool with the dude after b/c the guy really seemed to feel bad and realized it was his fault, but they never drank together again (they weren't close friends anyway) and my bro moved away for a job soon after. Did you and your buddy ever make up after? I'd have trouble forgiving him for that shit.
smartest/dumbest thing i ever did when i realized i had problems getting hit (as anyone does, it's normal) is to let guys tee off on me, it didn't take long to get over it, and to realize i had a good chin. You can't be a good fighter when you're scared shitless to get hit, or when if you get hit, you react badly, that means that you either should quit, or…, get used to the punishment. that's a challenge, it's a challenge even for great fighters, the first thing comeback fighters talk about, like sugar ray leonard did in his kevin howard fight, was how apprehensive he was about getting hit. if you're not doing it consistently, you're not going to react well to it. After awhile, the only thing i worried about was permanent damage, I'd already toughened myself up mentally by that point. But, when you realize you can end up with lifelong joint problems, if you are smart like i was, you start to think "if i don't get anything out of it, i'm not doing it". The rest just get used and abused. Injuries definitely make you think about things, not the pain perse, but "i might need my knees in the future".
Yeah I realized after the first couple of sessions I had that getting hit in the face isn't as bad as I had previously thought. I always say that the big hook that whizzes by your head is scarier than the one that actually lands, b/c the being scared part is done and you just have to deal with the aftermath, which is bad but not as bad as most ppl think once you've dealt with it a few times. Not fun but I grew up with a bunch of pussies who couldn't stand the sight of blood let alone the feeling of a busted nose.
That being said, I've never had some asshole attack me when I wasn't expecting it, that seemed like a bad beating. I've never taken on nearly as violent.
One of my brothers did go through a very similar drunken experience where his friend who was a notoriously angry drunk, sucker punched him and broke his orbital floor bone or some shit. My brother ended up beating the fuck out of him but he looked way worse for wear than the other guy. As @mozfonky said my bro seemed to be pissed that ppl thought he was the one who took the worse beating b/c he looked so bad. Half his eyeball was red from blood leaking into it, swollen, black, etc.
I googled it and was like "You should go to the doc, pretty sure something in your face is broken." Had to have a minor surgery so they could put a piece of plastic in there or something.
Anyway he was cool with the dude after b/c the guy really seemed to feel bad and realized it was his fault, but they never drank together again (they weren't close friends anyway) and my bro moved away for a job soon after. Did you and your buddy ever make up after? I'd have trouble forgiving him for that shit.