Not a wannabe "tough guy" by any means, but in my upbringing we kick this guys as and while I am grown, I most likely would still beat his ass if he came to my gym acting like this. I see nothing wrong with what they did. He asked for a boxing match and got one and then asked for a street fight then got one. I remember reading more than 68% of homeless people are mentally disturbed, the prisons are TEAMING with Brothers (among others, but it is the majority us by far) with mental disorders and that is just the way it is. I don't see many people outside of the prisons with signs and homeless shelters saying, "Give them another chance America, they are mentally ill FFS.". While I am far from perfect, Im not an asshole and I mentor(as well as a different group of kids on another program for work) and help coach kids at the gym and have been for over 2 yrs. However, the rule is if you come into the gym popping trash and continue to, we will let you glove up. Since I am one of the senior members of the gym("the hood" has a very high turnover rate.lol), and I wont take it too far, I am usually the guy to "do the honors.". Many times the people are buzzing or high (location, location, location.smh) and as with the drunk guy last week, I told him to come back when he was sober and we could spar (after he came in the gym trying to tell the guys how to workout w/0 boxing experience) after he said "I would like to spar you one day" and looked me in the eye like I would be afraid....its a freaking boxing gym.lmao
I kind of got this "job" at another gym where I go back a few years with the coach and he has watched me progress. I also interviewed him for a boxing mag awhile back and he has commented on my maturity.lol. Anyway, we are in the gym to have one of our kidss spar one of his kids before a fight. So, kid comes in built like maybe one step down from a "brick shithouse", but not really a boxer build. I only noticed him because he had a chick with him that was SMOKING in the face, w/some tight ass sweats and a big butt(she had my attention). He was tatted up everywhere but the most memorable was the 2 inch playboy bunny under his left eye. He goes on to say that there is a underground boxing league in the jail here in Bmore and he is a champ looking for a gym that is worthy of him basically and he wants to spar IMMEDIATELY. Even the kids laughed and said it doesnt work that way. I went back to working out and he was over there being persistent. So unbelievably, this coach says Mike, I want you to show this guy that what you guys do isn't easy. I feel like people like this dont respect what you guys do everyday pouring your souls into this,BUT ask your coach I dont want to disrespect him. I am a fighter by nature anyway and I am very defensive of my circle, but I couldnt believe he was giving me the go ahead. I said, "Oh, I know coach will let me"(he is an old school "Bloodlust" type of coach!rofl). I said, "why not one of your guys." He said, "he is 175 and I dont have anyone close atm." I said, "well, I am 154 and have a messed up front tooth so Im not supposed to spar". He said, "if he hits you more than 5xs you aren't the fighter that I thought you were. I said, "you dont want me to hurt him do you?" He said, "no, just keep popping him w/that long jab and a few hard rights to the body!"roflmao. I said, "no problemo". I really thought he would eventually back down and when I looked over, he was repping like 225 with another guy. I was like, "you would think he would conserve his energy!"lmao. So I also noticed he had like 6-8 teeth that were gold on the bottom and I asked her(slick aint I?) if he could take them out and she said yes, but he wont.
So, when he was gloved up and I realized it was going down I went up to him and introduced myself as I always do before a spar and when I asked him his name and I cant make this shit up he looked dead in my face and said "Pain." I said, "what?". Pain. It took EVERYTHING not to laugh at this character, but he was sober, a grown man, able bodied, bigger than me(not taller), and he insisted on going at it. I even asked what percent he wanted to go at and he said 100%(roflmao, I swear on all of this.) and I said, "how about 50?" Knowing he would amp it up to about 85. Bell rings he comes straight forward and before he could lift his right, double jab CITY!. I probably hit him with about 4 (doubles...both.smh) until he bobbed left and threw a very hard haymaker. I said, "Pain, that WAS NOT 50%" and tapped his jaw with a single jab. After that, I started hitting him w/straight rights to the body (as instructed.lol) and about 40 secs in he threw a haymaker that I half slipped, but I realized he had a ton of power and that was prob why he had whatever confidence that he did. Long story short, within a round his whole bottom lip split on the teeth in one "burst" and he stopped cold from a few body shot, but he NEVER stopped going forward for long. He caught me decently about 5xs and he had power in every shot.. The guy had 2 things, POWER and BALLS. We danced for 4 mins and it was over. He said that was his gym of choice and never went back.lol
That was about 2 mos ago and I would do it again with no qualms.lol. The gym is a place of respect. Shit, I grew up on Karate flicks. You dont talk trash in another Mans "dojo." My boxing gym is my dojo. Im far from a pro, but Charlie Z better stay away from our little hole in the wall.lol. We just don't play that shit. I can only imagine how bad it would be if our gym was like 40yrs old with all of this "history", it would be even worse. It just sounds like all of this, "hey, you cant kick people's ass for coming in YOUR GYM being disrespectful," is coming from people who have had a very limited experience.
Fun Fact: We are a Church gym in the middle of Cherry Hill(look it up.) and the Church Faculty are fully aware of how we get down and agree that we are on a no BS zone and if you don't bounce they have no problem w/us bouncing you.
Save the psychoanalysis, it seems unlike many on this thread my person isnt going to be changed by internet opinion.
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