boxing and manual labor

[mozfonky]

That is what I love about boxing, it takes a lifetime of dedication in order to become an all time great

MMA you got bunch of guys who hold full time jobs and somehow manage to win a title

take it from me, mma guys may be some fantastic fighters but they also do more bs'ing than work. It's not work if you're lollygagging, some of the best fighters I've known (technically) were guys who didn't really have any solid character inside, I happen to think mma/martial arts attracts a different person than boxing for the most part. My point is, if you lollygag and do just enough work to hold down a job (I'm sure we all know a lot of people like this) and lollygag in every other area of you're life it's not that hard to do. Also, in mma/martial arts, the talent pool was very small for a long time, it's getting better but if it keeps getting better and better, that mindset won't be around much longer.

 

[lion paw]

I frame houses 7-3:30 then box 6-8, there's days where I'm dead tired but still get through, but for the most part I feel alright and capable of training hard and working hard.

I just do it for the exercise.I work my shift 11-7.Go home,sleep,wake up and do heavy bag work.If i got a nagging shoulder.I lay off(recouped from a shoulder injury last year).Its annoying when I want to do bag work.I prefer bag work over weight lifting.