Don't worry about "turning Pro" ...I've old you for a few years you need experience, seasoning, and structure. Daijon is turning 24 and is just now starting to look settled and seasoned with only 32 fights. And he took LONG periods without competing.
Librado Andrade only had like 2 or 3 wins out of nearly 20 Amateur fights, and fought for a world title 2 or 3 times, while managing a Jack-in-the-Box
When I say do or die in terms of turning pro , I mean that it I’m not focused and getting experience at very fast rate and performing in a way that looks like i have a real shot at being a contender or champion, I’m going to focus on something else career wise. I would still box but as of right now I still look at boxing at the end of the day being my career that pays the bills. This 5 years off really did some damage in terms of the odds of making it.
It’s a good thing because I’ve survived and persevered the stuff of nightmares, and even on a bad day I thank god it ain’t the way it used to be. Having 30 seizures a day being told I had all sorts of shit (thanks Lyme disease), but time is precious at my age. The reason I didn’t come down for the fights by the way when we was talkin bout it was cuz I got in an altercation and broke the pinky side of my hand, snapped the knuckle (which was another 2-3months off over stupid stuff, if this type of shit happening this year I’m gonna look elsewhere . Boxing is a jealous sport and needs my full attention. You said it best, I believe in my destiny, i believe I have all the tools necessary to become something special, but my lack of experience shows in my confidence in the ring. So the more experience I get, I expect to sky rocket up.
Ima come out in February & work much more with u for the golden gloves in March than last time because u understand the mental aspect is my problem. Of course I can’t leave Sr til he’s incapable of training anymore , but all he sees is speed power and wants me to go smash whoever because the talent masks my experience There’s levels to this and I need to be brought up proper , as of now anytime i box it’s war time and that’s exactly what I don’t need. Even last time with that whole fiasco, working with Oscar was great because I could work on things myself, distancing, pacing, I could focus on that instead of being way out experiences and forced to rely on my physical abilities. Even when it was set up for some medium-hard sparring , somehow some which way I ended up getting basically bullied into boxing a very seasoned amateur who was disrespectful beyond belief, being rough on the inside low blows talking shit. That is what I don’t need all the time. All I do is work the technical stuff right now while injuries heal, but I need to work on tying up, all them tiny things. So hopefully we can get that done. Cuz once the experience is there, I believe I will be a very very hard fighter to beat.
Tl;dr I’ll know if I’m pursuing my dream by the end of this year, if I don’t become a very good fighter it’s my own damn fault & I really really suck. I got every advantage possible. Just up to me to focus up and start moving the career or find a different one. Boxing don’t wait for nobody and 22 going on 23 this year is alarming in terms of my experience.
Also when I come out there I want all kinds of work light medium hard , whatever will make me better. But that kid that talked that shit after the shit I been through, bullied his way into our sparring and tried to take advantage, I hope u don’t mind that I knock his ass tf out. I know u against that kinda stuff in sparring but that was some real piece of shit stuff so I wanna box with him ASAP when I get out there