This generation has been lacking recently. With the golden age of competitive sports going further and further into the past, this generation is constantly becoming less and less motivated to be the new golden age. Boxing, for instance, it has fallen off significantly since 1970, and ever since, it has never been the same. But that can change with this generation.
Most kids of this generation spend their time on their phones, wasting their potential-wasting what could make them possibly the greatest boxers of all time. Everyone has it in them; they just need the drive. With more kids focusing on relationships, clothes, girls, boys, and social media, there’s simply no more incredible boxers. But boxing isn’t for the weak or the unfocused or for people who don’t know how to commit, which is why there are fewer amazing boxers.
People don’t realize how beneficial and amazing boxing is and how easy it is to start your own journey. First of all, traditional boxing is the simplest to understand but also the most entertaining. All you need to start is your arms, your legs, your focus, and an open space. Then you need to learn how to throw the proper punch. You don’t just flail your arms, which is why you need focus. You twist your arm mid-punch so your wrist is twisted, forming a line going from right to left. But your power that you put into your punch is not just from your arms. Your power comes from your legs and from your waist. You twist with a punch, and you’ll feel the difference the first time you do a genuine, proper punch.
Just like that, you have the basic necessities for the rest of your boxing journey. But you’re not done yet. Now you need a coach-someone who can push and refine your skills. You’re going to need dedication. You’ll need to take time from your day and put it into this. You’ll need to train at home, to train during the night, to train during the day. You have to rewire your mind. If you really wanna do this, it’s not something that you’re just born with, or you wish for and it becomes true. But this could all be a bit much. That’s why your boxing journey is slow. You’re not the best in one day, and a single training session doesn’t determine the rest of everything you do.
1985: Mike Tyson, one of the greatest boxers of all time. https://www.thesportster.com › Boxing states that Tyson started out as nothing more than a troublesome orphan who had a lot of pent-up anger. Yet an old man saw the potential in him and took him under his wing. He trained him day and night. Tyson took his anger and channeled it into his boxing. He trained every day, starting out as a 13-year-old. He turned his life around and became a legend: “You never lose until you actually give up.”
1954: Muhammad Ali, one of the many golden age boxers.https://www.biography.com › athletes › muhammad-ali states that Ali began as a kid who got his bike stolen. He reported it to an officer, but this officer ran a boxing gym and saw the potential in him and suggested he learn how to fight first before going to get his bike back. Ali became a symbol of strength to everyone for generations, “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
1911: Jack Dempsey, one of the oldest legendary boxers.https://www.biography.com › athletes › jack-dempsey states that Dempsey realized he couldn’t make enough money working, so he started boxing. He knew that it would be hard, but he did it anyway because he found a love for it, “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”
All of these boxers have one thing in common: regardless of the situation they were in, they turned their lives around with focus, determination, dedication, focus, and boxing. They hated training every single day, but they did it anyway and became legends. That’s what separates them from the average boxer. Because they trained so much, they made boxing their whole identity. They trained so hard that people thought they were crazy, but they became legends we’ll never forget, even to this day.
You can turn your life around, stop saying tomorrow, and do it today. You can do it. You just need to see the potential in yourself! Don’t wait another day. Don’t waste your life and think to yourself in the future what you could have been. Be the next legendary boxer. Be the best you and don’t let anything stop you.
