Why Boxing is Being Overlooked

In today's society, boxing is over looked by many people as being a basic sport where ideas like "boxing's easy. Just don't get hit and swing like hell" seem more commonplace than a true understanding of the sport.

With comments like "it's all aerobic exercise" it makes a boxer's passion a tough one to defend.

As for me, I've been taught and trained by Kyle Mc'Elroy, a local pro in my town.  As one of the most gifted and knowledgeable kick boxers I have seen, he has taught me everything I know.

One of the things I've learned most is to ignore the garbage and believe in what you think is right. I use that saying in almost every sports conversation I have with other people.

I can guarantee though if you go to a high school, a local sports bar, or up to a random person on the street, that people will have a very different opinion about what it takes to be a boxer.

You could take a survey, but all you would learn is that the common belief is that it's all about how hard you can punch, if you can knock out someone in a short amount of time, and how big you are.

Those do take their toll in the sport but its more than strength. Its discipline, stamina, speed, brains, reaction, and, the most important, heart.

Now if you were to watch a fight that turns into a 30 second knockout then your just watching junk.

All the viewers really focus on is the knockout at the end and word spreads around.

Sure, it is a good thing.  A knockout is viewer-friendly but its a luck shot with no skills involved.

What viewers see is a huge hay maker landed and they think that being a successful boxer is nothing more than connecting on a right hook.

Put the two same fighters in and make them last 3 rounds of intense full contact boxing and neither one of them is going to last, they have no heart.

The sport is and always will be one of the toughest sports in the world not only because of its hard training but also the mentality it takes to stick with it until the final bell.