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Originally Posted by CuriousToyBoy
6 pro fights as a heavyweight in my much younger days.
Started in the gym when I was 10 years old.
Hung up gloves after 6th fight when I had the crap beaten out of me for 8 solid 3 minute rounds by a guy who REALLY could box.
I just thought I could.
;-)
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Started young too?
My mom had me in karate/kung fu when I was around 4 years old.
I'm unusual in that I was middleweight until I hit my mid 30s and then heavyweight from then on. Always had superfast hands and endurance. Had to pump iron to get the strength. Guys could never lay a glove on me as reflexes too quick. My dad used to do everything under the sun to keep me from fighting. I would hit guys twice my size and they'd end up knocked out or in a hospital needing treatment.
Then one day a friend of my mom's who was a heavyweight boxer and trainer sat me down and showed me why my punches were so lethal. He then showed me how real boxers train. Some doing 1,000 pushups a day.
Martial arts my legs are the deadliest. I can kick over 7ft from toe to toe straight up. I've got cousins that tall and it came in handy.
I come from a family well heeled in boxing and martial arts so it works well for me.
As for kickboxing my friends are all over that. We even had a school in NY in our art studio where we taught comics, animation and kickboxing. One of our teachers was the Thai kickboxing champ.
Now for wrestling, nothing beats a fight with a wrasslin' man. You have to be bad assed at boxing or kung fu to hold off a wrassler. Once he gets a grip you got a fight on your hands for sure.