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A boxing coach -- often without warning -- will quiz you to see if you have been doing regular roadwork. You nod your head. A boxing coach is always skeptical. If you say, "I run all the time." He'll say, "Oh yeah, where do you run?" You better have a story that holds together.
You need a lot of training to become a well-conditioned boxer. Chances are you are not a world-class fighter with an HBO contract. You cannot afford to pay a trainer to be with you "24-7." You have to take all the responsibility for getting into shape.
In a typical boxing gym fighters outnumber coaches. Young fighters should take advantage of some of the old timers that haunt the place.
Andy Whitley, 39, this summer returned to the gym to get back into shape. To his credit, he takes the time to mentor his sparring partners, advising them what they can do to improve their fighting skills. Whitley had about 100 amateur fights and is a former Chicago Golden Glove champion.
Above Whitley is seen on the left sparring with Brian DeLeon, a competitive amateur boxer who is in the early stages of his boxing career and is showing promise. They spar regularly at The School of Hard Knocks Boxing Academy. [Photo by Tim Kane]
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