No “Cigarettes & Alcohol”

Have to give up the fags and booze as only 45 days to go until the big fight. Training has started in earnest and it is a punishing regime with three sessions which are an hour long each week and a sparring session each Saturday. In between work, my accountancy course and the training I have no time off. This is now my life for the next 45 days. I am already looking forward to day 46.

Now I am learning a few things about myself. One is that I actually quite enjoy getting hit in the face. When I say enjoy I mean I don’t mind it that much. Apparently gingers have a higher pain threshold anyway, I always thought there had to be some kind of justice in this world.

Something else I have discovered is that the surge of adrenalin you get before the fight is one of the biggest buzzes I have ever had. Your heart rate goes sky high before you get in the ring and you have to battle to control this. However when the fight begins and you are in the ring it is all just rage and hate for me at the moment. This is something I must control as this can easily be used by your opponent to their advantage as the red mist taints your judgment. After the fight is over it is a relief and you feel no animosity to your combatant as, after all, it is only a sport.

Am I good enough to win? Well time will tell but I believe I can. I am not fast enough yet but I have power and I am not afraid.

So you wanna be a boxer?

I am fighting in the IFS White Collar Boxing match in Singapore to be held on the 17^th March 2012. Just to give you an idea White Collar Boxing is a chance for people who want to compete in a highly competitive boxing match, but have little or no prior experience, to fight in a totally professional environment.

Please take a look at a recent event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdSpERofu8U&feature=g-vrec&context=G26b980eRVAAAAAAAAAQ . It is organised by Vanda Promotions http://vandapromotions.com/ and they also do events in Hong Kong twice a year.

I will be representing the company I work for, Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), www.slh.com, who will be donating great prizes on the fight night to raise money for the The Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), which is a charity that  provides a range of specialized rehabilitation surgical services for disabled Cambodian children and adults, a very worthy cause considering Cambodias recent histoy. http://www.csc.org/

Now I would be lying if I said I considered myself a good fighter. The last time I had a fight I was 12. I made a fundamental schoolboy error as I broke my finger on the boy’s head but he delivered a straight right and I got a bloody nose.

Therefore I will have to train pretty hard or the only thing SLH will want to sponsor will be the bottom of my boots.

I will be updating weekly on how my training is going and giving hints and tips to aspiring wannabe boxers!