Headgear has been proven to be the result to be the cause of worse brain injury and more potential for brain trauma in boxers using it as opposed than without, so the reasoning that headgear is safer is not only lame it is a falsity. Boxing is a great exercise and really good for self defense but I really wish there was more education on the potential side effects of boxing and head trauma and injury
Why didn't you say how old you are?
If you're a teenager, then say you're old enough and know how to protect yourself. If you think it's too hard for you or you're being beat up, tell them that you will quit (which certainly isn't that case).
Tell them about how much skipping is involved and that stamina, determination and strength are the most important aspects and not violence!
Give it a go. Maybe let your parents watch you the first time?
Show them a form or a website about boxing. Boxing doesn't cause brain damage most of the time. You wear head gear to protect your head. Most of the time amateur we boxers 12-17 only use he body shot. They go for the head but it's not as bad you think. The head gear is there to protect you. Just tell them you really want to do it.
I'm amateur boxer and trust me you wont get hurt as much you think because beginners wear helmet in sparring session and if their sparing partner has any experience in boxing he will take it easy on you and permanent brain damage happens RARELY to a PROFESSIONAL BOXER'S.Just tell your parents you wear a lot of equipment during boxing and that they teach you to dodge punches.
I'm against:
1. street fighting because there are no rules, and,
2. boxing because it can lead to permanent brain damage.
Uh...carry pepper spray? You can make it at home to. Recipe on Youtube.
In elementary school, I was always picked on, got beat up (I have 2 slight but permanent leg and hip injuries from it), and I had to learn how to defend myself through real-life experience. I tell my parents what happened, but they didn't believe me; they thought I was lying. I asked my parents to join a boxing club, but they thought that I was overconfident (they didn't know I got in real-life combat scenarios though), and that I would just get a broken nose and brain damage and cry.
They didn't think that I was ready for boxing, so I joined a karate class (Goju Ryu Karate), because they thought that Karate wasn't lethal, and I wouldn't get hurt. When I spar there in the rounds, I have a hit-get hit ratio of at LEAST 3-1, and most of my punches are clean head strikes, while most of theirs are grazing body strikes (I put a LOT of effort into protecting my head, because I know how important the head is).
I'm not saying thoughts (like that I'm boss and invincible), I'm saying facts (how I got picked on, how I learned sufficient self-defense). I'm not saying I'm Jesus or anything like that, just saying I'm ready to start boxing. Problem is that my parents don't think I'm ready. How can I convince my parents that boxing isn't lethal? Either that, or how can I convince my parents that I'm ready for boxing?
