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@superjuemer4172

2 күн бұрын

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@AminJones

Күн бұрын

Vitamin b complex for neuro health.

@AminJones

Күн бұрын

Diaz Brothers, Nate and Nick, bdnf, the brothers build bdnf which is going to coat the Brain and prevent brain from touching skull, which is going to be a ko. Bdnf is built during endurance training.

@AminJones

Күн бұрын

Eat your beets.

@consiglidiviaggio4502

14 сағат бұрын

Hi Tony, are u still living in Santa Monica?

Joined a boxing gym here in Korea a year ago. Did it help me get in tremendous shape ? yes. Did it help my confidence ? yes . Has it removed my fear of getting punched in the face ? Not completely. My dad suffered for years from Dementia. I can take as many shots on my torso but the fear of getting hit in the head always exists.

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing this mate 🙏🏻

@avillageofbigheads

2 күн бұрын

@@Tony_Jeffries thank you too for talking about this. I believe more people need to be aware of the long term effects of getting punched in the head repeatedly. Your ego might get boosted in the short term taking shots to the head, but your gym buddies won't be around when you can't remember your name or your loved ones names in your old age.

@skipinkoreaable

2 күн бұрын

It's a healthy fear.

@YouilAushana

2 күн бұрын

Healthy fats and reducing inflammation

@Davidbookworm

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing bro

#3 is one that needs to be talked about a lot more. So many good fighters I know got screwed over badly because of that. Good video Tony.

@ocean4171

2 күн бұрын

You should collab with Tony and make a video about it to talk about it more in your Philosophical voice

Contract law should be taught in high school. You graduate and are legally responsible for signed contracts but have never been taught to read and undestand them. Not just boxers, everyone needs to sign contracts but no one is taught how.

About point #1: Same with writers, artists, models, musicians, etc. Yes, the very top echelon makes good coin. But the 95%? It's a grind...

@MysteriousGhost378

2 күн бұрын

Yes but boxers are risking their health as well so it’s even worse for them

@stephensimmons8657

Күн бұрын

But they are not risking their life 🤷‍♀️

@Beast12

Күн бұрын

While that’s true as others have said and I’ll say it to Models,Artists and musicians aren’t risking there health to earn that money no matter how much or how little

Boxed from age 5 until 17 didn’t listen in school was convinced I would go pro! Then shoulder injuries and operations destroyed the dream! 35 now and been threw a lot of what was said here. Spot on video mate

Over 40, have been boxing for fitness for almost 3 years now and have taken a couple of sparring classes. I have watched lots of your videos and am working on your IDEAL method for improving my bad habits. Thank you for sharing this behind the scenes perspective. Boxing has given me a way to channel some natural aggression and stay fit, I appreciate you even more for sharing this, makes me appreciate my coaches more knowing what some of them have gone through.

Thanks for talking about this

Good for you and good for all of us Tony! Really appreciate your honesty!

the brain damage stuff is truly terrifying

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

100% mate

Hey Coach Tony By far your best video to date and I've been an avid and loyal subscriber!!!!! Thank you so much!!! I look forward to signing up for your Certification Course!!!

I'm glad you put this information out there. It really just affirms how far my interest in boxing goes, which is that I've been thinking about joining a gym, not to fight professionally or even competitively at any level, but because I see the training as a fun way to get lots of great exercise, improve strength, coordination, footwork, and build confidence. At 25, I've had depression for years and I'm seeing this as a great way to help get out of it, and your channel has been inspiring me to get into the sport, if only for the exercise. Because to be honest, permanent brain damage is not something I want to mess with. I've seen a "regular" dementia patient, let alone someone in their 50s or 60s dealing with the long term effects of repeated head trauma from contact sports. Definitely scary stuff.

Good job bringing up the realities of boxing and fighting in general, always fascinating to hear you cover these matters - I wish more of the KZread fighting coaches would keep things real. Thanks for uploading Tony.

Thanks for talking about this stuff.

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

Appreciate it mate, please do share it as well mate but all good if not 🥊

Another great video! Hopefully this advice will inspire many to train & life the life properly. I’m in my 40s and love using your videos to keep myself healthy, whether it be diet, physical or mental. Thank you & please keep up the great work

sponsorship is very important to fighters

You got the best boxing tips etc hands down. Thank you Tony!!

Man thank you so much, you always give tips and talk about facts

Tony I’ve been following you for years. I just want to say you’re a great inspiration, and have taught me so much, Thank You.

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

Thank you mate, means a lot 🙏🏻

Another great video, very helpful & insightful

For me, dark side of boxing is when knocking people out when you didn’t mean to. Damaging part of the brain and stuff like that

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

Yeah mate, that's the saddest part. Appreciate the comment mate

@matapalgholbesang1631

2 күн бұрын

But they're well aware of the things that could happen,you do not have to feel bad because it's their choice and everything they did led them to the moment

Thanks for everything this video has answered all my questions

excited about this vid!!

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

Thanks mate, please do share it as well but all good if not

These are very important considerations for any boxer. 🥊 Thank you for the video! 👍

Im boxing as a habit and just learning to defend myself in situations and you are my inspiration that I need to learn boxing you probably wont ever see this... but your story is inspiring.

My fear is that my ship has passed, 35, but got a lot of heart and want to do something but no one is noticing. 84” reach and genuinely shifty and fast, but for no reason it feels like.

@skip741x3

2 күн бұрын

Im 64 bro and have been doing this since I was 18... trust me, ur ship hasnt sailed yet, not by a long shot...ages 35 to 45 were peak yrs for me at least...at that time I had a decent number of decades experience but my body was still in excellent shape to express that accumulated learning thru.....its was in md 50's and now im in mid 60's that I Do feel the limitations of age kicking in and cardio as well as recovery, healing afterwards , reaction time ect, is different and at nowhere near as high a level...I still train, teach and spar, although the sparring is a technical spar, even that is hard becuz I dont have the energy I once did... you work with what you have and take into account ,those levels will change as you get older... stay realistic, no reason why at ur age you cannot have a blast..

@roscosanchez4649

9 сағат бұрын

Stop being so damn modest! Gotta be a little bit cocky and arrogant to be noticed.

Great Great Video Importend honest Messages!!!Thank You for that Champ🥊

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

Glad you like it Dennis🥊

Faaaaaark Tony, that was an absolutely brutal knock down, fair play to you for coming back from that to win, but, wow, yeah, i can see how as a mature adult you look back at that with a different perspective.

Let alone Tony's technical lessons, I can just listen to him for hours. You bring up so many dimensions

Great video...

Great insights!

Welcome to America my friend!! You have tremendous potential to raise successful boxers.

Love your honesty and truth, you’re an incredible human being.Thanks and may God bless you and keep you healthy Sir ❤

thanks Tony love your videos

exellent. I love it this video congrats

Thank you for the number two.

Tony, thank you for your videos! you saved me literally years ago..., thank you!

Great explanation coach

Thanks for sharing this tony. Now boxing really is a beautiful sport but sadly, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Great editing in this video by the way. I'll make sure to share.

So true Tony. I always tell the kids that I train that boxing is just temporary. I encourage them to stay in school and study hard . Also to learn something they like and be the best they can be at it. ✝️🇺🇸🥊 Coach Mando from the Alamo City.

Thanks Tony for these insights everyone thinks it’s so easy to go in the ring the amount of pain and swelling I got on my face

You're an awesome mentor.

Thanks, Tony. I’ve tried to tell my students these things when they say they wanna be a professional fighter, just nowhere near as eloquently.

Well done for pointing this out. We all love the 'ill knock you out' promotion video... But it's a hard hard business.

Thanks man

Tony thank you for what you do

Hey Tony, Beautiful. I love your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, experience, and skills. I really appreciate you. Mark

Also, you may have to sign up for multiple movie sequels where you fight America's geopolitical enemies inside a boxing ring.

I have done boxing for about 13 years , In 2019 have had a rare form of long cancer , that following the surgeon that operated me it appears due to chock or repetitive trauma , So boxing immediately came to my mind as in that 13 years I have taken a lot of shots in the ribs in the right side of my body ( was , let’s say my weak point that I always forgot to protect mixed with a feeling from “ it does not hurt that much “ so I did not care ) , i also trained with a guy that had less power ( not that much less) but was very fast and precise in the shots , and had a lot more experience , so …I knew that every time I would train with him , i would get shots in the ribs , but , you have of course to learn with someone that knows more than you . This only to say , that boxing is not without his risks ….. Would I do it again ,…YES , If you love a sport it’s Like that . I miss it !!!!

@MsCorbacho

22 сағат бұрын

Not talking about the pain in my hands , and deformed bones on them

@MsCorbacho

22 сағат бұрын

But without a doubt , the most difficult in boxing for me was the mental side …..bones heal !

This is a side that needs to be talked about more because it’s very true

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

100% mate, and please do share it as well mate

Great stuff, Tony. I'd recommend the movie "Fat City" for a view of what life is like for most pro boxers. John Huston's last film. Most people only see televised, big name fights. Find some local mixed/amateur shows in your area and you'll see the real thing. If a pro fighter doesn't have a network and major promoter behind them, they'll never go anywhere.

used to work 7-16. Started my trainings 18 till 22, on the weekends - 2-3 trainings a day. Does not pay off.

Tony, can you please do a video about another dark side of the sport: weight cutting?

Great video Tony. Played contact sports since being 5, im now 38. Shotokan karate. Rugby league (professional standard) Muay thai. Judo. Only now i look back at some of the knocks and it scares me. My son 9 years of age plays rugby (his choice) but the experiended adult in me feels bad sometimes that i should stop him, but the same time i feel the positive out weighs the negative overall of these sports. I still train rugby and muay thai but i dont compete anymore. Been lucky to have only broke, nose. Fingers. A.c joint. Dislocations, wrists. Thumbs. I class myself lucky compared to friends i did these sports with.

I can barely do fitness boxing and have a job.. But then again, I am 53, and that’s still an accomplishment in some ways. I’ll take the win.

Tony is the most trusthworthy, honestl and respectful youtuber man in boxing

One of you former fighters ought to put together an online course in contract law. Just a certificate program, but something fighters can do in their spare time. Musicans could use this as well.

Tris Dixon's excellent book Damage is quite a frightening read. If i had read that before i started boxing i dont think i would have ever taken it up.

Yeah, i got a nasty nose injury in sparring last week. So i spend the week in the hospital. It was my first time real injury because of boxing. I got a realy nice counter uppercut, right in my face. It was not powerfull but deformed my nosebone anyway. Nasty stuff... i didnt know something is injured, till it was to late. Few days after the session i needed surgery... be carefull out there 😢

❤for u mr tony jeffries

Good video. I have an ex boxer friend who is confirmed to be on his way to dementia. Very sad. And the ref should definitely have stopped your fight. I don't know how you won that!

A couple of other things. The weight loss for competitions. The normalization of violence. The beaten up spouses, club patrons, traffic arguments....

Tonny I don't care if i able to be a boxer or not , i will do work harder and harder till my last breath The main thing is enjoying boxing journey ❤p

This is all true. Can you make video on how to fix all of this?

Some of the things I had to over come was having a coach who was good at gas lighting

Great truths to cover. I still believe boxing is one of the best forms of fitness and I would rather have some aches and pains from training than have diabetes from being fat. Seems that boxing is great for fitness if you only do body and shoulder sparring or light sparring to preserve your brain and you can do this sport for life.

Getting hit in the head so many times did something to me...then being a paratrooper with tours in combat... I'm glad I didn't continue getting more brain damage and life long injuries

Boxing because you have a genuine love for it as an art and a science, thats what enables a long term passion and longevity... If you are doing it for the money, the fame, to be number one, get a belt or title, or if its for a sense of self identity or if its because you feel pressured into it, none of those reasons will hold ur long term interest..If the motivation is not for the love of boxing in itself, its like a poor fuel that will only carry you so far, then leave you feeling"Now what"? For those who truly love the sport, you will find ways to continue with it into later life, you do Not have to destroy and damage ur body and mind to still participate in it and Express it...While the competitive side of boxing brings out the highest levels of achievement, there is a price to be paid as described here by Tony...

i've already had a brain injury so i don't care, i don't want to be rich, i run every morning from 7-8. i won't like my job, i don't care. i've already had depression.i was hit by a car so i already know STE. I just donn't care about side effects.

Tony look into chikung, the best is Zhan Zhuang ( post training, standard meditation’ it needs to be done daily. It’s worlds away from boxing but it would be different and a challenge. You build up to a hour or two and a day and you will restore your body in ways you never thought possible. 👍

I was one of those guys. Worked full time and trained hard as a journeyman boxer. Also somehow had to drink. Sparred every day because that was how my hero Julio Cesar Chavez trained every day. Made hardly any money, 4 and 6 round fights dont pay.. I was good enough though to be an alternate to fight a guy named Craig Cummimgs that won the WBC world right after he knocked me out. Would love to tell my story. Guys 8 lbd overweight, but you had to take the fight because that is what you got up at 5am to run and work all day and then sparr 8 or 10 rounds. You wouldn't believe the stuff ive seen and done dealing with promoters also. They are slime

Literally EVERYBODY talks about this nowdays, some even suggest to not spar at all... I think people went too far... You fear from brain injury, do not become a fighter, period...

Hopefully the work done in AI can help with understanding contracts without breaking the bank.

Hi tony great video m8 but not mentioned the commitment we make as boxer's and coaches affect our relationship to our wives and girlfriend's m8 as myself lost 1 wife to boxing. With 2-3times a week in the gym then going to shows at weekends etc Which is why when we do a white collar show with an 8 week camp I firstly express the commitment needed over the 8 weeks and talk to their partners if they are OK with that. Then after the show 2 weeks out of the gym rest and give time back to their family for letting them do boxing Try to get a life balanced 🥊🥊

I amatuer boxed for a very tiny bit/ my trainer was an awesome man. his orbital was damaged and he couldtn box anymore. he was getting older and showing signs of cte. some of the stuff he went through scared me enough I decided I didn't want to participate in a sport in which doing that to each other was the ultimate goal. I've been trying to sell people on bare knuckle boxing that while seemingly brutal with the cuts and blood spraying, but limits brain injuries comparatively to boxing and UFC.

As a boxer myself it is 100% a dodgy sport. If you’re with the wrong people it can be bad. It should all be about the fighting, but often times there’s a lot more that goes on behind the scenes.

This is actually true i have no problem being hot in the guts cus im training it to not hurt and for more resistance but i WISH i just WISH there was a way that i could train that so i wouldn't have that fear anymore i just wish...

Not so many people realize how much this men sacrificing for their career, helth,risk being badly injured and being abandon after,time what they can spent on regular life,money for recovery...Its not a sugar life definitely

The exploitation of those few athletes who make it has always been a huge issue. Is there not a boxers’ association who can advise fighters turning professional or provide a standardised contract? It would be a great breakthrough for the sport if there was a union or body to look after young boxers.

Its better to only use fight in self defense, better to do something like play basketball or track and field or hockey or something, in true self defense though no rules its defend yourself or die, but i hope i never have to fight

Welp,all of this bad things but still, I still want to be a boxer tony

Here within 20 minutes damn, but yeah, combat sports in general will always have problems and people that cause them. A random example from the top of my head is Don King, messed up things for so many fighters and profited off of them so heavily, even Mike Tyson hated the guy.

The world is messed up. Everyone should be trying to become a boxer instead of "education"

We love the sport but we also hate the business most of the time.

Thanks Tony, I’m really a big fun of boxing but when I remember the American Gerald McAllen I believe his name was who fought Nigel benn in London in the 90s really scared me of being hit on the head. I think Nigel benn did something fishy in that fight.

How bad do you want it

I think perhaps the best way to retire is to be like Jack Dempsey, Sonny Kiefer, Steve Reeves, and Jack LaLanne: keep training and make a career for yourself. It's best to be a friend to your future-self. Then you can count on yourself to look back and say "thank you!"

Nice sales pitch, don’t waste your money on LMNT

We box anyway

The thrill and promise of potential success vanish in a flash when you realize that if you're not exceptionally talented or considered entertaining, you'll need to fight harder than actual matches to get what you deserve. Not to mention the managerial promoter waiting to feed the correct flavor of snake oil to the ignorant. Now add the brain damage and potential cognitive decline, dealing with all of that takes a different breed of human.

The AI B-roll is distracting lol

Nothing but respect for the two men in the ring. But, it's one of the noat corrupt things in existence.

To be fair, and I’m not talking about pro fighters, but you can have a hell of a lot of fun sparring with decent respectful skilful fighters, you really don’t need to be smashing the Fuck out of people, you can pull punches with skill in sparring, slipping and catching people with hooks, without hurting them, I’m talking fitness style boxing, hell of a lot of fun, and getting fat and doing drugs etc ain’t great either, my sensei would say ‘keep it light and friendly’ it’s still the same skill set, no trophies ok but we can take a few shots now and then. I used to spar with a guy who had a blood clot from boxing, felt bad tagging him

Laser beam eyes should definitely be ruled out of boxing it’s wrong and illegal

Boxing is like a drug and when your a professional boxer you’ll be a boxing addict and when you quit that’s like going cold turkey I think the key is keep boxing in your life to some degree because you’ll be called what they call in the drugs world as a functioning addict meaning you still get a hit and still do normal things during the day

IA also here no, please Tont :_ !

PARA MI ES REVETNARLE LA CABEZA AL Q SE QUIERA HACER EL VIVO

Why do you talk in dollars when you're English?

First off all God bless all who read this comment. You still have God, even if you lose everything not just from boxing but generaly in life you still have him, he will never leave you and everything is in his hands all ways, you will gaine everything in heaven. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Repent , the end might be sooner then you think. Christ be with you☦✝🗿.

Does wearing a helmet during sparring prevent brain damage?

@333kenshin

2 күн бұрын

No! Helmet and gloves don’t decrease the kinetic energy transferred to your head, only reduce superficial cuts to hands and face

@Tony_Jeffries

2 күн бұрын

No mate, but it does minimize the damage

@skip741x3

2 күн бұрын

it Does make a difference....one point though and its ironic... if you are sparring Without head gear and you have reasonably decent sparring partners who arent trying to take ur head off, sometimes when you Add the head gear, they may take that as a license to start laying a much heavier contact with the head shots...yes it protects you more but if they are Teeing off on you when you wear it, you may end up with as much impact to ur head as when they were being more controlled without it.. LOL if they keep it controlled and u wear the headgear ,its a win/win.