Boxing is not about heart though. It is all about skill. It's about hitting the opponent without getting hit by them. That is the art of boxing.
You need a lot of things to win. But, heart is something you can't teach. Either you have it or you don't. You have to have the mental strength and fortitude to not give up, and keep pushing your opponent.
When I fought, I wasn't blessed with knock out power. But, I had cardio, speed and footwork on my side. My strategy was to frustrate them, and use a high octane stick and move attack. My plan was to wear my opponents down over time.
Of course, it didn't always work. Sometimes I/You will go against someone who is bigger, stronger, meaner and more experienced. When that happens, chances are you lose.
Sometimes you can win with better strategy, or you'll get a lucky punch in. You could turn it into a dog fight, where you get in close, and just start throwing hard punches. You can nullify a lot of your opponent's advantages this way, but you can also get knocked out, too.
It's a gamble. You have to know when to turn it on.
Honestly, you need it all to win. Heart alone doesn't win fights. You have to have experience, and good physical attributes, too.
No matter how much heart you have, you aren't going to beat Mike Tyson. There's a limit to how far heart will take you.
Against two similarly skilled fighters, the one with the most heart will likely win.
When heart is often mentioned, the impression is that a fighter's toughness is borne out of animal instinct, where natural tendencies and emotions often prevail over the mind or reason. But there's that thing called mental toughness and moral courage where reason and the will are the main driving force.
It's desirable to have physical and emotional toughness but it's more desirable to also develop mental toughness and moral courage which allowed thinking fighters as Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali to surmount the odds and placed them in good stead in extremely trying situations and eventually to impose their will on the hardy opponents.
With all due respect to the late Joe Frazier and Jake La Motta, they are prime examples of heart in their fighting days.
But both fell short against fighters who used both heart and mind in combat.
Yes, BUT you need to TRAIN too.
Is it about what you've got inside of you to dictate how tough you are. For instance if you're in a fight and the other guy has speed and strength advantages, is about what inside of me what counts. If my heart is to beat him, will i beat him?
My dad and my friends uncles all say this? is it true?
