Mister Poll: School of Hard Knocks

Your status as a boxer:

New to boxing

Amateur - Beginner

Amateur - Intermediate

Amateur - Advanced

Amateur - Champion / Former Champion

Professional - Advanced

Professional - Champion / Former Champion still active

Professional - Retired

Your weight class, if your class is not shown, please select the closest:

Lightweight

Middleweight

Light-Heavyweight

Heavyweight

Your gender:

Male

Female

Your age range:

Under 16

16 - 19

20 - 25

26 - 35

Over 35

Your stance:

Orthodox (Left lead)

Southpaw (Right lead)

I can use either

Your style:

Defensive

Offensive

I use both

Your favorite (most effective) strike to use:

Your favorite target to attack with your jab:

Face

Body

Your favorite target to attack with your hook:

Side of face

Ribs

Other

Your favorite target to attack with your uppercut:

Ribs

Chin

Other

Your favorite target to attack with your cross:

Your favorite target to attack with your straight punch:

How often do you train?

Daily

Every couple of days

Weekly

Less often

How often do you compete?

Weekly

Bi-Weekly

Monthly

Every 6 weeks

Less often

How often do you spar, or have an exhibition match with a teammate?

I spar on all of my training days

I spar on most training days

I spar on some training days

I have exhibition matches on a regular basis

When you spar or have an exhibition match, do you prefer:

Hard sparring (full contact) always

Soft sparing (light contact) always

Soft contact for sparring, hard contact for exhibition

I like a mix

I use my jab mostly for:

Defense (distraction)

Offense (to score points)

When I throw my offensive strike (strong arm), my intention is to:

Score points

Create a painful environment for my opponent

Cause injury to my opponent

Put my opponent down

Have you ever used your boxing skills outside of the ring?

No, and I hope I never need to

No, but it wouldn't bother me to kick some butt

Yes, I didn't do well

Yes, I kicked butt

Yes, and I really didn't want to

What is your general attitude about boxing?

I think it is a dangerous sport, but that is all part of contact sports

It is a bit dangerous, but safer than other contact sports

Danger? What danger?

When others ask you about boxing, how do you explain about the sport?

You try to explain that its just a sport

You expain that it is part of male posturing

You don't bother trying to explain

The creator of this poll is also a boxer. If I was to come to your gym, or any other boxer, and put down a challenge, would you accept?

I would try to arrange a match for another day, and knock the attitude out of him

I would spar the challenger right then, and pound him silly

I would not accept the challenge, until I knew more about the challenger

I do not accept any challenges, go be a "tough guy" somewhere else

I would take the challenge lightly, and just soft spar him

Your location:

Thank you for participating in this survey about the great sport of boxing. Just one last question about the poll:

I found this survey interesting

I found this survey boring

The survey was too long

The survey was just the right length

The survey was too short

I will recommend this survey to others