October 6, 2025 • 8 mins
We'll be discussing why boxing sucks for self defense.
This podcast is for Self Defense, Survival, and Prepping for the Streets & Beyond.
I'll help prepare you for disasters, predators, and whatever else is out there.
Here you'll learn martial arts survival philosophies and tatics, how to survive the worse man made and natural diasters, get survival tech recommendations, learn how to live without the matrix, learn how to survive supernatural situations and you'll learn survival psychology.
So Subscribe and join the community on Discord (to hear and see exclusive stuff they don't want you to see), Twitch, Kik and Tiktok (where I live stream), Youtube.
And I would love to make this content full-time so I appreciate your support on patreon and merchanise store (no pressure to buy, but do me a favor and at least check out my patreon and merchanise and give me any suggestions to help me improve). Everything is linked below.
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Patreon: Patreon
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Discord: Discord
Twitch: Twitch
Youtube: Youtube
Instagram: Instagram
Audio Only Download of This Episode: https://spoti.fi/4dchkfz
🎙️ Urban Warrior Survival — teaching you how to survive the system, master yourself, and live free in the modern jungle.
⚔️ Follow, rate, and share the show if you’re building your freedom tribe.
💀 Remember: comfort is the cage — survival is the way out.
🌐 Connect with me at UrbanWarriorSurvival.com for coaching, gear, and digital downloads.
This podcast is for Self Defense, Survival, and Prepping for the Streets & Beyond.
I'll help prepare you for disasters, predators, and whatever else is out there.
Here you'll learn martial arts survival philosophies and tatics, how to survive the worse man made and natural diasters, get survival tech recommendations, learn how to live without the matrix, learn how to survive supernatural situations and you'll learn survival psychology.
So Subscribe and join the community on Discord (to hear and see exclusive stuff they don't want you to see), Twitch, Kik and Tiktok (where I live stream), Youtube.
And I would love to make this content full-time so I appreciate your support on patreon and merchanise store (no pressure to buy, but do me a favor and at least check out my patreon and merchanise and give me any suggestions to help me improve). Everything is linked below.
Free Ebook: Free Ebook
Linktree: Linktree
Patreon: Patreon
Gear Reccommendations: Gear Recommendations
Discord: Discord
Twitch: Twitch
Youtube: Youtube
Instagram: Instagram
Audio Only Download of This Episode: https://spoti.fi/4dchkfz
🎙️ Urban Warrior Survival — teaching you how to survive the system, master yourself, and live free in the modern jungle.
⚔️ Follow, rate, and share the show if you’re building your freedom tribe.
💀 Remember: comfort is the cage — survival is the way out.
🌐 Connect with me at UrbanWarriorSurvival.com for coaching, gear, and digital downloads.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Boxing is beautiful in the ring, you get tight guards,
clean combos, discipline and power. But out here on the streets,
in chaos, when everyone's swinging bottles or there's more than
one guy, boxing starts to fall apart fast. The problem
isn't that it's useless, it's that it's designed for rules,
(00:23):
gloves and referees. When survival hits and there are no
weight classes, no breaks, and no points, it's just who's
left standing and breathing, Boxing's gonna get exposed. Before we begin,
I just want to say thanks for tuning into the
Urban Warrior podcast, your number one source of self defense, survival,
(00:44):
and the supernatural. I'm your host, and today I'm gonna
be talking about why boxing sucks for self defense. If
you like this type of content and you want more,
make sure to subscribe, turn on post notifications, and join
me for further conversation over on my discord and I
will be live streaming this type of content over on
your favorite platform, twitch, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Kick all of them.
(01:07):
I'm on like ten different platforms at one time, whatever
you prefer, I'm on. There. Links are going to be
in the description without further ado, let's get it. So. Firstly,
boxing was built for the ring, not the streets. Boxing
thrives in the world with rules, no clinch grappling, no kicks,
no dirty moves. Real life doesn't play that game. When
(01:29):
fist fly outside the gym, you're not up again to
trained opponent. You're up against chaos, concrete, weapons, and numbers,
and that fancy footwork won't save you when you slip
on gravel or get grabbed by your jacket. Boxing Boxing's
skill set is powerful, but it's limited. It leaves you
expose when someone closes the gap, tackles you, or swings
(01:50):
something sharp. The bottom line, if your system depends on space, rhythm,
and control, you're already losing the fight the moment those vanish. Also,
boxing doesn't teach situational awareness. Boxers trained to face one
person in a square, but real world threats don't announce
themselves like that. They jump you from behind, hit you
(02:12):
with distractions, or bring friends you can't bobb and weave
out of a knife you don't see coming. The boxing
mindset is tunnel vision. It's about domination, not detection. So
the bottom line in a street fight, awareness beats power
every time. If you can't read the room, you won't
survive it. Also, boxing guards get you cut or grab.
(02:35):
The high guard works great with sixteen ounce gloves, but
bare knuckles changes everything. You block a punch like that
in real life and you'll smash your own hands. Worse,
it leaves your body and arms in an easy reach
or grab. Worse, it leaves your body and arms an
easy reach for grabs, locks, or weapons. Real attackers don't box,
(02:59):
They swing, stab, and crash. In bottom line, a tight
guard means nothing if it turns into a trap. Your
hands aren't shields, they're tools. You use them wisely. Next,
footwork fails in tight spaces. Boxers move like dancers in
open space, but the street isn't a gym floor. You're
in parking lots, bathrooms, hallways, and stairwells, all tight and uneven.
(03:25):
You can't pivot around the wall, and you can't slip
punches when someone's got your shirt. Boxing movements depend on freedom.
Survival depends on adaptation. The bottom line, if your feet
can't move, your style better still work boxing doesn't teach that. Also,
boxers don't train for weapons or multiple attackers. A boxer's
(03:47):
worst nightmare isn't another fighter, it's the unknown. Add a knife,
a bat, or a second attacker, and that entire playbook
goes out the window. You can't parry your blade and
you can't counter lunch a swing from your blind side.
Boxing's singular focus on one on one duels, leaving you
dangerously unprepared for survival scenarios. The bottom line is, if
(04:11):
you can't deal with multiple threats, you're not training for survival,
you're training for a sport. So also the adrenaline dumb
kills techniques. Typically, boxing matches build up slowly, but street
fights explode the instant adrenaline hits. Find motor skills. Vanish
that crisp combo. You drill gone. You're in full panic mode.
(04:33):
Boxers who've never trained for chaos don't know how to
think or breathe through it. Boxing trains precision, survival demands instincts.
Bottom line, technique without control under stress is just a
memory you won't recall when it counts. In addition to that,
conditioning doesn't equal endurance under fear. Yeah, boxers are conditioned,
(04:57):
they can go rounds in the ring. Yeah, boxers are conditioned.
They can go rounds in the ring, but real world
stresses a different monster, the fear, the noise, the blood
that burns energy in seconds. Boxers aren't used to psychological
exhaustion of fighting to stay alive. Sports stamina and survival
(05:17):
stamina are two different currencies. Only one keeps you alive
when it's not for points. Bottom line, you can be
fit fast and still fall apart if your mind isn't
ready for panic. Also, boxing lacks dirty tactics. The streets
don't reward clean technique. They reward ruthlessness. No one cares
about rules or on or out there. You bite, gouge, shove, run,
(05:43):
whatever it takes to survive. Boxers are conditioned not to
do those things, and that mental block can get you hurt.
You can't jab your way through an ambush. You need
aggression and unpredictability. So the bottom line, if your style
limits your mindset, it limits your survival. So my final analysis,
boxing's reality check. Boxing builds great fundamentals, power, timing, confidence,
(06:09):
but it's a sport, not a system for survival. Once
you strip away the gloves, the refs, and the safety,
it's just a small piece of a much bigger picture.
You need something that maxes awareness mobility, and the willingness
to get dirty. So my survival grades is for self defense.
I give it a C plus great if you hit
(06:31):
first week, if you don't when it comes to like
doomsday survival, if this is all that you know, I
will give it a D. It has no answer for grabs,
doesn't use weapons, It doesn't really bring the chaos or
have you in a position to where you can do
well against chaos. So my final verdict, boxing looks good
(06:51):
under lights, but Survival doesn't care about how good you look,
only if you walk away, So that'll do it for
why boxing sucks self defense. If you made it this far,
thank you for tuning in. Let me know what you
think in the description section. Let me know what you
think in the comments section below. Whether or not you
disagree or agree, it's perfectly fine. Just try not to
(07:14):
get yourself banned or blocked from this channel. Other than that,
I will be live streaming more of this type of
content over on your favorite streaming platform twitch here on
YouTube TikTok. So if you want to join the panel
where I'm going to be discussing martial arts, self defense, survival,
and the supernatural, feel free to give me a follow.
(07:36):
All of the links are going to be in the
description section. Also, again, get your free copy of my
book How to Escape the Matrix. A lot of people
are tired of the system. I'm giving away a free ebook.
It is on my website. Link is going to be
in the description, and being that this channel is not
yet monetized, I would appreciate your consideration for additional support
if you have some change in the seats. The lowest
(07:57):
tier is even as low as a dollars seventy five
on my Patreon. Link for that too is going to
be in the description. So I will be back with
another video join me on discord, where we keep the
conversation going after ours. Link it for that is obviously
in the description. Until next time, Thank you for tuning in.
This is Urban Warrior Survival, signing out peace
Boxing is beautiful in the ring, you get tight guards,
clean combos, discipline and power. But out here on the streets,
in chaos, when everyone's swinging bottles or there's more than
one guy, boxing starts to fall apart fast. The problem
isn't that it's useless, it's that it's designed for rules,
(00:23):
gloves and referees. When survival hits and there are no
weight classes, no breaks, and no points, it's just who's
left standing and breathing, Boxing's gonna get exposed. Before we begin,
I just want to say thanks for tuning into the
Urban Warrior podcast, your number one source of self defense, survival,
(00:44):
and the supernatural. I'm your host, and today I'm gonna
be talking about why boxing sucks for self defense. If
you like this type of content and you want more,
make sure to subscribe, turn on post notifications, and join
me for further conversation over on my discord and I
will be live streaming this type of content over on
your favorite platform, twitch, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Kick all of them.
(01:07):
I'm on like ten different platforms at one time, whatever
you prefer, I'm on. There. Links are going to be
in the description without further ado, let's get it. So. Firstly,
boxing was built for the ring, not the streets. Boxing
thrives in the world with rules, no clinch grappling, no kicks,
no dirty moves. Real life doesn't play that game. When
(01:29):
fist fly outside the gym, you're not up again to
trained opponent. You're up against chaos, concrete, weapons, and numbers,
and that fancy footwork won't save you when you slip
on gravel or get grabbed by your jacket. Boxing Boxing's
skill set is powerful, but it's limited. It leaves you
expose when someone closes the gap, tackles you, or swings
(01:50):
something sharp. The bottom line, if your system depends on space, rhythm,
and control, you're already losing the fight the moment those vanish. Also,
boxing doesn't teach situational awareness. Boxers trained to face one
person in a square, but real world threats don't announce
themselves like that. They jump you from behind, hit you
(02:12):
with distractions, or bring friends you can't bobb and weave
out of a knife you don't see coming. The boxing
mindset is tunnel vision. It's about domination, not detection. So
the bottom line in a street fight, awareness beats power
every time. If you can't read the room, you won't
survive it. Also, boxing guards get you cut or grab.
(02:35):
The high guard works great with sixteen ounce gloves, but
bare knuckles changes everything. You block a punch like that
in real life and you'll smash your own hands. Worse,
it leaves your body and arms in an easy reach
or grab. Worse, it leaves your body and arms an
easy reach for grabs, locks, or weapons. Real attackers don't box,
(02:59):
They swing, stab, and crash. In bottom line, a tight
guard means nothing if it turns into a trap. Your
hands aren't shields, they're tools. You use them wisely. Next,
footwork fails in tight spaces. Boxers move like dancers in
open space, but the street isn't a gym floor. You're
in parking lots, bathrooms, hallways, and stairwells, all tight and uneven.
(03:25):
You can't pivot around the wall, and you can't slip
punches when someone's got your shirt. Boxing movements depend on freedom.
Survival depends on adaptation. The bottom line, if your feet
can't move, your style better still work boxing doesn't teach that. Also,
boxers don't train for weapons or multiple attackers. A boxer's
(03:47):
worst nightmare isn't another fighter, it's the unknown. Add a knife,
a bat, or a second attacker, and that entire playbook
goes out the window. You can't parry your blade and
you can't counter lunch a swing from your blind side.
Boxing's singular focus on one on one duels, leaving you
dangerously unprepared for survival scenarios. The bottom line is, if
(04:11):
you can't deal with multiple threats, you're not training for survival,
you're training for a sport. So also the adrenaline dumb
kills techniques. Typically, boxing matches build up slowly, but street
fights explode the instant adrenaline hits. Find motor skills. Vanish
that crisp combo. You drill gone. You're in full panic mode.
(04:33):
Boxers who've never trained for chaos don't know how to
think or breathe through it. Boxing trains precision, survival demands instincts.
Bottom line, technique without control under stress is just a
memory you won't recall when it counts. In addition to that,
conditioning doesn't equal endurance under fear. Yeah, boxers are conditioned,
(04:57):
they can go rounds in the ring. Yeah, boxers are conditioned.
They can go rounds in the ring, but real world
stresses a different monster, the fear, the noise, the blood
that burns energy in seconds. Boxers aren't used to psychological
exhaustion of fighting to stay alive. Sports stamina and survival
(05:17):
stamina are two different currencies. Only one keeps you alive
when it's not for points. Bottom line, you can be
fit fast and still fall apart if your mind isn't
ready for panic. Also, boxing lacks dirty tactics. The streets
don't reward clean technique. They reward ruthlessness. No one cares
about rules or on or out there. You bite, gouge, shove, run,
(05:43):
whatever it takes to survive. Boxers are conditioned not to
do those things, and that mental block can get you hurt.
You can't jab your way through an ambush. You need
aggression and unpredictability. So the bottom line, if your style
limits your mindset, it limits your survival. So my final analysis,
boxing's reality check. Boxing builds great fundamentals, power, timing, confidence,
(06:09):
but it's a sport, not a system for survival. Once
you strip away the gloves, the refs, and the safety,
it's just a small piece of a much bigger picture.
You need something that maxes awareness mobility, and the willingness
to get dirty. So my survival grades is for self defense.
I give it a C plus great if you hit
(06:31):
first week, if you don't when it comes to like
doomsday survival, if this is all that you know, I
will give it a D. It has no answer for grabs,
doesn't use weapons, It doesn't really bring the chaos or
have you in a position to where you can do
well against chaos. So my final verdict, boxing looks good
(06:51):
under lights, but Survival doesn't care about how good you look,
only if you walk away, So that'll do it for
why boxing sucks self defense. If you made it this far,
thank you for tuning in. Let me know what you
think in the description section. Let me know what you
think in the comments section below. Whether or not you
disagree or agree, it's perfectly fine. Just try not to
(07:14):
get yourself banned or blocked from this channel. Other than that,
I will be live streaming more of this type of
content over on your favorite streaming platform twitch here on
YouTube TikTok. So if you want to join the panel
where I'm going to be discussing martial arts, self defense, survival,
and the supernatural, feel free to give me a follow.
(07:36):
All of the links are going to be in the
description section. Also, again, get your free copy of my
book How to Escape the Matrix. A lot of people
are tired of the system. I'm giving away a free ebook.
It is on my website. Link is going to be
in the description, and being that this channel is not
yet monetized, I would appreciate your consideration for additional support
if you have some change in the seats. The lowest
(07:57):
tier is even as low as a dollars seventy five
on my Patreon. Link for that too is going to
be in the description. So I will be back with
another video join me on discord, where we keep the
conversation going after ours. Link it for that is obviously
in the description. Until next time, Thank you for tuning in.
This is Urban Warrior Survival, signing out peace
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