Boxing is My Passion, My Life, and My First Love

Today,irritated by some people, I just got a feel that i had to writte something about boxing,because I know that someone who make me writte this,will read it!

What is boxing actually  ?!

Boxing is a sport where you have to put your heart and soul into learning what I call the sweet science. To be the best you can be you have to focus your whole being on the right way to learn and practice boxing. If you can stick with boxing, then you will learn many very important life skills that will help you to be a better person.
You must learn the proper techniques and practice them time and time again until they become perfect every time. One time you throw your left jab and drop it a little as you bring it back to its starting position. That is the time your opponent throws the perfect right hand. Bingo you find yourself setting on the ring floor wondering what hit you. Do it right or pay the price, is never more true then in the sport of boxing. You may get away with doing something the wrong way many times but sooner or later it will cost you in the ring or in life. So remember boxer focus in training on doing it right. Force yourself to concentrate during training.

It a lesson in boxing or life worth learning!!

Easy as ABC!

And by the way when you fight make sure you win! or if u lose don't give your self stupid explanations why did ypu lose ,train hard and don't let it happend ever again!!!



peace and love. / Marija

Party like Marija!

Party like Marija!

Party like Marija!

Hej,hej evrybody!

After one stress day yesterday,after penalties for parkering and much more another things,it's coming beautiful night!

Night for party! After really hard work out and two golden medals,placement in the top three best in Sweden,i deserve it!

The deal was to meet my cousins and friends at 22:30 and to go to Serbian party! What to say except it was amazing! Great friends and mood at the highest level make my night!

But for me party was without alcohol! Sincerely I didn't need it! Great atmosphere and music made ​​that everything bad disappear. It was nice time.

Few hours later it was time to go home.Around 03:00 o'clock I drive me and my cousins Sara and Milli home!

............

05:00 again usual thing! Training -running 7 km. Speech of Muhammad Ali and a desire for new victories have made this training very easy.

After breakfast and shower 08:30 was time for sleep!

Just now i waked up,ready to spent rest of day and relax for first work day in the week. :)

 

Peace and love. / Marija


Vilken dag. :O

Hej alla sköna läsare!

Allt väl med er? Själv mår jag super lite trött efter dagens shopping, men men det fixar sig.
Idag tog jag med mina söta kusiner till stan för att köpa lite kläder och så, kan säga så här.... det finns inget värre än att gå till stan och sen så hittar man ingeting man just vill ha. Hatar det, men jag överlevde kom hem med en söt topp åtminstonde. Kusinerna hittade en massa saker däremot.

När vi hade vart i stan ett bra tag bestämde vi oss för at åka till Eurostop för att äta på Mc där. Och GISSA vad som står på bilen när jag precis ska börja köra, joo PARKERNINGS böter. Så himla perfekt, så nu måste 300 kr gå till parkeringsböter. Men som man säger everything happens for a reason. Så vem vet vad det var bra för att jag fick de där böterna.


Jag och kusinerna var som sagt lite över allt idag, och nu är jag helt slut. Ska faktiskt ta ett långt bad, sen vila mig riktigt mycket. Och där efter börja fixa mig lite smått för jag och kusinerna inkusive ett par andra vänner ska till en serbisk fest ikväll. Så det kommer bli kul!!

Här är några bilder från idag.

 

 

hm....no comment!

 

jag kl 09:17 :/

 

 

 

min kusin Sara <3

 

 

 

 

min lilla kusin MIlli <3


Girls traning night :)

Girls traning night :)

Girls traning night :)

 

After hard working day,and headaches at my work place I just came home took a shower and i was sooo tired that I slept on the sofa....
So many things to do and not so much time,made my work day look like hell! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
But okej that's not a point,let's start with traning!
When I came at the gym there was Paulina,Marielle,Urlika and Milli! JUst perfect! It's just 6 weeks to the Golden Girl Cup and preparation for that competition going perfectly.
Trening start with the regural exercise and finished with something unusual.
We was expecting to do just ''fyss träning'' but it wasn't like that.
Start was with 3 rounds shadow-boxing and  ''some'' technique stuffs, it should be also just 3 rounds of them but it finished with 12 rounds.I can't complain it was more then perfect.In this excercise we didn't practiced just technique,it was also condition and many other things we can use in the fight.And i think that was the most important in every training.
Combinations of 4,6 and 8 punches were falling like a rain.Everybody was in the mood for grat thaning,and it went like that.
After this 15 rounds of sweet hell when we thought that we was finished,Ugo surpriced us more!
As a gift for good traning,we needed to work more.....Hm.... Not such a nice gift,right?
Now on the top it's coming real ''fyss träning'' 30 min lifthing weights made our training much harder!
But what to do but to follow the istructions and show to everybody that you can make it,and come to the top!
That's how I do.
Right now with the pain in my biceps,riceps and every other muscle I am ready to make relationship with my bed! good night everybody!
Peace and love./Marija

 



Next station:GOLDEN GIRL BOX CUP!

Next station:GOLDEN GIRL BOX CUP!

Next station:GOLDEN GIRL BOX CUP!

Wooooohoooooo...After one hard working day at jobb i get phone call form my coach and trainer Ugo Okoro that i will fight at ''Golden Girl Cup'' in Barås. I am so hapy now that it can not even describe!!! I get a chance to give my best,but this time with best trainer in the whole world in my corner!!!!! I Beleave that Ugo and me,that we will make it!


 

The tournament will take place 14-15:th of january 2012 in Borås, Sweden.

The Golden Girl BC is open for female boxers all classes. This cup was founded by Ray Husac and Lina Erlandsson, 2009.

First time in 2009, 70 of the best  female boxers in Europe came to fight for the title "GOLDEN GIRL". After the first day of many hard fights, three boxers were to recieve the title, Charley Davidsson, Hannah Beharry and Matilda Neren. In the end, the winner was Hannah Beharry.

Hannah Beharry

With combination of perfect movement, knowledge in both outside and inside fighting, blocking, slipping and sliding, speed and power and able to punch from every angle. Hannahs explosivity was  to much for her oponents.

In 2011 0ver 90 boxers entered and this time it was even harder for the participants. This year it was between Jemyma Betrian, Marielle V Hansen and Fadma Ali. Netherlands Jemyma Betrian won the title in the abscense of last years winner.

Jemyma Betrian

With skills in every angle of the ring she outsmarted each oponent she fought. None of them could ever even threaten her. Her defense was outstanding as well as her offence. She did not do anything wrong. Jemyma boxed perfectly and was never in any danger.

A true champion!

In 2012, this year the olympics are open for female boxers,so this is one more opportunity that everybody bring best boxers to The Golden Girl and get the chance to fight the best female fighters not only in Europe but from all over the world.

 

It's seems easy,like ABC,but in the end its just one who gonna take the title.

On me is just to train hard like never before and that I take the chance and to give my best. With great trainings and great spparing partners and self-confidence that Ugo give back to me, I hope so that I will make it and shine like never before!This year my weight class is 54 kg.Competition will be hell,but it is worth fighting for it!

From now on for me just there is: BLOOD,TEARS AND SWET!


There is no shortcuts to become a champion!


Inget annat än en vanlig dag.

Hej på er allihoppa! 
Nu kör jag lite svenska här igen, hur är det med er alla?
Hoppas att ni alla mår bra!

Jag mår super, är bara lite trött... Jobbade som vanligt idag, och slutade klockan 4. Ingenting speciellt hände på jobbet, jo förutom att jag och en arbetskolega (Cornelia) blev riktigt bra vänner. Känns skönt att det finns sköna människor lite här och där faktiskt!
När jag väl kom hem, tog jag och vilade lite och sen var det dags för träning.
Träningen var lika kul som vanligt, lite sparring och så.



Därefter när jag kom hem, satte jag igång och laga mat och det blev spaggetti och köttfärssås.
Satt och åt med Sara, och helt plötsligt kastar den lilla saken en penna på mig.... och a mina reflexer är ju bara för sköna, jag tar upp en bannan och kastar den på henne. Ett gott skratt fick vi båda!

Nu ska faktiskt villa jag ta och lägga mig.
Ni får ha det bäst!

Sköt om er, massor av kärlek/ Marija


Back again...

Hello everybody!

Oh this was long day for me,but in the end when I think little bit better, just one ordinary monday. Just Lot of work today that i just wanted to finish with my work earlier!Oh it was really hard,hope so that tomorrow it will be better!

 

When i came home form work,tired like never before i saw that in my fridge that no food...Oooooommmmmgggggg.... What to do,except to go to and make one shoping..... My body was shaking how much i was tired,but i make it.like always!

 

Next on the list ''What to do today'' was my favorite part od the day-TRAINING!!! Even when I am tired ,that i think that I will die,i I need to have the energy for that.

 


Boxing-only thing that make me feel alive!
At the training was harder that i imagine,Ugo again try to make us to feel pain,and I think that he did it really good. But like he said always''Hard work pays the bills!'' and in the end it always like that. 8 rounds ''stationer'',4 rounds sparring  and 4 rounds on the sack was more than enought for my tired body.... Now i really need to rest and prepare for a new day!
OBS!!!! I almost forgot today actually happend something special, It was Ugo's birthday and one girl form Helsinborg will came and train in  HBS boxing gym..Really nice-one more friend and sparring partner ofcourse. Hope so that she will like our type of training.
That was all for today!
Good night everybody!
Peace and love./Marija

 



Just keep smile and make your life beautiful! <3


After I came home from boxing i felt so angry and lost,but after a few moments thing just change. I went outside to run,it was awsome. The rain was falling slowly,music in my ears,and just that fresh air make my anger disappear.After 43 minutes of running i felt like a new person.
Rest of my evening, make one nice bubble bath, just love it!
When I was done with everything I decided to relax,but my cousins Sara and Milli asked me to go for a caffe,what I accepted with the smile on my face! On our way to the town we picked up Paulina,and everybody together went to Robert's caffe.There was ''mysigt kväll'' for real. Going back in old days and every joke we made,was just kepping smile on my face.For a few moments we laughed so loudly,that we thought that everybody were looking at us.But actually no one cared. We had it so much fun this night.
After ''Robert's caffe'' on the top is coming Eurostop. OMG :) Me and that 3 crazy girs went to buy few things at the store before we went home. Even there we was making so much fun that tears was falling form my eyes. Sometimes so small things that you can't even imagine make your life happy and make you feel like never before.Humor on hight level. We did so much funny things there,like mashine were you put money and after try to take out the toy made our night even better.
Next station was IcaMaxi (because we coulden't find ice-cream that we was searching for at coopforum,hahaha what a reason) but fun never ends with thouse 3 girls. In IcaMaxi we was excally looking for the make up not for the ice-crem.What to say-GIRLS! Later when we found what we wanted we went home.
I dorve Paulina to her place,and Sara,Milli and me went also home.
When we opened the door form apartment,we could feel the smell of popcorn!Aunt and uncle make everything for one more movie night. This night it was whole familly at one place,that was great.First movie that we watched was ''Jumping the broom'' great comedy and immediately after that on the turn was ''Thor'' also great action movie.Again a lot of laugh and shooting with popcorns,make evening even nicer. Just can't be bettre.
Right now I am ready to sleep,this was long day for me.But before i finished this blog I need to say that today I also did it something good.I had more time and opportunity to speak and become much more closer with the girl who train together with me. Her name is Ulrlika and today she impressed me.She make me seen in her more then girl who just train with me in the same gym! I hope so that I will make one more friendship,and that's just more then perfect.
Now,good night every one! Tomorrow is new day with new new challenges!
Peace and love! /Marija

Stand up for your rights!

Tjena alla!
Day started beautiful! I woked up around 10:30,fixed my self and went to Halmstard Arena to watch diplom boxing fight series.Organizer this fiht series was HAIS.
Matches began at 11.
My team HBS stand up with six boxers: Paulina,MIlli,Jonathan,Mevan,Selir and Haris

First one was Jonathan,fourten years old boy,fight against one guy from Angered BC,and like everybody expected he won.Jonathan was just perfect there in the ring,he show how every boxer should fight.His dancing in side the ring was just amazing,every punch he trowed was tehnical perfect,he definitlly growing up in one great fighter.

After Jonathan in side ring came Selvir.He fight against Husein from HAIS:He lost his fight,but honestly i think that judge was unfair! Selvir fight pretty good.

Next one was,i need to admit my favorite little kid ,Haris.This time lucky was on the side of his opponent like expirence.I just love the way how that boy box.His boxing stile remainds me on Manny Pacqiano! That great kid,promise to much in the future!

After 30 min break in the red corner was Paulina,cute little girl.She show great wish to win,but this time that wasnt enought.And i need to say that her opponent weight 6 kg more than her! Fight was good.

Milli was next one! She meet the girl who name is Sofia.Sofia is number one in whole Sweden in 48 kg.Milli fight great in firs two rounds,hard punches was coming like rain,but in last round she lost her condition and unfortunatlly she lost fight 25-27.Milli show good work.

Direct after MIli,Mevan was in the ring.He was the last one.Mevan meet the boy form HAIS,his name is Victor.Aftrer great fight and Mevans really hard hooks judges decided that Victor was the winner 21-20,5! 0,5 point!!!! They may be kidding! The audience was dissatisfied! They robbed thim so bad,but what to do.I didn't expect nothing better,he meet the home boxer!


So that's how went this afternoon! I felt angry,but hard work will justify all! Head up and keep fighting to the end! 
GET UP, STAND UP! STEND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS. NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT!


Thank you for reading my blog! 






Peace and love. / Marija

Beautiful day!

Hi people!

Another full day behind me,but it must be if I want to become champion!

I waked up early,and so fresh ,without tired on my face i went to work,one of the reasons for that is shorter working time,because its friday.I ended up about one o'clock.On my way home i picked up my cousin Sara from the school,and together with her went to the Eurostop and bought some chocolate and candys!

Ooooooh i love Friday,because thats only day when i dedicate myself nibbling sweets.Time went so fast.

Late i rested untill 18:00 and drive myself to training.

Exactly at 18:30 training start.I practice today technique and condition,and worked up with 4 rounds of sparing.My sparing partners were Milica Avramovic and Urlika Johansson. It was cool.

Today's training was special for me.After practicing i decided to do something i wanted to do after I finished my last fight at boxing cup in Göteborg.At the bigest cup in Sweden i took golden medal,and i decided to give that medal to my coach Ugo Okoro because i think that he deserve that more than I do.And after traning i did it.He've always bee there for me and to be honest it was him who won that fights.He is really the best coach and trainer.

After that great moment,I was on my way home aroun 20:15.

When I came home I took a shower and rest just a little. Later at 22:30 I want to hemmakväll and took few good movies.

Now I am watching''Step up 2'' drincking coca cola and enjoy in every bit of chocolate and in same time writting with my friend form Serbia on facebook, I miss that guy soooo damn much! But i hope so that i will see him soon,like the rest of my friends! :)

Tomorrow it's new day! New challenges for me!

Hope so that everybody will enjoy in weekend!

Peace and love/ Marija


Boxing weight classes

Hey everyone!

Today I decided to writte something new!Lot of figters ask why weight classes even exist?In this blogg meaby you will find answers.

I was doing research about the weight classes in  boxing,and i found so much interesting things,because is known that a lot of boxers have problems with their weight .Hope so you will like it.

Boxing weight classes are way ensuring that boxers similar size and weight  are matched up.While one can argue that a true champion would fight anyone,fighting with one weight makes for bettre fighters.Big boxers have more natural weight bihind their punches.Heavyweights tend to inflict more knockouts but the fighters tend to be slower.Featherweights ,on the other hean are blindingly fast.Daviding up boxing into weight classes helped to reduce number of lop sided victories and the ability of boxers to pick on smaller opponents.

This is not uncommon for boxers to move into and out of weight classes.As they grow older they could move form middleweight to light heavyweight in order to challenge themselves more or to take a title in two different weight classes.Nothing says one has to stay in one class for one's entire career.If one can add or lose weight ,one can weight in whatever class one wants!

BOXING WEIGHT CLASSES

PINEWEIGHT  46 KG

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT 48 KG

FLYWEIGHT 48-51KG

BANTAMWEIGHT 51-54KG

FEATHERWEEIGHT  54-57 KG

LIGHTWEIGHT 57-60KG

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT 60-64 KG

WELTERWEIGHT 64-69 KG

MIDDLEWEIGHT 69-75KG

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 75-81KG

HEAVYWEIGHT 81-91 KG

SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT +91KG

peace and love / Marija


Pushups killing!

Good evening eveyone!

.....it's so much pain in whole my body that I even don't have idea how to writte my bogg tonight,because I don't want that it sounds like I complain because I never do that,specially when it's about traning. Way to the top is hard,so if you want to be the best you need to give your best!

However....Traning start at 18:30 we start with some usual stuff and after warming up we should work teknik traning today,but like I said from beginning ''pushups killing'' I really mean that! Ugo kill us today! Everything starts when some of the guys from the gym didn't put his gloves when we should start with serioust part of the training. And what happen next?! Ugo was so angry (he never wait for nobody) and everyone get punished.First we was doing pushups 4 min,then 5 and in the end it was 6 min! That was so damn hard!

90 min 100% teknik and condition training + 15 min pushups=100% pain in the body :)

But like i said if you want to be the best never give up! Just now i have only one wish and that's wish is to change this place form 3 to 1 in  http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBoxningsforbundet/Nyheter/Egnanyheter/Nyranking2/ category 54 kg  and i know if I work hard that I'm gonna make it!

 

 

Right now i will jump in my bad and hug my pillow! Good night everyone!

Pease and love/ Marija


After one work day,back again !

After little stress this morning(i was late for my jobb),my day is beautiful!

Today I start working at 07:00 and I finished 15:30.Work time went so fast that It's inceredibly and it wasn't so much to do,so i didn't get tired at all.

Now I am at home,eating my lunch and writting blogg in same time :) Today for lunch I chose lax and rice with lemon sauce mmmmmmm.... Gott! And one more thing I am waithing my mum to call me,miss her so damn much :(

Later I will just  relax,watch little TV and go to train!Last days I had training at most of the time alone with my coach but tonight i will train with whole my friends from the gym.I can't wait to see them!

 

peace och love! / Marija

Me just now! :)

Long day

Hey guys!

Allt väl med er?

Ikväll har jag tänkt att försöka skriva på svenska, ber min kusin om lite hjälp då och då. För jag är inte sååå bra på svenska!

Min dag har varit lååång men ändå bra!

Det började med att vi hade morgon träning i muaythai klubben, det var kul. Men lite synd för att vi bara var 6 personer med tränaren.. många var tyvärr sjuka.
När jag väl kom hem tog jag en lång dusch, och där efter gick jag och la mig, för att vila mig lite helt enkelt.
Vid 1 tiden kom Sara (min kusin) hem, så jag drog på mig några kläder lite snabbt och sedan gav vi två oss av till stan. För att besöka stadsbiblioteket, jag var tvungen att lämna några böcker och Sara skulle låna nya. Efter det gick jag och Sara en runda lite snabbt för att kolla på lite kläder och så.

Resten av kvällen spenderade jag i badhuset, var tvungen att ta en liten sim tur och bara koppla av i bubbelpolen. Där efter när jag kom hem ville jag laga lite god mat, så jag såg till att göra det. Och nu sitter jag här och skriver.

Och föresten ni som bor i Halmstad har ni tänkt på hur fint vädret var idag? ÄLSKAR DET :D

Hoppas ni alla mår bra, och att allt är bra med er. Nu ska jag ta och stänga av datan och vila. 
För imorgon är det en ny dag.

Peace & Love/ Marija


Back in the old days.

Peace and love / Marija

Delicious breakfast! <3

Breakfast timeeeee!!! mmmmm that was really delicious!
After morning training,good meal and relaxing bubble bath was all I needed. Soft life!
Next station:town and drinking coffee with my aunt!
Peace and love. / Marija

There is no shortcuts to become a champion!

Time:05 :00

Start:Andersbergsringen 11

Destination:Viktoriagatan

 

Good morning everybody!This morning i wake up 04:30 it wasn't so easy to wake up I need to admit,but like my coach Ugo Okoro said.''Hard work pays bill''.

My training start at 05:00 and it was just usual morning training,runing outside. On my lucky it wasn't so cold so I decided to use that and run one good destination.I start to run from Andersbergsringen 11 and my destination was Viktoriagatan,and all the way back.It was awesome. Great musik in my ears make me to run faster and faster,to the end.

 

Now it's time for shower and breakfast.See ya.

Peace and love. / Marija


Hello blogg! :D

Hey! My name is Marija, I am 20 years old and I am from Serbia.
But I moved to Halmstad,Sweden. I've been living in Sweden for around 10 months now and I got to say that iI quiet like it here, but it's pretty cold haha.

My blog will be most about boxing.I have been boxing for about 4 years, I am currently 3rd in Sweden.
At the beggning when I got to Sweden, the firs thing I did was to search for a boxing club here in Halmstad! It was pretty hard for me,i need to admit! Then I found the Club HAIS - Halmstads allmäna idrotssällskap, i trained there for around 4 to 5 months, and after my 6 fights for that club(3 wins and 3 loss) i dedides to change because when I was boxing in Serbia i never used to lose and the quality of trainings wasn't on hight level.
After a while I heard that in Halmstad they have one more boxing gym and that trainer (Ugo Okoro) there he is legend here in Swedish boxing i decided to change myself.
I never regret! 3 fights,all of them wins and 2 golden medals,one in Malmö(Öresundscupen 2011) and another in Göteborg(ACBC 2011) quiet good.Results tell evertything about my quality,quality of my trainings and ofcourse quality of my trainer.
I hope that you will enjoying in my blog.
Pease and love. / Marija

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