I like boxing, but I LOVE my nose.

I got rocked in the nose tonight at boxing. I really need to learn to keep my gloves up better.

It was the first time I did "open sparring", which means that we were actually hitting hard and not controlling our punches to practice technique. I let my guard down and took one right in the face.

In my defense, I got some good shots in after my eyes quit watering and I checked, and checked again, for blood. But the worst part is that it was a 40-something year old woman that kicked my a**.

I'll keep practicing.