My brother had his first amateur fight a few days ago. I am the one yelling commands. Up to this fight, he trained for 2 months in skill and conditioning. He trained hardest the last 2 weeks after learning about the fight. The fight is 3 rounds with each round at 1 min 30 seconds. After the fight, he regretted not throwing more punches and admitted to putting too much thought about his opponents counter punch. You can see all three rounds by clicking on the link below.


http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=j9u9s3&s=5


Below is a small clip of his 123 combo before his bout. I have more mitt work videos but need to resize to upload.

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=nohagm&s=5

Any advice and feedback about his stance, guard, etc would be greatly appreciated.

Needs to hold his hands higher. That alone will greatly reduce the number of shots he takes.

not to forget to put his chin down.

Tell your brother to drop weight classes. That looked like a welterweight fighting a cruiserweight.

If he wants to stay in that weight class, he needs to get stronger and faster with his punches. Trying to be an outboxer with that kind of height disadvantage is the epitome of foolish. Speed and power will always defeat technique if enough stamina is behind who's punching. That guy needs to completely revise his style and focus on infighting skills, if he had even a hint of a good left hook he would have touched brutha-mang's liver up pretty well. Instead we saw a decent 1st round, then he ruized the rest of the fight, clinching and trying to punch out of clinches and ****. Tell that boy to do more running and get in close on taller guys, to smother their power.


BTW, you complained to the ref, or someone by you did, when the black guy landed a hook out of a clinch, right after your brother did the exact same thing, just with less power. Just cause someone hits hard don't make 'em a criminal, they did the same ****in thing.

He looked scared and nervous as hell lol. Keep those hands up higher.

He looks very slow on the pads. Increase his work rate, speed and use that jab. If you are trying to box on the outside then you have to establish a good jab. Box off the jab when you are on the outside. He doesn't establish it in the first place and throws very few punches in general. Do punch outs on the pads for last 30 secs of each round. And work on his defence, his hands are too low.

He looks very slow on the pads. Increase his work rate, speed and use that jab. If you are trying to box on the outside then you have to establish a good jab. Box off the jab when you are on the outside. He doesn't establish it in the first place and throws very few punches in general. Do punch outs on the pads for last 30 secs of each round. And work on his defence, his hands are too low.

Establish the jab against an opponent four inches taller, with longer arms to boot? Are you sure you know what the **** you're talking about? The kid needs to dash inside, and get in close tight short looping hard punches on taller opponents, not **** around with the jab.

If you fight that black kid again use a pressure strategy emphasizing looping punches and develop a good left hook to the body and use it on him over and over...he is wide open for it, feint the cross and come back with the left hook downstairs, he's a jumpy fighter, the way he reacted to your jab-feint tells that tale.

Who booed when the black fighter was introduced?

Hands much higher. After he misses a jab he always bounces back and hits his gloves together...that's where I would attack him. Your brother does the same things over and over.

Also tuck the chin. His jab is slow. I'm not sure he knew how he should approach that fighter. He looked like he wanted to stick and move but his jab needs to be quicker.

Also he backs up in a straight line and when he does move laterally, his chin is always up in the air and his hands are down.


Also notice that black guy wasnt even using his jab properly. He was just tryin to set up a big punch. His jab was just kind of out there tryin to blind your brother and set up the right hand.

rule number 1- fight someone in your own weight class lol. that black dude has to be at least 2 divisions above your bro

As has been covered, he needs to keep his hands up. He should learn the traditional guards -- orthodox, peekaboo, crouch, Philly Shell, even the Jeffries crouch -- and spar from each, and find what works for him.

He also needs to get hit a lot more in practice; he's glove shy. Big time.

- He moves his head UNTIL his opponent throws a punch. Then he stays still as the punch lands. Glove-shy; he's freezing up. I know because I used to be glove-shy (hence my username.)

- If he hadn't been so intent on ducking away, he could've rung that guy's bell with a straight or overhand every time he left that jab hanging. That's a HUGE opening for a shorter fighter to exploit. Bat the jab aside or smother it, and throw the cross as you step in: BAM! X's for eyes.

BTW, at my gym we rest between rounds, or between flurries on the bag, by putting our fists up on our eyebrows and moving our feet while we catch our breath. After a month or so you'll find yourself automatically catching your breath with your hands up, shuffling around. It saves your ass in the ring when you make shelling up and moving a reflex.

I hope this helps.