First AM fight: Share the experience.

[makaveli_uk]

I've been told I should be ready for my first AM fight next season.. So I just thought..

Why don't ya'll share your first amateur match experiences with the rest of us.

[Sealhound]

I was either 15 or 16 can't remember. I didn't have the best ever technique as I will still relatively new (only been doing it 6months from scratch) but I beat him nicely and they gave the decision to him... haha. Even his coach said I should have won, I had people 6 months later saying 'weren't you the guy tthat got robbbed down in.... on your first one' lol. I had a nice black eye after the fight though lol.

[DeymarPR]

Just some advice, train hard, hard!!! no matter if its just an amateur fight, so when you feel a bit nervous or anxious, which almost all fighters DO get that gut feeling before a fight, It's one less thing to worry about since you trained hard, just don't think to hard about the fight just relax, If it's your first fight, 3rounds of 2 minutes, just throw a lot of punches, always move your head, use dimensions, foot work, and keep your chin tucked, remember its an amateur fight, most points wins it....don't worry about what the opponent can do, you know what YOU can do and thats what matters, remember If you do what you want to do, he can't do what he wants to do, one more thing, make SURE you do your roadwork (jogging)..thats where we get our "gasoline" from so to speak

[BetterCallSaul]

Expect to fight a lot of Malignaggi's with a jab and move, jab and move approach. A lot of people you fight will be very rhythmical with their jab, 1,2 1,2 then maybe a 1,2, right, 1,2 right. Its sometimes pretty easy to time their jab and counter with your own.

And you get the Ricky Hatton wannabe's who throw everything they have at you, with little to no regards to defence. With these guys keep your hands up, keep your chin in and pick your shots, its about scoring points, so keep calm and use your jab, they will get tired and open up - a little variation is good with the jab...dont be predictable.

Be confident, be calm, pick your shots and dont be predictable. Other than that good luck and keep an open mind.

[rj_ct]

well, it all went by very quick, and was a hell of a rush. i fought at 152 which is well above my weight, but i couldn't make 141 at the time. the kid i fought was pretty big, but didn't use his power very effectively against me.

it was a low-contact fight. i hit him with a couple good left hooks. he hit me with 1 straight right that knocked my contact lens out. other than that most of the punches i landed on him were body shots, and most of his punches were jabs. we were both trying to counter-punch each other. lots of feints and head movement, but not much landing from either one of us.

in the end he got the decision. my corner said they thought i won, but i couldn't argue with the decision. i didn't throw enough punches and i didn't fight my fight. i wouldn't say my "nerves" got the better of me because i wasn't afraid of him. i just tried to do too much. i tried to do all the right footwork, feints, head movement, etc. when i should have just gone out and fought the kid. it was a big show, but the crowd didn't bother me at all.

overall it was a good learning experience. it didn't get me down or frustrate me. i was back in the gym the next day.

[Ryn0]

I got pretty lucky with my first opponent, he was one of them guys who rushes forward and thinks that they can land whatever. So i just waited for him to throw the jab and rush forward behind it and throw the straight and caught him offbalance alot. Pretty easy for my first fight, it ended up being a "stoppage" which just meant that once you get so far apart on points the ref has to stop the fight, it doesn't mean that I really hurt the guy. I had MUCH harder fights as I went on.

[Team Mayweather]

As you may have known from my other thread in here.

And my trainer says I've matched you up to fight on Thursday in Liverpool. I was like wtf?!?! So he proceeds to weigh me that night and I weighed in at 125 pounds I haven’t been running at all since the New Year and I am not at my fighting weight at all. But, he said that’s good just put on 5 pounds and the guy you’re fighting is a Lightweight.

Should I take it and put on 5 pounds in 2 days and fight or just **** it and fight someone my own size?

I have until tomorrows session to decide if I can.

I decided against moving up to fight someone with such a clear advantage because it would not be possible or do me well to pile on fat in a few days in the shape of five pounds.

So, as four people already had fights going on from my gym I went down with them anyway and got weighed. And this trainer came up to me asking if I wanted a fight tonight so I said yeah and he introduced me to his fighter. He was like a carbon copy of me but with shorter arms. He had one fight previous and lost it.

It was my first fight so yeah I am pretty ****in' nervous as expected, but it all goes away when ya start warming up for the fight. First round was pretty hectic he was throwing huge wide hooks and instead of just jabbing my way past him I decided to **** with him and got caught pretty bad and had to take a standing 8 count. But, I gathered myself around and seeing as he was ****ed from throwing such huge shots I just jabbed my way out of the round.

Second round I was a lot fresher than him and just jabbed him and landed some good hard combos on him while he was trying to get on the inside, still throwing huge shots. I was just sticking and moving and won the 2nd round easy. He had a busted nose at this point going into the third.

Third round we both thought we needed the knockout for the win as it was my first I had no idea I was quite far ahead on the cards, but we just straight at it. Crowd was well pumped as we both landed huge shots on each other in the first like 30 seconds so we had nothing left for the remaining 30 seconds.

I won the fight by 6 points; one judge scored it by 7, the other 2 by 6. Great fight and great to get some experience under my belt. I have learned that I need to work on my defence more and that I have better fitness levels than I thought.

Very pleased I did it and looking forward to my next bout.

1-0 BABY!!!

Can ya please move this to the T&N section it isn't letting me make threads there for some reason.

Since this fight I have won three more and lost 1. But my loss was via a split decision. A good start overall. Won 2 by tko. Other one was on points.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3293992#post3293992

[RichCCFC]

As you may have known from my other thread in here.



I decided against moving up to fight someone with such a clear advantage because it would not be possible or do me well to pile on fat in a few days in the shape of five pounds.

So, as four people already had fights going on from my gym I went down with them anyway and got weighed. And this trainer came up to me asking if I wanted a fight tonight so I said yeah and he introduced me to his fighter. He was like a carbon copy of me but with shorter arms. He had one fight previous and lost it.

It was my first fight so yeah I am pretty ****in' nervous as expected, but it all goes away when ya start warming up for the fight. First round was pretty hectic he was throwing huge wide hooks and instead of just jabbing my way past him I decided to **** with him and got caught pretty bad and had to take a standing 8 count. But, I gathered myself around and seeing as he was ****ed from throwing such huge shots I just jabbed my way out of the round.

Second round I was a lot fresher than him and just jabbed him and landed some good hard combos on him while he was trying to get on the inside, still throwing huge shots. I was just sticking and moving and won the 2nd round easy. He had a busted nose at this point going into the third.

Third round we both thought we needed the knockout for the win as it was my first I had no idea I was quite far ahead on the cards, but we just straight at it. Crowd was well pumped as we both landed huge shots on each other in the first like 30 seconds so we had nothing left for the remaining 30 seconds.

I won the fight by 6 points; one judge scored it by 7, the other 2 by 6. Great fight and great to get some experience under my belt. I have learned that I need to work on my defence more and that I have better fitness levels than I thought.

Very pleased I did it and looking forward to my next bout.

1-0 BABY!!!

Can ya please move this to the T&N section it isn't letting me make threads there for some reason.

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[P4PKING_2008]

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[Team Mayweather]

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