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If you fight in an amateur event you will probably lose because your effective punches are hidden within your combos. Amatuer judges award points for effective hits tallying total shots, winner is who ever lands the most clean punches. In the open division you'll have some newb swing for the fences on EVERY punch, looking like he has 6 arms just flailing away. You will get penalized for "running" too. In the novice division you might be able to better showcase your skill set but still het penalized for "running".
You literally have to learn to stay "in the box"...that is to say within hitting distance and learn to avoid getting hit by rolling, blocking, head movement, and weaving from the hips in order to impress and amatuer judge. That's why amateurs either swing like windmills on steroids or are robotic in their style. Punch patterns are usually: 1.....1.....1-2......1-2....1......1-3-1-2....almost always starting with a jan and ending witha cross as to make it easy for a judge to see. Pros usually faint....Cotto and Bute for example faint (or fake) a jab then immediately go to a body hook or body uppercut. Mayweather and Dawson will fake a jab altogether try and get their opponent to counter the faint and come back with a power cross. Sergio puts his hands down and dares you to come at him and throws the lead overhand right. They don't care How it looks so long as it gets the job done. On the other hand...P-Will, the K-Bros, Dzinzurik, Kotelnick, Khan, Kessler....these guys are more amatuer/textbook/Euro. Not a bad thing at all, just safer way and sometimes more efficient way of fighting. Unless you have tremendous speed and instincts it is recommended you stick to textbook. Boring but gets the job done.
You literally have to learn to stay "in the box"...that is to say within hitting distance and learn to avoid getting hit by rolling, blocking, head movement, and weaving from the hips in order to impress and amatuer judge. That's why amateurs either swing like windmills on steroids or are robotic in their style. Punch patterns are usually: 1.....1.....1-2......1-2....1......1-3-1-2....almost always starting with a jan and ending witha cross as to make it easy for a judge to see. Pros usually faint....Cotto and Bute for example faint (or fake) a jab then immediately go to a body hook or body uppercut. Mayweather and Dawson will fake a jab altogether try and get their opponent to counter the faint and come back with a power cross. Sergio puts his hands down and dares you to come at him and throws the lead overhand right. They don't care How it looks so long as it gets the job done. On the other hand...P-Will, the K-Bros, Dzinzurik, Kotelnick, Khan, Kessler....these guys are more amatuer/textbook/Euro. Not a bad thing at all, just safer way and sometimes more efficient way of fighting. Unless you have tremendous speed and instincts it is recommended you stick to textbook. Boring but gets the job done.
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