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[MARKBNLV]

nice movement, you let your hands go acouple of times. Pretty good man. While you have good movement you never did anything with it. You would exchange, move and wait for him to punch you acouple of times before doing anything and then moving again and waiting again to take the same 2 shots before throwing back. Get off first, I know you hear it alot, and get of often. Now the guy was bigger so I understand the respect thing, but keep them big guys busy thinking about having to defend themselves and not of offensive schemes, and then you move out leaving with a jab. Don't wait for him, let one go then use your feet and find the range. Waiting for a fighter to deliver first is not a great habit. Oh yeah, that stuff where you get a certain distance away and you bounce up and down on your toes after exchanging, lose it. It would take less than a second for his fist to reach you, if your in the air during one of your cute little bounces it can cost you.

Good job, I'm interested in seeing more...........Rockin'

Great advice here,listen to this man he can help you alot.

[F l i c k e r]

Well, I just gotta say stop backing into the ropes. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it. You circle and then you always stop right against the ropes and try to fight off the ropes. That's got to go. Specially when you have circled and reversed positions, you did it in this video. The guy walked right into the ropes after you circled out and you just backed off and reseted against the ropes again.

You'll get taken advantage of every time if you do that. Your opponent doesn't even have to be hurting you, they can just point fight, if you sit on the ropes. You lose.

pretty good though. just keep puttin in work.

[MARKBNLV]

Well, I just gotta say stop backing into the ropes. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it. You circle and then you always stop right against the ropes and try to fight off the ropes. That's got to go. Specially when you have circled and reversed positions, you did it in this video. The guy walked right into the ropes after you circled out and you just backed off and reseted against the ropes again.

You'll get taken advantage of every time if you do that. Your opponent doesn't even have to be hurting you, they can just point fight, if you sit on the ropes. You lose.

pretty good though. just keep puttin in work.

I did look 3 posts up...............

[JM1]

FYI: For anyone who actually boxes, I found this video to be crazy useful. It has a bunch of very small, scientific adjustments that a fighter can make in order to become a more efficient fighter. The comment about biting down on your mouthpiece reminded me of it.


Hopkins calls pulling the right back when jabbing the bow and arrow. One of those things I'll never forget in my life.

For the TS, don't get discouraged or try to change your style. There are a few reasons for this. If you are contemplating ever going pro, you don't want to switch to a lame ass amateur style only to have to switch back later... it's going to be hard to do and will destroy a lot of progress that you have made with your current style. In addition, you picked your current style because you were the most comfortable with it, and it works well for you... it's natural. Switching it may be what successful amateur fighters do, but you trying to fit into a new style is unlikely to yield the same type of success that they have with it, considering how long they have stuck with it.

Finally... it's not always the windmill, no power slappers that have amateur success. Hard punching Felix Diaz who fought with more of a professional style and had a consistent body attack was rewarded with a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics. So, that style can work in the amateurs... don't get discouraged.

Felix Diaz turned pro, and here is his record if you are interested at all: http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...2699&cat=boxer

If you are going to change your style at all for whatever reason, another professional friendly one is probably the way to go, because, in addition to all the reasons above, I can't imagine that it is going to be fun to box in a style that has less than no chance of landing punches that your opponent feels, which will grind down your desire to work in the gym over time is my guess.

Okay, done typing! Good luck!

thanks for all the input bro. im about to watch the vid you posted

Remind me of Cotto somewhat, you look good man, as stated, alot better than most of the sparring videos I've seen on here. Just keep up the good work.

thanks dom. when i started boxing i was really trying to immitate miguel and then on the middle of my progress i was finally able to develope my own style only to get feedbacks telling me that i style look like cotto when fighting. never thought that i would get responses that i fight like cotto ever since i was able to identify my style, hell some people even said i look like cotto

Lol, you are at least the third person to say that in this thread.

Take it as a complement though JM. Cotto has a very exciting, and effective style. It is the blend that Larry Merchant always cries about when he's on the rag, about how it's............... fine to hit...... and not....... get hit.... as long..................... as you... are hitting.

It's technical, but violent. A good two things to have.



^^^ I agree with a lot of this. I didn't realize it before, but you are waiting on him a lot... you don't need to initiate combos, but it is nice to throw the jab out at him unprovoked from time to time... that gives him something to think about, because he has to worry about walking into punches when he starts his combo, as well as your precise counterpunches when he is done.

Also, I didn't see the bouncing the first time I watched, but he is 100% right. If it is there, lose it. You are immobile when your feet are off the ground, and people who hit things literally all day are going to have fists fast enough to reach you before you hit the ground again. This is especially important for a fighter like you, who relies so heavily on moving in and out to avoid punches.

i definitely take it as a compliment and an Honor. cotto is easily one of my most favorite fighters

[JM1]

Well, I just gotta say stop backing into the ropes. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it. You circle and then you always stop right against the ropes and try to fight off the ropes. That's got to go. Specially when you have circled and reversed positions, you did it in this video. The guy walked right into the ropes after you circled out and you just backed off and reseted against the ropes again.

You'll get taken advantage of every time if you do that. Your opponent doesn't even have to be hurting you, they can just point fight, if you sit on the ropes. You lose.

pretty good though. just keep puttin in work.

im doing it on purpose flick. im practicing fighting on the ropes but i never do it on my real fights. sparring to me is learning and its where i try the things i want to learn

[JM1]

nice movement, you let your hands go acouple of times. Pretty good man. While you have good movement you never did anything with it. You would exchange, move and wait for him to punch you acouple of times before doing anything and then moving again and waiting again to take the same 2 shots before throwing back. Get off first, I know you hear it alot, and get of often. Now the guy was bigger so I understand the respect thing, but keep them big guys busy thinking about having to defend themselves and not of offensive schemes, and then you move out leaving with a jab. Don't wait for him, let one go then use your feet and find the range. Waiting for a fighter to deliver first is not a great habit. Oh yeah, that stuff where you get a certain distance away and you bounce up and down on your toes after exchanging, lose it. It would take less than a second for his fist to reach you, if your in the air during one of your cute little bounces it can cost you.

Good job, I'm interested in seeing more...........Rockin'

so whenever i get on the ropes, i would have to throw my combinations?

Pretty good bro,two things i did pick up though are that you fall in when throwing your right hand dont do that,also stay off of the ropes.you have a nice looking jab the only flaw i see is you need to sit down on it a little more,and when moving work on your laterall movement pop that jab step over and blast him to the body or the head.As my trainer used to tell me quit back peddling and turn that mothaphucka.

im practicing my right straight bro. for some reason im having a hard time putting power on my right straight without semi falling specially when i try to switch my hips when throwing a power shot. you got any idea why?

[Rockin']

so whenever i get on the ropes, i would have to throw my combinations?

Honestly, you want to throw combinations anywhere that you are in the ring. One shot pot shots or flicking a jab will not keep a guy off of you. I don't see why you would want to give your opponent any free shots, whether resting against the ropes or not. The way that I was raised was when the ropes touch your back it's time to move to another position. Why just lay there and let him take back whatever momentum that you may have gained. I trained alot around James Toney, he loved to lay on the ropes and make guys miss, he was good at it. But he was also doing it for a rest. But you are not James Toney, just stay off of the ropes, it allows your opponent to get off and may give the judges the wrong impression of what is really happening in the bout and there is no time to rest in a 6 minute bout..........Rockin'

[MARKBNLV]

Honestly, you want to throw combinations anywhere that you are in the ring. One shot pot shots or flicking a jab will not keep a guy off of you. I don't see why you would want to give your opponent any free shots, whether resting against the ropes or not. The way that I was raised was when the ropes touch your back it's time to move to another position. Why just lay there and let him take back whatever momentum that you may have gained. I trained alot around James Toney, he loved to lay on the ropes and make guys miss, he was good at it. But he was also doing it for a rest. But you are not James Toney, just stay off of the ropes, it allows your opponent to get off and may give the judges the wrong impression of what is really happening in the bout and there is no time to rest in a 6 minute bout..........Rockin'

All great points man,stay active unless of course you have power,its like poker pretending you have the nuts when you have 72,keep moving more laterally then straight back,its really hard to tell i can see your technigue but i do not know if you have power or feather fists.

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im the guy with a shirt on. i apologize for the poor vid quality

honestly???? get better video quality! lol, jk,

looks like you got a good foundation and set of skills. one thing i did notice, even though you are sparring and i don't know if you were exhausted or not or if it was the first thing you did in the day, but the only thing that I saw in the short 1:34 video was that you were waiting on the guy sometimes and when you did, you got the worst of it, but when you lead and didnt' wait you looked really good.

foot work seems on point and your balance seemed pretty well, also, you didn't look awkward in there, keep up the good work.

[Las Vegas,]

Not bad at all. I'll tell you what's good and bad.

The good:
1)You have crisp strikes, sure you make a few errors here and there but they're real good.

2)Foot movement, you have good foot movement.

The bad:
1)Semi to no head movement, if the guy was right handed, you were going into his power side(left), with no head movement depending how fast the guy was he could of easily hit you with an over hand right. Watch out for that.

2)Committing too much to that right hand, I suggest keeping a variety of strikes, including using left hooks/uppercuts more often.

3)You have ring control, use it. Don't get caught up in the ropes.

Keep up the good work bro, you're good.