Have any of you ever?

[ferocity]

Its good to act ****y to get urself pumped up, but on inside you should always know where u stand. If u think ur really strong, ur gonna rely on ur power in the ring, even if u train fro speed. Itll end up being ur downfall.

Sure, those fighters FED of their ****yness, but they knew where they stood on the inside. They knew who they could match up with and who they couldnt. They talked **** to get adrenaline pumping so that they COULD be beat people they thought they couldnt

i disaggree you start having doubt in yourself before teh fight is on, and when you are in the ring that little voice will come back to haunt you in a difficult fight.

about speed and power thing you were describing.....that is what a good trainer is all about, teaching you the ins and outs of being in danger, getting out of danger, gone from one plan to the next plan.

[Bonafide]

Thought your punch was really weak then used it and realised it wasnt?

I was sparring this really frikin skinny korean guy at my gym. We both weigh 140lbs , this guy was about 5'7 or so...built like Erik Morales. Thin but compact...Holy **** this guy could punch. He had near perfect form and used his shoulders and hips everytime he punched. For a small guy he had really heavy hands. And he wasnt even that fast.

[Dr.Depravity]

Thats happend to me before. I got into a figth with this guy. I thought my left was really, really weak. Well I kept throwing it to this guys body not thinking it was doing anything. After he quit, not from the body blows so much, but I was able to grab ahold of his head and smack it into a metal pole a couple times. Anyways after we all cooled off. He said I "hit real hard" I was kinda surprised. Im still not convinced though. It doesn't feel like I throw it with much pop.

[Kball15]

I was sparring this really frikin skinny korean guy at my gym. We both weigh 140lbs , this guy was about 5'7 or so...built like Erik Morales. Thin but compact...Holy **** this guy could punch. He had near perfect form and used his shoulders and hips everytime he punched. For a small guy he had really heavy hands. And he wasnt even that fast.

tall skinny lanky type fighters are always the ones u should be most afraid of. lol. especially if they weight the same as u, but look like they weight 20 pounds less!!

Those fighters can freakin punch. outta my like 4 million fights, i always had trouble from the power of these tall skinny guys.

Diego corrales is the best example of can think of. Talls, very skinny, but boy does that kid pack a whollop

[ferocity]

in some of my amature fights i got some good shots in thinking they may cause damage they did nothing -besides stop them in their tracks- and i was expecting a knockdown or somthing, but when i reviewed the fight, i didn't follow up worth ****. you can daze or wobble fighters but its the follow up that counts.

[Kball15]

in some of my amature fights i got some good shots in thinking they may cause damage they did nothing -besides stop them in their tracks- and i was expecting a knockdown or somthing, but when i reviewed the fight, i didn't follow up worth ****. you can daze or wobble fighters but its the follow up that counts.

Yup, noticing when ur opponent is hurt can be very hard, especially with the masks AND if ur opponent is good at playing it off with his body language.

I almost never picked up on it either... it sounds like it would be so easy...

[GunStar]

Thought your punch was really weak then used it and realised it wasnt?

When I was a kid I thought my punches were weak, until I had my first fight.

[ferocity]

Yup, noticing when ur opponent is hurt can be very hard, especially with the masks AND if ur opponent is good at playing it off with his body language.

I almost never picked up on it either... it sounds like it would be so easy...

in my first 2 amature fights i could tell when they were dazed bu then after my 3 fight which as a lose, i concentrated more on going to 3 rounds since being tired costed me my 3 fight. one youa are sparring in enough time you ussally pick up on it, sooner or later. another thing is you can't think too much of what the other guy can hit you with when you see his dazed. this is what made delahoya the big name he became, early on, he noticed his opponet was hurt he'd finish him off right their and then.

[ferocity]

When I was a kid I thought my punches were weak, until I had my first fight.

they say hit like a mack truck but then you go and run away from margarito margarito still talks about the day he will meet up with you and the two of you will fight, he says he can knock you out, i stick up for you and tell him you'll at least get 2 punchs in before he knocks you out.

[AlterEgo]

What about finding out how strong your chin is. I once got kicked with full force on one side of my face while I was down while playing soccer and it hardly fazed me. I think I may have one of those toughman chins.