me sparring 2-1-07(VIDEO)

[fraidycat]

I would REALLY, REALLY like to see you fight Donald "I'm a Real Motha****in G" Hoskins. (Someone should post their fight vids back to back.)

I would put money toward making that fight happen.

[MickyHatton]

Looking good V!

My only minor criticism is that you tend to load up too much.

You fight in a very similar style to how I fought, in my early days I loaded up with most of my shots and put most of my opponents away, as I stepped up in class I found that this no longer worked and I ran out of steam.
I went back into the gym and concentrated on more scoring shots and arm punches with a mix of the bigger shots thrown in, I went from strength to strength after that.

I would try fast arm combo's with the odd bigger shot thrown in, as I said though pal you are looking good!

[The Raging Bull]

Looking good V!

My only minor criticism is that you tend to load up too much.

You fight in a very similar style to how I fought, in my early days I loaded up with most of my shots and put most of my opponents away, as I stepped up in class I found that this no longer worked and I ran out of steam.
I went back into the gym and concentrated on more scoring shots and arm punches with a mix of the bigger shots thrown in, I went from strength to strength after that.

I would try fast arm combo's with the odd bigger shot thrown in, as I said though pal you are looking good!

I gotta question Micky. It will probably sound ******, but in amateur fights do arm punches score?

[MickyHatton]

I gotta question Micky. It will probably sound ******, but in amateur fights do arm punches score?

Yes mate, as long as they aren't tippy tappy. A scoring blow to the target area is obviously interpreted by the judges in many ways but I have always taught my boxers to 'knock the sweat' off the guard. You can certainly do that with arm punches.
The important thing to remember is that everyone hits with differing force, a scoring blow is just a correctly delivered punch, you do not always need to put your full weight behind each shot!

Great question though mate!

[Verstyle]

Looking good V!

My only minor criticism is that you tend to load up too much.

You fight in a very similar style to how I fought, in my early days I loaded up with most of my shots and put most of my opponents away, as I stepped up in class I found that this no longer worked and I ran out of steam.
I went back into the gym and concentrated on more scoring shots and arm punches with a mix of the bigger shots thrown in, I went from strength to strength after that.

I would try fast arm combo's with the odd bigger shot thrown in, as I said though pal you are looking good!

the only punches i loaded up on were the bodyshots all the rest of the shots i didnt have proper leverage but they said they still felt it. and i already had stepped up in class ahaah.those guy have 10-15 pounds on me there.and will fight at around 175 while im going to fight at 152lbs. i usually always spar bigger ppl. and i will concentrate on more speed in amateurs to score

[PeRc-piskot]

....I watch to much tyson and have picked up on some of his habits in his prime that wasnt all that good...

Hehe...this is exactly what i was thinking watching you.
Although i am kickboxing (for now) i am watching a lot of Ali's fights and automaticly i am fighting "his style" when we spar. Its good that you have idol, but althought you have to find, like the Bruce Lee would say, "how water fits into you"- you have to make your own style.

GJ- keep up the good work!

[potatoes]

i hear jabs win fights in amateurs,and body shots dont count for much,is this true?

Yeah, it is true. Very often they don't even score bodyshots. Amateur scoring is unfair to short sluggers like Versatile2k7. What is likely to happen over the course of his amateur is a series of knockouts of weak opponents, then losses on points against the slick boxers. The problem is not lack of ability, the problem is lack of time. Four, two minute rounds just isn't enough time to chop off their legs. A classic example of this was the match between Willy Blain against Alexander Maletin, at the 2004 Olympics. Maletin beat the crap out of Blain, yet Blain won the fight!

[PunchDrunk]

Yeah, it is true. Very often they don't even score bodyshots. Amateur scoring is unfair to short sluggers like Versatile2k7. What is likely to happen over the course of his amateur is a series of knockouts of weak opponents, then losses on points against the slick boxers. The problem is not lack of ability, the problem is lack of time. Four, two minute rounds just isn't enough time to chop off their legs. A classic example of this was the match between Willy Blain against Alexander Maletin, at the 2004 Olympics. Maletin beat the crap out of Blain, yet Blain won the fight!

You're absolutely right, no argument there. Amateur boxing, for the most part, favours tall, straight punching boxers.

What I want to address though, is your implicit statement that this is somehow "wrong" (for lack of a better word). I don't necessarily agree with this. What we need to understand by now, is that amateur and professional boxing are different from one another, the same way 100m sprinting is different from a 10k distance run (though not as extreme of a difference). Both are running, but the talent needed to win the 100m sprint won't guarantee success in a 10k run (in running, a world class sprinter would have no chance in a world class 10k race, where a world class amateur boxer might make a name fr himself in the pro's).

In my opinion, amateur boxing is not better or worse than professional, just different. It takes a slightly different set of talents to be effective in amateur and professional boxing, so I watch them both for what they are. Judging an amateur boxer by a professional standard and vice versa, really isn't fair to either.

[triggnom]

son good work, look like a lil mike tyson in there lol, nice and composed, not too tense, beautiful hooks, nice footwork, must be in good conditioning cause you didnt seem winded, you keep your legs movin, good job man,

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did you ever box at a gym called KID KELY'S?
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[Verstyle]

son good work, look like a lil mike tyson in there lol, nice and composed, not too tense, beautiful hooks, nice footwork, must be in good conditioning cause you didnt seem winded, you keep your legs movin, good job man,

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did you ever box at a gym called KID KELY'S?
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naw i never boxed at that gym before