Called it Even

[esponda]

Our punches were limited to straights; my understanding was, he was nursing a rib injury. I am in the red headgear.

so what? that was his problem not yours !

you should've broken his ribs the hell out !

haha good fight dude, looks good

keep it going

[fraidycat]

so what? that was his problem not yours !

you should've broken his ribs the hell out !

Ehh, he's a friend of mine and a real nice guy. And it was just a friendly exhibition match.

At 00:05 into the second video (below) he unloads on me -- you can hear the crowd going "Ooooooooo" -- and at 00:07 I hit him with an overhand right -- probably the only full-force punch I threw in the fight, IIRC, and it sent him back two steps -- at which point I gave the boy a moment to reflect on the error of his ways.

You can see me motion, "You okay? Good. Now, don't make me do that again."

[SquareCircle]

Winky,

Your defense was what shined the most in this clip. The straight right hand at the end was fun to watch, too. Props for getting a video on here.

[phallus]

I kept freezing up, dammit. I just can't get past it; someone throws a flurry and I freeze. I've been fighting this since I started boxing over a year ago.

Positives:

1.) I was able to shake it off each time, dig deep, and resume slugging.
2.) In, IIRC, the second round, I nailed him with a straight left to the face that stunned him, and had this been an amateur bout instead of an exhibition match, I could've put him on the canvas with a combo; as it was, I stopped and asked him if he was OK even before the ref could step in (at my gym some guys call me "Gentleman Joe," BTW)
3.) I kept my foot outside his (I'm southpaw; he's orthodox) for most of the fight and whenever I saw him shift his foot outside I knew the right cross was coming and I was able to duck/block/intercept/parry it; a couple of times I hit him first with my left cross.
4.) My wife saw the whole thing and is proud as hell.

Negatives:

1.) I took another punch to the ear and it's ringing again; I may have reinjured or aggravated the perforation from a couple of weeks ago.
2.) See #1. ****ing ouch.
3.) He was nursing a rib injury and at the last moment I was told we were to throw straights only.

It was, IMO, a good fight and I will have video and stills within 24 hours. It may be in several pieces as my father-in-law was taking video with his camera.

G'nite.

On review, I can see immediately that I need to quit leaning and relax. Man, I look scared in the videos. I think I loosened up later in the fight.

I will see if I can get the entire fight from someone.

Winky,

Your defense was what shined the most in this clip. The straight right hand at the end was fun to watch, too. Props for getting a video on here.

good stuff... u look too tense though, u need to be more relaxed in there. in the toughest fight i ever had, the other guy was just schooling me with his combinations, i could only land one meaningful shot at a time because there was so much coming in. i know if i hadn't tensed up so much i could have let the hands go

[KingDosia]

YAY Joe is back in the Ring!!!! hahaha
Not bad Noob. Not bad. You already know what to fix so I'll hold my toungue. Felt better than last time huh?

[PunchDrunk]

Good stuff Fraidy. Keep getting in there and working at it man.