pro vs. amature technique

[Terror Child T8]

Learning the proffesionals way will not help your amateur carreer because how they score amateur and proffesional fights is different. pro's take there time, picking and landing accurate shots, preserving energy by not doing much in early rounds to increase longevity throughout the 12 rounds.

Judges in the pro game score on style, accuracy etc. for example floyd maywether is pound for pound king (which i think is a very true statement). reason being is he throws half as many punches, uses half of his energy and still wins fights, you could never do that in the amateur game because its all scored on how many punches land, regardless of anything else.

thats why amateur fights look fast and scrappy because judges are simply counting and scoring punches landed within a very short amount of time (less rounds), so amateurs feel the need and urgency to wild out on their opponents.

I hate amateur boxing for that reason, but everyone needs to prove themself before going pro

[DA1CATAS]

It depends... if you fight like a Pro and don't get the K.O. an AM fighter that throws alot of punches will beat you everytime.

All they gotta do is land on the white part in the AMs..

Unless you fight like Calzaghe which is sorta an AM style of Pro fighting..

Throw alot and get the points. Understand where I'm getting at?

[mgkirkpatrick]

man i hate the amateur style.. if some guy tickles me 4 times and i sit him on his ass 3 times.. he wins the fight? doesnt suit me

[PunchDrunk]

It depends... if you fight like a Pro and don't get the K.O. an AM fighter that throws alot of punches will beat you everytime.

All they gotta do is land on the white part in the AMs..

Unless you fight like Calzaghe which is sorta an AM style of Pro fighting..

Throw alot and get the points. Understand where I'm getting at?

In my opinion that depends on what you mean by "style." The only thing Calzaghe's style has in common with amateur boxing is that he keeps a high pace. As far as technique, the way he throws his punches, the sort of hits he's aiming for, footwork, tactics etc., it is far different than amateurs. The top international level ones at least, and since they're the best at that style, they're the ones you should compare to.

[Terror Child T8]

Thats a good point about the knockout but knockouts come rarely in amateur ranks which again is why pro styles dont really work.

[DA1CATAS]

I knew a response like that was coming... lol thats why i shouldn't have used calzaghe when I was really only referring to hiw workrate of a good Am Fighter.

[PunchDrunk]

I knew a response like that was coming... lol thats why i shouldn't have used calzaghe when I was really only referring to hiw workrate of a good Am Fighter.

I know what you're saying, I just felt like clarifying that actually looking at good amateur fighters to understand what makes a succesful am fighter is the best way to go. Oh, and that Calzaghe's "style" is a lot less technically proficient than most top ams.

[nedcmk1]

There were some brutal brutal fights in this years NYC Golden gloves and quite a few nasty knockouts.

[jberg]

thanks this has all been helpful
i spoke to my coach the other day and he said that he doesnt even enter the serious guys at his gym for am fights, only pro ones when/if theyre good enough. i spoke to the trainer whos only 18 and he said he had to get am fights secretly, its better than the other gym i was at and closer but im beginning to have wished there was an alternative.
also, wats the youngest age you can fight pro? (not trying to imply im good enough)

[Unanimous]

i spoke to the trainer whos only 18....

Hmmm! 18 sounds a bit too young for me to be a trainer. I mean, what real experience can you muster in the game by that age to be able to train new boxers to the art of boxing?