Thinking In The Ring

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i still have the problem of not thinking when im on the floor doing padword or in the ring. i m starting to wonder if when i get into a altercation or my first match if ill resort back to streetfighting or make mistakes that cause me to get dropped. what can i do to remember everything im taught? i usually remember 2 things when im supposed to remember 5 and those two thing i usually forget halfway thru the round and i get tired. what can i do to stay calm and keep my head right?

First you must learn proper technique, then you must practise it until it becomes automatic and instinctive. Thinking on your feet, as it is often called, amounts to finding ways to probe your opponent's weakness and then exploiting openings. You should not have to "remember everything" you have been taught because to do so means that you never learned it properly to begin with. Boxing happens too fast to think your way through the various techniques.