Official 2009 Fight Thread

[Pharoahe]

Update for me... fight next week on saturday at 154. 3x3 rounds and ive been training with a completely different gameplan with my trainer hopefully it will work. wish me luck guys

How tall are ya? Anyways, good luck.

[mspiegelo]

not bad.

yeah pretty close fight, i can see how he just edged it though.

some things i noticed:

your lead hand was way too low, and a lot of the time you were lunging in with no jab and your target area wide open, a more experienced fighter would have really had a field day with that, bring your arms up in tighter and hands higher next time, and you seem tall for the weight, so keep popping that long jab and cross from a high guard

several times you had him backed onto the ropes or in the corner and you threw a few shots before backing away and letting him out of trouble. never do that. when you have him in there, throw a combo, move just of range (like slide your feet only a half step back) and dart back in again with a combo and keep going in and out driving those combos to the head and body in, and more likely than not you will put an 8 count on him if you get a few solid shots through, then after the count or when hes hurt just pummel him relentlessly until the ref steps in

you should have parried his shots more and countered over the top, being taller you should have parried his shots more and came over the top, you would have picked up some easy points

also keep that lead hand out, constantly jabbing and probing, looking for openings then bam drive in a powerful cross or hook, then move out of range and dart back on him with more punches

but overall you did pretty good man, that other guy wasnt bad and you made it extremely close, you have pretty good ability and should win your next fight if you just make those adjustments...trust me hands up and those basic things i mentioned get you a long way in your first few fights as an amateur, i could see you kinda trying to roll off a few of his shots with your lead shoulder, keeping your lead hand down etc......thats better left for when you get more experience, often when you try and use it as a novice it goes against you or you cant really use it effectively

but good work anyway and best of luck in your next fight

cool. thanks a lot for the tips and for taking a sec to watch. i am excited to fight again. i am still training hard. the only thing is, b/c i am waiting to make my golden gloves debut until next year, and there are no club events while the gloves are going on, I won't be able to fight again until april or May at the latest. ITs good b/c it gives me an absurd amount of time to train and reflect on what i should have done differently so that i am 1000 times better next time. i only started serious boxing training this past june, so i can literally feel myself get better from week to week still....

[KostyaTszyu44]

cool. thanks a lot for the tips and for taking a sec to watch. i am excited to fight again. i am still training hard. the only thing is, b/c i am waiting to make my golden gloves debut until next year, and there are no club events while the gloves are going on, I won't be able to fight again until april or May at the latest. ITs good b/c it gives me an absurd amount of time to train and reflect on what i should have done differently so that i am 1000 times better next time. i only started serious boxing training this past june, so i can literally feel myself get better from week to week still....

thats good then, you'll have good time to prepare, just make sure you are getting lots of quality sparring

you've only had 6 months of training? not bad, you should win your next one...that was a close loss....i could defo see a case for either fighter winning

[Danny Gunz]

How tall are ya? Anyways, good luck.

5'10 my normal weight is 145 but it was either wait a month and fight at 147 or i can take this fight at 154

[rufige]

i got my first tournament coming up on feb. 6th

i'll try and get some of them recorded

[ScottDBA]

What tournament is it rufige?

[rufige]

What tournament is it rufige?

Brampton Cup in Ontario, Canada. It's going to be my second fight, so I just entered in novice.

[Juof]

i won my fight! im now 1 win 1 lose i beat the kid on a rematch im really happy!

[mspiegelo]

i won my fight! im now 1 win 1 lose i beat the kid on a rematch im really happy!

cong**** bro!

[Danny Gunz]

I just had a fight yesterday, i won but it was pretty controversial i have to admit I won the first round he won the second round and was winning the third round and i had a good flurry of punches with like 30 seconds left that i think won me the round.

Ill still take it though