First Amateur Fight - Need your advice

[agentonthelow]

My brother had his first amateur fight a few days ago. I am the one yelling commands. Up to this fight, he trained for 2 months in skill and conditioning. He trained hardest the last 2 weeks after learning about the fight. The fight is 3 rounds with each round at 1 min 30 seconds. After the fight, he regretted not throwing more punches and admitted to putting too much thought about his opponents counter punch. You can see all three rounds by clicking on the link below.

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=j9u9s3&s=5

Below is a small clip of his 123 combo before his bout. I have more mitt work videos but need to resize to upload.

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=nohagm&s=5

Any advice and feedback about his stance, guard, etc would be greatly appreciated.

[RightHooker]

Needs to hold his hands higher. That alone will greatly reduce the number of shots he takes.

[eazy_mas]

not to forget to put his chin down.

[Flicker Jab]

Tell your brother to drop weight classes. That looked like a welterweight fighting a cruiserweight.

[Flicker Jab]

If he wants to stay in that weight class, he needs to get stronger and faster with his punches. Trying to be an outboxer with that kind of height disadvantage is the epitome of foolish. Speed and power will always defeat technique if enough stamina is behind who's punching. That guy needs to completely revise his style and focus on infighting skills, if he had even a hint of a good left hook he would have touched brutha-mang's liver up pretty well. Instead we saw a decent 1st round, then he ruized the rest of the fight, clinching and trying to punch out of clinches and ****. Tell that boy to do more running and get in close on taller guys, to smother their power.


BTW, you complained to the ref, or someone by you did, when the black guy landed a hook out of a clinch, right after your brother did the exact same thing, just with less power. Just cause someone hits hard don't make 'em a criminal, they did the same ****in thing.

[LVBoxer1]

He looked scared and nervous as hell lol. Keep those hands up higher.

[Leakbeak]

He looks very slow on the pads. Increase his work rate, speed and use that jab. If you are trying to box on the outside then you have to establish a good jab. Box off the jab when you are on the outside. He doesn't establish it in the first place and throws very few punches in general. Do punch outs on the pads for last 30 secs of each round. And work on his defence, his hands are too low.

[Flicker Jab]

He looks very slow on the pads. Increase his work rate, speed and use that jab. If you are trying to box on the outside then you have to establish a good jab. Box off the jab when you are on the outside. He doesn't establish it in the first place and throws very few punches in general. Do punch outs on the pads for last 30 secs of each round. And work on his defence, his hands are too low.

Establish the jab against an opponent four inches taller, with longer arms to boot? Are you sure you know what the **** you're talking about? The kid needs to dash inside, and get in close tight short looping hard punches on taller opponents, not **** around with the jab.

[Flicker Jab]

If you fight that black kid again use a pressure strategy emphasizing looping punches and develop a good left hook to the body and use it on him over and over...he is wide open for it, feint the cross and come back with the left hook downstairs, he's a jumpy fighter, the way he reacted to your jab-feint tells that tale.

[Ivansmamma]

Who booed when the black fighter was introduced?