Second Amateur fight - need pointers on being pressured

[WarMaidana]

I won my first fight, I applied the pressure. But for this fight the guy was bigger and had more endurance to keep throwing and cominb forward. He was very wild but his pressure got him the win. My problem is footwork I dont ever try to move cause I dont have great footwork and havent worked on it much.

Im in red corner. Tell me what you think, any pointers would be great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3VabdCnz6I

[ophqui]

no, your real problem is that he was fitter than you. you got tired and your punches got wider and wider, and less and less frequent. If you had been fitter than him you would have won, you dont have to crack the da vinci code or have amazing technique to win your first couple of amateur bouts, just be better conditioned than him.
Other than that work on sitting down on your jab more, and throwing more of them, you tended towards throwing a pitty pat jab and loading up on your 2. When your boxing a southpaw (i am one), its even more important to establish your jab early, and smash it into his face as often as you can. . .and try to work the body more next time

[WarMaidana]

no, your real problem is that he was fitter than you. you got tired and your punches got wider and wider, and less and less frequent. If you had been fitter than him you would have won, you dont have to crack the da vinci code or have amazing technique to win your first couple of amateur bouts, just be better conditioned than him.
Other than that work on sitting down on your jab more, and throwing more of them, you tended towards throwing a pitty pat jab and loading up on your 2. When your boxing a southpaw (i am one), its even more important to establish your jab early, and smash it into his face as often as you can. . .and try to work the body more next time

thanks man, i do tend to throw to body often and throw a decent jab but somehow in this fight i didn't i find i have more trouble jabbing a southpaw also my adrenaline got the best of me and lost my gameplan and didnt work the body

[meanmoe]

Southpaw's have always given me trouble especially when they are taller then me. The best advice, and it is easy to forget in ring, is remember the right hand catches your left and the left your right. So if you throw a jab, he would use his right (jab) hand to catch it.

With your style, I would recommend slip left under his jab and look for a left hook to body .

Otherwise step left(your left away from his jab) and use straight rights, alot.

[sammiza567]

pick your punches better. take your time at first and land meaningful shot. dont just throw to throw. sometimes you have to trade but even as the infighter/pressure fighter you need to set up and pick your shot. when he jabbed you lean back and throw a flurry. instead when he jabs slip it and bomb him to the body and combo off it. spin out. its a mind game.

[BarryRobinson]

Inside Fighting

I won my first fight, I applied the pressure. But for this fight the guy was bigger and had more endurance to keep throwing and cominb forward. He was very wild but his pressure got him the win. My problem is footwork I dont ever try to move cause I dont have great footwork and havent worked on it much.

Im in red corner. Tell me what you think, any pointers would be great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3VabdCnz6I

Study Kenny Weldon and ask your coach to start teaching you the fundamentals on inside fighting

[Rockin']

I won my first fight, I applied the pressure. But for this fight the guy was bigger and had more endurance to keep throwing and cominb forward. He was very wild but his pressure got him the win. My problem is footwork I dont ever try to move cause I dont have great footwork and havent worked on it much.

Im in red corner. Tell me what you think, any pointers would be great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3VabdCnz6I

You look to be a new piece of clay that has yet to be properly molded. Don't worry at all about being perfect at this stage in your amatuer career, very few with your experience, if any, will be perfect.

You already have 2 of the essentials parts of being a fighter that I could see, you've got balls and you've got heart. These traits can never be taught so good for you on that.

This guy that you fought here was a south paw, that will normally throw a wrench into the works of a new fighter fighting out of the orthodoxed position. Orthadoxed fighters are taught from the begining to lead everything off of the jab but against a south paw the jab is no where near effective against them.

The easiest punch to land on a south paw is the straight right to his body. I saw you do this a few times but you must bring that hook in quickly behind it. Be it to the body or head you've got to get the hook off after.

Against a guy like this you could allow him to initiate the exchanges. This guy was a wild swinger/slapper. Look for him to begin throwing his combinations and just take a step backwards, he'll be left flailing his fists in front of you. Use your eyes, find a sweet spot and touch him hard when you when you see the openings.

Don't be afraid to take a backwards step or a few if needed. It's not neccesarily the aggression of your opponent that catches the eyes of the judges. If your punching him while he's pressing you and then stepping slightly out of his range you will catch the judges eyes and score points. It's not just aggression that wins fights it's affective aggression that gets the nod. So if he's aggressive and your using the ring scoring points the game is yours.

You look to be a rather heavy footed guy, meaning you don't move all that fast. But thats ok. Just a slight step or a couple steps backwards would have allowed you to use your eyes to find the openings.

Don't worry about the loss, we all have had them them when we are starting out fresh. Just remember that it's the future champions that take the loss as a lesson and show up the next day to do it all again.

Good luck in your future ventures in the ring. Dedication is a must at this stage of your career. Train hard, fight even harder and keep us posted..........Rockin'