Me sparring after 8 months of experience

[Ray Corso]

After you punch you stand in front of the spar partner why? You should step over to the right and hook the body (mid section) then chop the right hand down over his shoulder. Or step to left and throw your right hand to the mis section and chop down with your left hook over the shoulder or in front of the kidney. You also use a one handed defense technique that will get you in trouble if your not moving your head ALL the TIME!! A well schooled boxer will come after you when he sees just one hand defense you must have upper body movement and head movement thats in coordination with your finishing punch. Also the gap of space between your chin and left shoulder is often big, thats a huge mistake again with the one hand defense.
Always look to get off more than one shot unless your looking to see what your opponent is going to do when you throw but remember sitting and waiting is usually unwise. Work in combinations and finish with your weaves after your final punch or step over to his side and continue to throw and add pressure.
You look fairly relaxed and other than moving your head "outside" your gloves you look like you have a plan you just need to apply it enough. The guy your sparring with is the perfect guy to work on your defense and countering with but you must work on taking the lead also. Good luck and when in postion to throw combos (sit down) bend your knees abit and see if you can duplicate the effect of grabbing the flooring with your toes! Old school approach to throwing power! Ray Corso

[-Executioner-]

Well hello fellow miscer

[frosty-g]

im the strongest fighter pound for pound in any weight class for amateurs. i hack squat 800 lbs..i have devasting power so u can laugh but the reality is i hit like a middleweight

i'm sure he will continue to laugh as will many others...

lol u obviously dont know what sparring is intended for..rofl its to learn from each other not hurt each other

in what way is it a sparring "match" then exactly? "rofl" at you.

["Shion"]

How you doing, man?

I'm the cousin that Ido was talking about.

As far as analyzing your video goes, don't take any offense to what I'm about to say. All of this is constructive criticism that will help you in your training and point out minor/serious flaws with your boxing. I don't care how strong you are, or how you're fighting a guy who is a couple weight classes above you. I, myself, would be put to spar with the 180 lb Irish national champ, and it was all for certain boxing abilities that had to be acquired.

So #1, just because you're fighting with a person who is weight classes above, it does not mean that you're any better or that much more experienced. Take that with a grain of salt, and don't let it fill your ego.

#2, judging both of your footwork, one thing that you both need to do is to be on your toes. By the end of the round, you both seemed very, VERY flatfooted. Focus on alot of jump rope. It will help you place your feet correctly when punching, thus, giving your punches that much more speed; therefore, more power.

#3, move your ****ing heads. In the first 30 seconds, you both ducked a bit, but it all went to **** once bombs started to fly. Don't focus on throwing only bombs, man. Focus on analyzing your opponent, finding the right timing on when to bob and weave, and duck, THEN throwing a punch.

Your opponent will get that much more tired at hitting air, and being hit with a well placed counter punch, rather than being hit with a badly placed counter and connecting his own shots.

Last but not least, #4: keep your hands up.
Both of you dropped your hands halfway through the round, which is why you and he were both taking shots.
Many of the punches you took could've been avoided if your hands were up.
Tip: If you can't see your hands, then they're in the wrong place.

I, myself, also never lifted any weights for my Golden Gloves training. All I ever lifted was my own body weight with push ups and pull ups. That, jumping rope, and keeping my hands up are what, pretty much, got me to the finals of the Chicago Golden Gloves.

All in all, the sparring match wasn't poorly executed; it was simple bad habits that can be fixed SIMPLY.

[berkeleyboxer]

You have some problems with your feet. Mostly they are too far apart and this affects a number of other things that you do as well. For instance, you tend to throw your left hook off the front foot. For it to be a truly effective punch, the weight needs to get turned onto the right leg, and your feet are generally too far apart for that to happen. Tighten up your stance a bit and you'll be suprised at how much faster you are on your feet and sharper with your punches, both faster and harder.
There are times when you do things to create openings and do not capitalize on them. For example, parrying that jab. Parrying creates an opening and a few times you let that slip by you. I think it is probably a combination of two things, your thought process first and foremost, then your feet. See, you want to maintain your distance so you can be just out of reach of that jab and flat out ignore it because every time you slip or parry and do nothing else, you tip off what you are thinking to a good opponent. They'll take advantage of that. So when you do parry the jab, come right in behind it. And that is easier if your feet are not so far apart.
You swing your right hand instead of really punching with it, not much turn on it, and sometimes your chin is right up in the air. You look about right for 8 months. Keep up the hard work and you'll be alright.

yea i noticed that i could have countered a lot more and will start to put my feet closer together..

[berkeleyboxer]

After you punch you stand in front of the spar partner why? You should step over to the right and hook the body (mid section) then chop the right hand down over his shoulder. Or step to left and throw your right hand to the mis section and chop down with your left hook over the shoulder or in front of the kidney. You also use a one handed defense technique that will get you in trouble if your not moving your head ALL the TIME!! A well schooled boxer will come after you when he sees just one hand defense you must have upper body movement and head movement thats in coordination with your finishing punch. Also the gap of space between your chin and left shoulder is often big, thats a huge mistake again with the one hand defense.
Always look to get off more than one shot unless your looking to see what your opponent is going to do when you throw but remember sitting and waiting is usually unwise. Work in combinations and finish with your weaves after your final punch or step over to his side and continue to throw and add pressure.
You look fairly relaxed and other than moving your head "outside" your gloves you look like you have a plan you just need to apply it enough. The guy your sparring with is the perfect guy to work on your defense and countering with but you must work on taking the lead also. Good luck and when in postion to throw combos (sit down) bend your knees abit and see if you can duplicate the effect of grabbing the flooring with your toes! Old school approach to throwing power! Ray Corso

yea i load up my punchs too much and need to throw lighter punches to set up the big ones

[berkeleyboxer]

How you doing, man?

I'm the cousin that Ido was talking about.

As far as analyzing your video goes, don't take any offense to what I'm about to say. All of this is constructive criticism that will help you in your training and point out minor/serious flaws with your boxing. I don't care how strong you are, or how you're fighting a guy who is a couple weight classes above you. I, myself, would be put to spar with the 180 lb Irish national champ, and it was all for certain boxing abilities that had to be acquired.

So #1, just because you're fighting with a person who is weight classes above, it does not mean that you're any better or that much more experienced. Take that with a grain of salt, and don't let it fill your ego.

#2, judging both of your footwork, one thing that you both need to do is to be on your toes. By the end of the round, you both seemed very, VERY flatfooted. Focus on alot of jump rope. It will help you place your feet correctly when punching, thus, giving your punches that much more speed; therefore, more power.

#3, move your ****ing heads. In the first 30 seconds, you both ducked a bit, but it all went to **** once bombs started to fly. Don't focus on throwing only bombs, man. Focus on analyzing your opponent, finding the right timing on when to bob and weave, and duck, THEN throwing a punch.

Your opponent will get that much more tired at hitting air, and being hit with a well placed counter punch, rather than being hit with a badly placed counter and connecting his own shots.

Last but not least, #4: keep your hands up.
Both of you dropped your hands halfway through the round, which is why you and he were both taking shots.
Many of the punches you took could've been avoided if your hands were up.
Tip: If you can't see your hands, then they're in the wrong place.

I, myself, also never lifted any weights for my Golden Gloves training. All I ever lifted was my own body weight with push ups and pull ups. That, jumping rope, and keeping my hands up are what, pretty much, got me to the finals of the Chicago Golden Gloves.

All in all, the sparring match wasn't poorly executed; it was simple bad habits that can be fixed SIMPLY.

im doin good and thx for taking the time to give me advice.. yea i noticed keep my left hand at my chest instead of keeping it high but ive corrected that since that video.. i need to stop loading up on my right hand and need to throw more combinations. i need to throw lighter punches to set up the bombs. i dont really jump rope too much so i ll need to add that to my routine

[them_apples]

lose the chicken wings otherwise good job keep it up. And stay at this weight, dont try and bulk, you are at a good weight now.

[JMoney18]

You seemed to hesitant and cautious.. however you kept calm which is good. Move around more, throw harder punches, more jabs.... boxing needs people who are quicker, hit harder and aren't afraid of getting in there and getting roughed up. To me.. that makes a fight exciting and most likely will put you ahead of your opponent.

[KayDub]

well hes been boxing for 4 years and has had 4 amatuer fights and i had none so i doing fine for my experience and my power will destroy everybody in my weight class once i develop more

Dude, the guy you're sparring looks greener than you.

Keep your ****ing hands up.