5th Fight

[tblefever]

I had my 5th Police Athletic League Guns N Hoses fight this week and got the win. I felt good in there but I know I still need to get better. I've been doing these 3 one minute round fights every year for charity and I think I'd fare better in 2 minute round amateur fights. My defense can obviously get sloppy and I didn't let my hands go the way I wanted to in this one but a win's a win. I appreciate the feedback both positive and critical. Thanks ya'll. I'm the guy in blue by the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBzLIUp7uJA&t=14s

[Rockin']

which guy are you?

[tblefever]

Blue

I'm blue, sorry. Probably should have mentioned that.

[OctoberRed]

I'm blue, sorry. Probably should have mentioned that.

Not bad. It was bombs way when you two get in close.

[McNulty]

ROUND 1
Nice slip to left hook and knockdown at 2:00. Slick!

Nice catch and shoot at 2:15

At 2:18 you're out of position after the right hand and your legs are squared. Ate a jab for it. Simple fix, don't square your feet.

2:25 your right leg is doing something weird. Should have shuffled in when you went forward.

As you got the fighter hurt you're lowering your arms and stuff. I know the adrenaline is pumping, but be conscious of that.

ROUND 2

Your chin is high and you're footwork needs tightening. Besides that, good round!

ROUND 3

Legs are square, chin is up, hands are low.

Overall: A-

Things to Fix:
Footwork: Stop squaring up. Maybe a bit wide at times.
Defense: Keep your chin down and keep your arms up.
Body Work: Shoe-shine, body-to-head, head-to-body, etc.

Things I Liked:
Tempo
Conditioning
Parrying

Am I wrong or does your training go quite far back? You don't look like a casual cop doing Police League fights.

[Rockin']

Good job my man, that guy is not on the same level as you. You were always pressuring him, very nice. Nice jab, in good shape. Oh yeah, that hook that dropped him early, very nice. The only thing that I will say that you did wrong was slipping his jab to your left. Somebody will let a nice right hand go and you will walk right in to it, I've done it and the **** hurts. Yeah you squared up a bit too much. Why no body work, I'm sure that you would have stopped him if you have included some. But still, nice ****in' job. Take the good wins with the not so good wins, it does not matter. You faced a challenge and walked all over him. Good work

[tblefever]

ROUND 1
Nice slip to left hook and knockdown at 2:00. Slick!

Nice catch and shoot at 2:15

At 2:18 you're out of position after the right hand and your legs are squared. Ate a jab for it. Simple fix, don't square your feet.

2:25 your right leg is doing something weird. Should have shuffled in when you went forward.

As you got the fighter hurt you're lowering your arms and stuff. I know the adrenaline is pumping, but be conscious of that.

ROUND 2

Your chin is high and you're footwork needs tightening. Besides that, good round!

ROUND 3

Legs are square, chin is up, hands are low.

Overall: A-

Things to Fix:
Footwork: Stop squaring up. Maybe a bit wide at times.
Defense: Keep your chin down and keep your arms up.
Body Work: Shoe-shine, body-to-head, head-to-body, etc.

Things I Liked:
Tempo
Conditioning
Parrying

Am I wrong or does your training go quite far back? You don't look like a casual cop doing Police League fights.

THANKS for the detailed reply and breakdown. I rewatched the fight and paid close attention to all of your advice at the times given. I do square up too much and I dropped my hands A LOT. I'll sharpen that up for next time. I also didn't let my hands go like I wanted to with uppercuts and head-body like I do in sparring. I'm a work in progress and it seems like every fight, I'm trying to improve one thing. This time it was probably my parrying and mental state. I felt really relaxed in there. I'm pretty much self taught. I put a gym in my garage and spar when I can at the police athletic league when there are guys available. I've been at it for about 5 years now but probably need to get a proper coach if I'm going to make any serious improvements. Here's a video of my garage gym. Thanks again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMklXUenTKk&t=12s

[tblefever]

Good job my man, that guy is not on the same level as you. You were always pressuring him, very nice. Nice jab, in good shape. Oh yeah, that hook that dropped him early, very nice. The only thing that I will say that you did wrong was slipping his jab to your left. Somebody will let a nice right hand go and you will walk right in to it, I've done it and the **** hurts. Yeah you squared up a bit too much. Why no body work, I'm sure that you would have stopped him if you have included some. But still, nice ****in' job. Take the good wins with the not so good wins, it does not matter. You faced a challenge and walked all over him. Good work

Thanks for watching and for the advice. I ate a mean right doing exactly what you're mentioning a week before the fight. I've got to kick that habit along with the squaring up and brawling. I'm not sure why I didn't go to the body, it was wide open. I had a list of things I wanted to do prior to the fight and as soon as the bell rang, I forgot about a few of them. I definitely felt more relaxed and loose in there than in the past though. Thanks again my man!

[Rockin']

Thanks for watching and for the advice. I ate a mean right doing exactly what you're mentioning a week before the fight. I've got to kick that habit along with the squaring up and brawling. I'm not sure why I didn't go to the body, it was wide open. I had a list of things I wanted to do prior to the fight and as soon as the bell rang, I forgot about a few of them. I definitely felt more relaxed and loose in there than in the past though. Thanks again my man!

Experience will help you to remember that list, touch on that list every time that you are in the gym and work it. Make it just how you fight. Shadow boxing, on the bag, on the mitts and definitely in the ring sparring. You'll fight how you've trained to fight, keep that in mind. Now, instead of focusing on your last bout look forward and work it for your next bout/victory.....

[BG_Knocc_Out]

Good job, really overwhelmed the guy.

Points of advice;
You're a little too focused on making contact, so much so that every time your opponent circled out you'd forget to adjust your feet because you were so worried about what your hands were doing. That forced you to square up and give your opponent an out. If you could maintain proper position in these scenarios I guarantee you'd have finished him quickly.

Feet get too wide which hindered your mobility. Not in the sense you might think, like shuffling around the ring and staying out when needed... But in the sense that when you'd initiate your offense, your feet would get wide, then you were not able to hit AND move. You were forced to either hit OR move.

Lastly; Far too much weight on your front foot. With the first point in mind, you smothered yourself quite a bit and robbed yourself of leverage. The moments in time you had enough space to throw, you did great, but you have to be able to maintain that. Every time you threw more than two shots and he wasn't getting out of the way, you would smother your work because your momentum was already ahead of itself.