5th Fight

[OctoberRed]

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!

When is your next fight scheduled? Anything else being lined up?

[tblefever]

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.

This is really good advice, brother. Thank you. What do you recommend for training on positioning and kicking that habit of squaring up because of the mental emphasis on hands? Is it the kind of thing that will work itself out by being constantly conscious of positioning and angles over landing shots while sparring? Also, the front foot advice really helpful, any training advice how to sure that up and break that bad habit?

[tblefever]

When is your next fight scheduled? Anything else being lined up?

I'm looking into this. I think this would be a good time!

http://brawlforacause.com/category/events

[OctoberRed]

I'm looking into this. I think this would be a good time!

http://brawlforacause.com/category/events

Let us know how it goes.