My fights from the NY Golden Gloves...

[xthephenomx]

Hey guys this is Anthony Karperis. I've been boxing for about two years now and I participated in my first Golden Gloves this year. I'm in the 132 Novice class and I made it into the finals and I'm fighting at MSG in about two weeks. I have my fights on youtube and I wanted to see what you guys thought. I got off to a rough start in my first fight, but I;ve been trying to learn from my mistakes. If you guys have any constructive criticism that'd be great. I wanna learn as much is I can. THANKS

February 5, 2008
Anthony Karperis(Gold) v Daniel Hernandez(Blue)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=n5G3MUg0HH0

February 27, 2008
Anthony Karperis(Blue) v Andrew Laguillo(Gold)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k8sWvsj6XW8

March 14, 2008
Anthony Karperis(Blue) v William Andrade(Gold)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZKXVLfvku8

March 27, 2007
Anthony Karperis(Blue) v Carlos LaCayo(Gold)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsxyVv943o0

April 18, 2008
Anthony Karperis(Blue) v Marlon Charlton(Gold)
YouTube - Anthony Karperis(TSK) v Marlon Charlton(NYC PAL) 132-N

[No Contest]

Good stuff , I only watched the first one but from that one I mainly noticed you didn't jab much. Alot of in fighting for an amateur fight, I'm glad you won because your opponent kind of seemed like a punk at first with the taunts and not touching your gloves a few times. I like the defense but you went into a little bit of a shell and that makes it look like the other guy is getting the better of it when he may not be landing clean.In that 3rd you did good by letting him punch himself out abit and then came back with some good combos. I'll watch the others tommorrow it's kind of late now. You mixed in some good combos on the inside. Work on your slipping and head movement.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Congratualations man, that a great achievement already!

[xthephenomx]

Good stuff , I only watched the first one but from that one I mainly noticed you didn't jab much. Alot of in fighting for an amateur fight, I'm glad you won because your opponent kind of seemed like a punk at first with the taunts and not touching your gloves a few times. I like the defense but you went into a little bit of a shell and that makes it look like the other guy is getting the better of it when he may not be landing clean.In that 3rd you did good by letting him punch himself out abit and then came back with some good combos. I'll watch the others tommorrow it's kind of late now. You mixed in some good combos on the inside. Work on your slipping and head movement.

Yeah I wasn't doing so well in the first fight because I had NO legs whatsoever, so I pretty much did what I could do and blocked, that isn't my style really at all. I totally think I looked horrible in the first fight and I really started to question how well i was gonna do from there...but I got back to the gym, changed my training up a little and everythings been falling into place ever since...the way i fought the last three fights if pretty much how I fight in the gym, so that would probably be the best thing to critique, thanks a lot though for taking the time to post, i appreciate it

[donnydarkoIRL]

First fights are always the shakiest. Always.
TRhen if you get through you're fighting on an entirely different level for the next fight, I can relate!

[Macho]

i SAW IN YOUR FIRST FIGHT , THAT YOU FOUGHT THE FIGHT OF THE OTHER GUY , WITHOUT ENOUGHT JABS , TRY TO SAVE YOUR ENERGY LIKE THE OTHER FIGHTS , THE STAMINA IS THE MOST .......YOU DOING GOOD MY FRIEND , I HOPE YOU KEEP IN THAT WAY MAN.......SOOO TAKE CARE AND GO AHEAD.........I HOPE SEE YOU IN PRO.....

[xthephenomx]

thanks macho i appreciate, haha trust me I love having stamina lol thats y in the last fight I paced myself alot more, in the third however i felt good and i just wanted to come out hard so i pushed it, but im training myself to be a little more agressive, which to go with that I need more stamina, so i added a little more interval training, different drills and stuff, so we'll see what happens haha

[RozzySean]

Good stuff , I only watched the first one but from that one I mainly noticed you didn't jab much. Alot of in fighting for an amateur fight, I'm glad you won because your opponent kind of seemed like a punk at first with the taunts and not touching your gloves a few times. I like the defense but you went into a little bit of a shell and that makes it look like the other guy is getting the better of it when he may not be landing clean.In that 3rd you did good by letting him punch himself out abit and then came back with some good combos. I'll watch the others tommorrow it's kind of late now. You mixed in some good combos on the inside. Work on your slipping and head movement.

Yeah I wasn't doing so well in the first fight because I had NO legs whatsoever, so I pretty much did what I could do and blocked, that isn't my style really at all. I totally think I looked horrible in the first fight and I really started to question how well i was gonna do from there...but I got back to the gym, changed my training up a little and everythings been falling into place ever since...the way i fought the last three fights if pretty much how I fight in the gym, so that would probably be the best thing to critique, thanks a lot though for taking the time to post, i appreciate it

You looked tight in the first fight. You were luck to have good judges who can tell the difference between a landed punch and a thrown punch. The guy outworked you, but you hit him with some great counters, especially left hooks to the body.

You looked like a whole different fighter in the other bouts. Much better. Man, that third guy was holding a lot. Great job, all around of not heading hunting and doing the body work when it was there. That's probably what kept you winning - a good high/low attack. It opened up the head for you.

I agree you should use your jab more. Better boxers won't let you walk in and tee off on them with those powershot combo's. You need to jab your way in more. Also, be careful about squaring up your body. One of the days you'll get in with somebody who likes to bodypunch and he'll take advantage of those openning.

You looked great for novice. Keep it up man. You have talent. Good handspeed and a fighters mentality. I'll rep you. You may be the first person to 100 reps and under 10 posts.

[xthephenomx]

Thanks a lot man i appreciate it, i'll definately work on my jab and turning my body a little more

[CFH]

Hey guys this is Anthony Karperis. I've been boxing for about two years now and I participated in my first Golden Gloves this year. I'm in the 132 Novice class and I made it into the finals and I'm fighting at MSG in about two weeks. I have my fights on youtube and I wanted to see what you guys thought. I got off to a rough start in my first fight, but I;ve been trying to learn from my mistakes. If you guys have any constructive criticism that'd be great. I wanna learn as much is I can. THANKS

February 5, 2008
Anthony Karperis(Gold) v Daniel Hernandez(Blue)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=n5G3MUg0HH0

February 27, 2008
Anthony Karperis(Blue) v Andrew Laguillo(Gold)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k8sWvsj6XW8

March 14, 2008
Anthony Karperis(Blue) v William Andrade(Gold)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZKXVLfvku8

March 27, 2007
Anthony Karperis(Blue) v Carlos LaCayo(Gold)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsxyVv943o0

You should try posting these in the Ask The Trainer section as well, there are some very knowledgeable posters in there who do not often visit this portion of the site.

[RozzySean]

Definately start posting over to the "ask the trainer site." If you know any Master Division fighters looking for bouts, let me know on PM or over on the trainer site. I would travel to NY for a bout.

[xthephenomx]

Definately start posting over to the "ask the trainer site." If you know any Master Division fighters looking for bouts, let me know on PM or over on the trainer site. I would travel to NY for a bout.

I just posted it in there too...btw how much you weigh?

[RozzySean]

Definately start posting over to the "ask the trainer site." If you know any Master Division fighters looking for bouts, let me know on PM or over on the trainer site. I would travel to NY for a bout.

I'm walking around at 180 currently. I'm looking for a bout at 178, but if I were given some notice, I could bust my ass down to 165 (I think?).

[xthephenomx]

Hey guys I won the finals!! the day started off when i went to the city to weighin around 11, i weighed in a lb under...but anywayz i made weight and hung around the whole day at the affinia in the city, 6 o clock i had to be back at msg where i waited to go on around 8:45...anywayz the first round started off feeling eachother out a bit and i noticed i could land my jab at will so i used it to set some other stuff later on. we traded some combos and i noticed he wasnt as strong as i thought he would be so i wasnt afraid to get in and strike to the body...towards the end of the round he kept his hand high so i teed off to the body with some cotto-esque shots haha 2nd round started off and like i ssaid i used my jab a lot and i would hit the body with it and come over with an over hand right which landed on the button and sent him back...i went after him on the ropes til he got out of the corner...third round we pretty much went after eachother and i moved my head a lot, i noticed he couldnt figure out my defense so i just kept with it...anywayz i won by a unanimous decision and boy am i pumped hah thanks again for your support and ill get the video up sometime when it gets on msg, because my friend who taped it did horrible job because he wasexcited haha

[donnydarkoIRL]

Congratualations fella, that is truely fantastic!
Well done!