Video of my last fight !

[Tam Seddon]

http://youtu.be/MZV29KDifuc

So annoyed getting knocked down, but the commentators were impressed with me. Good learning fight that was for me.

[Beanflicker]

Good tilt, you looked to be the better technical boxer.

You look a bit small for CW though, maybe more suited for LHW

[Tam Seddon]

Good tilt, you looked to be the better technical boxer.

You look a bit small for CW though, maybe more suited for LHW

Yeh mater for sure I've come down 3 stone in a year so it's a gradual process, after Christmas I'll be looking to get there though.

[El Kabong]

Ha, you've got a Scouser doing commentary that rocks


The guy wasn't much bigger than you. You have a stockier frame so I think you can actually compete at this weight class but if you tone up and...you ARE lifting weights correct? If not you MUST add that in to your regimen.


1. You seemed a little stiff in the upper body, move that head, give him a harder target to hit. Think Tyson, think Patterson, hell even think Holyfield the way he would slip punches on the inside. You think you're a "small" cruiserweight then look at smaller fighters for their weights and what gave them success...add the things they did well to your arsenal. Main thing is move that head, tick tock like a metronome my friend that will also help you if your opponent reaches with a punch and misses you, you'll be loaded up for a counter and BANG! Goodnight sweetheart.

2. 2nd round, you started off very good, pushing that guy back, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT don't relax and fall back into letting him dictate the pace. Take the fight to him, back him into the ropes if he ties up and rip some short combos while he's trapped!

3. You look brilliant in round 2 mate, but when he ties you up against the ropes, circle out and put HIS back up against them that way he's trapped and you don't have to chase the bastard down...it'll conserve energy for you and wear him down.

4. Great use of the jab, brilliant...once you started to load up on the right he was starting to time it, try to double the jab, hook off the jab just to mess his timing up.

5. You absolutely won round 2, but to the judges it might have been close as you were landing the shots but he was the one coming forward...if you make these kind of fighters back up you will beat them and not just on the scorecard either mate!

6. Start of the 3rd, you're still backing up and that's fine and all but as the smaller fighter you've either got to be waaaaaay far away or in tight to be in a "safe area". I swear you're going to do better work and take less damage if you're in the pocket like a Tyson, Holyfield, Duran, Mayweather...stay in tight, tie up if tired or in trouble, short crisp punches, and drive the bastard back, show the judges that your effort in the ring is making that guy fight your fight.

7. Great 1-2 and double jab right cross in round 3! Love the confidence you threw those punches with!

8. Good tie up when he caught you, you're very smart when you do that. Now if you recover quickly enough, turn the clinch around where your opponent is backed against the ropes, give a good push for a break and let the hands go. Be a bully in there, it'll scare your opponent and please the judges.

9. Start of round 4, if you've tied up a fighter and their hands are still free but they aren't punching...LET THE HANDS GO!!! The ref will say "Work out" instead of "break" so do it, fucking work out with a flurry! You'll catch the fella off guard or off balance.

10. Big right hand, love it...good jabs to follow

Great job big Tam! You showed heart, you've got good skills, you had good stamina, and you fought that guy tooth and nail! That said the sky is the limit for you, push yourself in training, sharpen up your right hand it's a bit loopy though it does land nicely on occasion...get your hips into those right hands to add that concussive snap to the end of the punch. The knockdown seemed to do you in on my card, I had an even first, you the second, him the 3rd with the knockdown, and almost an even 4th as well. You're improving and I hope you fight again soon and build on your momentum.

[Tam Seddon]

Ha, you've got a Scouser doing commentary that rocks


The guy wasn't much bigger than you. You have a stockier frame so I think you can actually compete at this weight class but if you tone up and...you ARE lifting weights correct? If not you MUST add that in to your regimen.


1. You seemed a little stiff in the upper body, move that head, give him a harder target to hit. Think Tyson, think Patterson, hell even think Holyfield the way he would slip punches on the inside. You think you're a "small" cruiserweight then look at smaller fighters for their weights and what gave them success...add the things they did well to your arsenal. Main thing is move that head, tick tock like a metronome my friend that will also help you if your opponent reaches with a punch and misses you, you'll be loaded up for a counter and BANG! Goodnight sweetheart.

2. 2nd round, you started off very good, pushing that guy back, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT don't relax and fall back into letting him dictate the pace. Take the fight to him, back him into the ropes if he ties up and rip some short combos while he's trapped!

3. You look brilliant in round 2 mate, but when he ties you up against the ropes, circle out and put HIS back up against them that way he's trapped and you don't have to chase the bastard down...it'll conserve energy for you and wear him down.

4. Great use of the jab, brilliant...once you started to load up on the right he was starting to time it, try to double the jab, hook off the jab just to mess his timing up.

5. You absolutely won round 2, but to the judges it might have been close as you were landing the shots but he was the one coming forward...if you make these kind of fighters back up you will beat them and not just on the scorecard either mate!

6. Start of the 3rd, you're still backing up and that's fine and all but as the smaller fighter you've either got to be waaaaaay far away or in tight to be in a "safe area". I swear you're going to do better work and take less damage if you're in the pocket like a Tyson, Holyfield, Duran, Mayweather...stay in tight, tie up if tired or in trouble, short crisp punches, and drive the bastard back, show the judges that your effort in the ring is making that guy fight your fight.

7. Great 1-2 and double jab right cross in round 3! Love the confidence you threw those punches with!

8. Good tie up when he caught you, you're very smart when you do that. Now if you recover quickly enough, turn the clinch around where your opponent is backed against the ropes, give a good push for a break and let the hands go. Be a bully in there, it'll scare your opponent and please the judges.

9. Start of round 4, if you've tied up a fighter and their hands are still free but they aren't punching...LET THE HANDS GO!!! The ref will say "Work out" instead of "break" so do it, fucking work out with a flurry! You'll catch the fella off guard or off balance.

10. Big right hand, love it...good jabs to follow

Great job big Tam! You showed heart, you've got good skills, you had good stamina, and you fought that guy tooth and nail! That said the sky is the limit for you, push yourself in training, sharpen up your right hand it's a bit loopy though it does land nicely on occasion...get your hips into those right hands to add that concussive snap to the end of the punch. The knockdown seemed to do you in on my card, I had an even first, you the second, him the 3rd with the knockdown, and almost an even 4th as well. You're improving and I hope you fight again soon and build on your momentum.

Nice one mate, good analysis and thank you for that. I'm back in the ring tonight in a charity fight, so fingers crossed it goes well. In with an ex marine who's a fitness instructor so will be another tough one.

[Xwetie]

Good on you Tam! good fight! good quality!

[Tam Seddon]

Good on you Tam! good fight! good quality!

Cheers mate

[Dia bando]

Good on you Tam! good fight! good quality!

Cheers mate

Tam mate I think you could make light HW, I think you are at a disadvantage at CW the Guys your
fighting are boiled down HW, well done mate good to hear your okay I liked the video.

[Master]

Good jabbing well done it was very close robbery.

[Tam Seddon]

Good on you Tam! good fight! good quality!

Cheers mate

Tam mate I think you could make light HW, I think you are at a disadvantage at CW the Guys your
fighting are boiled down HW, well done mate good to hear your okay I liked the video.

Nice one mate I think I can get down too. That's my aim in the new year.

Good jabbing well done it was very close robbery.

If I didn't get knocked down it could have gone either way I think.

[El Kabong]

Tam, you're a stockier guy use it to your advantage. Keep pressing forward, wear those bastards down. Your jab is great keep pumping that out, drive your opponent backwards keep your head moving keep your hands moving and don't allow them to get set.









A rangy guy like you last fought will want a slow pace, they'll want to measure and prod with the jab. If you're a moving target it's going to be difficult for them to handle you because once you're in range and they haven't had time to measure out their own range you can rip off some devastating punches.

Also fight in the clinch dern it, don't be so damned nice!

[0james0]

Really well done fella, you looked good. Thought you were unlucky with the knockdown, you actually caught him with a peach of a counter a second before as he was on his way in, but then as you repositioned for the next shot he caught you off balance.

I agree with big Kabong, more head movement and more rough tactics. I also thought your rear foot was a bit flat, not on the ball enough, which you can see sometimes when you throw that right and can't get the rotation and range you want. It should also help not just with your speed of getting in and out, but also your balance!

I'm a novice though mate, so could be talking crap, but I've studied boxing for years, now at the ripe old age of 30 I'm actually training to fight, but I need to get down to 12 1/2 stone before I will fight, just to avoid the man mountains! (13,12 now, down from 15,7 so still got a way to go!)

Keep posting the vids up though, great to watch

[0james0]

Tam, you're a stockier guy use it to your advantage. Keep pressing forward, wear those bastards down. Your jab is great keep pumping that out, drive your opponent backwards keep your head moving keep your hands moving and don't allow them to get set.









A rangy guy like you last fought will want a slow pace, they'll want to measure and prod with the jab. If you're a moving target it's going to be difficult for them to handle you because once you're in range and they haven't had time to measure out their own range you can rip off some devastating punches.

Also fight in the clinch dern it, don't be so damned nice!

Great videos, love the first one. I'm also a stocky midget, so this is really helpful

[El Kabong]

Great videos, love the first one. I'm also a stocky midget, so this is really helpful

When I was boxing (heavyweight, average height about 6'2) I tried to utilize what other boxers had success with and create my own style. I'd fight small guys or guys who fought in a crouch and I'd want to keep range, keep distance so I looked to Lennox Lewis and The Klitschko brothers...sharp hard telephone pole style jab, right cross had to be quick, straight, and land right behind it so as to hit the same open spot on my opponent's face and also to use my shoulders as cover for my chin in case of counters. I used the jab, polar bear paw swat the opponent's guard down, right cross the Klitschko's always used (brilliant move by the way) and I also tried to hook off the jab as well as look for the uppercut when my opponent was over reaching.

When I was fighting taller boxers I used the Tyson style. Quick hooks, both hands, high and low, moving my opponent's guard, my head constantly moving...my favorite was to get an opponent on the ropes and rip off a left hook body, right hook body, left hook head combination...sometimes even throwing a right uppercut and another left hook to the head to finish it off. But with those kind of combinations it's all SPEED and the transfer of weight and there is a rhythm to that.

I was starting to get into using different defensive styles as I progressed. I would pivot, roll, bob, weave...I wanted a subtler version of how James Toney fought in his pomp and how Evander Holyfield fought in close. Use the counter punching which I was learning but never got round to implementing.

I suggest both you and Tam do the same, study the fighters you admire, study the styles that you feel fit you and how you want to fight (knowing that how you WANT to fight and how you BEST fight may not be the same thing). Don't just look at the guys in your weight class either, look at welterweights, flyweights, lightweights, heavyweights whatever...look at them all, study them all, practice their moves and try to make them your own.

I started off as just a slugger wailing away, tiring myself out early...I learned quite a bit of nuance as I progressed I do have natural power at least given my stature it's pretty good for a guy who isn't a professional...I never got to use that in sparring of course so I had no other choice but to learn to BOX and learn I did.

[Master]

Tam you have to live like a monk and be disciplined. That means no sex or mince pies.