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    Default Re: Which fight do you think I did better in?

    Quote Originally Posted by karategan View Post
    Thanks for the advice, guys. Appreciate it. I don't know how much fights the other guys had but the first vid was my second fight, the other vid was my 4th. I actually take my time more and work my jabs when in sparring, but I felt that pressure to just constantly keep throwing to score points and maybe even TKO. That's just a mental thing I have to fix, to just stay calm.

    As for angles, I'm definitely working on it and drilling the hell out of them. But I thought when you get them on the ropes, it's best to stay square in front so it's more difficult for them to escape? If you move to the side, wouldn't they just move the other way?
    I know exactly what you mean. In my fights, i felt i had to throw as many punches as i could, at the expense of technique. I kept thinking, the clock is ticking, i have to keep throwing no matter how sloppy it is.

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    Default Re: Which fight do you think I did better in?

    The second guy was a pretty decent boxer and he was hitting you pretty good; he did something that was missing from the first fight, on both sides, and that is making the other guy miss. In that first fight you were so busy throwing punches that you consistently missed chances to land clean blows. Him dropping his right hand and throwing that uppercut from a mile away, for example.
    Stylistically you put yourself in a position of having to throw a million punches because you eat a million punches and, at some point, as you are going forward, you'll eat some very hard punches. With your weight forward and your body squared up there is not a punch that you are not vulnerable to being hit with.
    I think that your conditioning is actually pretty good for 4 fights is it? That is an ongoing endeavor, something you build over time. If anything, my assessment at this time might be that you've overemphasized conditioning in relation to developing skill, but I tend to see this sport backwards from a lot of other people and believe that you can develope both at once.
    If I were training you the first thing that we would do would be to tighten up the way you throw your punches, to make them sharper, more accurate and more effective, so they don't require so much energy to throw. By necessity that would mean improving your footwork and balance. Then we would work on your ability to parry and slip punches to create openings: those are wasted skills if your feet won't get you in position to exploit them, and if your punches and quick enough and hard enough to count. Developing sound defensive skill is, again, an ongoing process, so a good start would be drilling in a handful of go-to moves that you can start with right away.
    There's a ton of stuff to this and you've been given a lot of good advice, and areas to work on. Don't get discouraged if it takes a while to show results.

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    Default Re: Which fight do you think I did better in?

    From what I see in the video, I think the best thing for you to do is learn to hone your more defensive aspects of the game.

    1. Footwork. Footwork is an absolute beautiful thing. Watch Roberto Duran or Marvin Hagler pound the shit out of somebody. They have gorgeous standings when they do so.

    2. Reflexes. Best thing you can do is see those punches coming.

    3. Countering. There is nothing more important in the game of boxing, in my opinion, than using your opponents attacks against him.

    4. Head movement. Very, very important. As a smaller guy, learning how to slip punches or dip under an opponents arms would be useful to you. I'd recommend watching Rocky Marciano fight to see a really good dipping technique.

    Defense is everything. Get that squared up, and start having fun with Countering, and you'll be on your way to dominating offensively as well.

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