I won TKO 2nd round!!!

[Hulk]

Is this white collar then Tam?

Be carefull!

You culd be fighting anyone. They could have any kind of experience. These shows are dangerous, no medicals, no insurance whatso ever and no evenly matched fghts.

I have no idea why some choose to go down the white collar route rather than legit ABA amateur boxing.

In the ABAE you are insured against injury for up to 2 years after a contest. You are fighting someone your own experience level and weight and everyone looking after you has had a CRB check and is qualified.

Pretty much unlicenced boxing where your safety is not paramount but the number of tickets sold is.

Take a look at the kinds of hidings people are allowed to take in unlicenced shows, Darren Dorrington almost getting killed.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa7Dv40SpT8

I know what you mean and I am aware of this, the annoying thing for me is no gyms where I live actually go through the ABA anymore for one reason or another. My gym is mainly a Thai boxing gym and with me training there since I was young I am loyal to them and I have a good connection with the trainers. It would feel wrong joining another gym and my trust is in their hands when they match me up. I know for a fact they would never put me in with someone who's way above my skill level and they make sure they see my opponent before I get in. I know it's a risk and I do need to be careful.

Fair play to you but dont be fooled, your trainers will be getting something out of it cash wise.

You see alot of these shows advertising that the show is covered by insurance. They can only get public liability for the audience. The only combat sport in England that the participants can get insured while competing is amateur boxing and thats because the ABA cover themselves. No insurance companies. Which is why their rules are so strict on the boxers competing in anything else. They dont want to cover you for injuries sustained somewhere else that isnt as well regulated. This goes for any fight outside of licenced boxing either through the ABA or the BBBC.

I'll be careful for sure I don't want to be hurt in there. We had headguard and 16oz gloves for the fight and I remember I had 10oz gloves for the ABA fights I had when I was younger. This show was also for the James bulger charity and it was a family event so we were warned that fights would be stopped if it was looking like someone is getting hurt. Out of 13 fights there were two of us who got KO wins, me and another lad from are gym. I knocked him down with a jab right hand and he got up and I finished him again with the same punches. My mate uploaded the video to Facebook, ill get him to send me it and I'll upload to YouTube when I can.

Well done. Stoppages are hard to get with 16 oz gloves and headgear. Did you feint him to set up the 1-2?

What you are doing sounds very similar to the 3 smokers I had a few years ago. 3, 2 min rounds headgear n big gloves. I'd fight at around 165 and twice they tried getting me to fight 195 and 205 lb opponents. I said "no thanks". Weeks would go by without hearing if i had an opponent at all. It's true that you must be careful with who you are matched against. My first fight was against a 185 lb beast and that remains my proudest boxing moment as I fought to a draw.

This guy weighed in at 17 stone 3 pounds he was a big boy! Hopefully I'll have the video up by tomorrow so you can see. It was a left hook , right hand that ended it after the first knockdown which was a jab right hand.

I guess he was. Wow. How much do you weigh?

Get that video up so slobs can criticize your skills from their arm chair lol

I jest. Most are pretty supportive of those who get in the ring on here.

[Tam Seddon]

Tam Darkes-Seddon vs Danny Payne Round 1 - YouTube

This is the first round

[Hulk]

Tam Darkes-Seddon vs Danny Payne Round 1 - YouTube

This is the first round

Nice jab n punch output. Jabbing to the body is a risky endeavor but it can be very effective.

[Tam Seddon]

Tam Darkes-Seddon vs Danny Payne Round 1 - YouTube

This is the first round

Nice jab n punch output. Jabbing to the body is a risky endeavor but it can be very effective.

The second is being uploaded now mate. I'm happy with this as my first fight especially with it being at heavyweight and the guy had 34 fights , I know he lost 21 but experience does count especially with it being a short contest.

[Tam Seddon]

I weighed in 16 stone 8 for this one, I don't look that heavy... But I am haha. I've been straight back to the gym this week and I'm at 16 stone 5...I'm losing the weight every week because I'm training hard in boxing and Thai boxing. I don't intend to fight at this weight forever, I'll keep going down in weight. I'm back in the ring in February.

[Tam Seddon]

Tam Darkes Seddon vs Danny Payne round 2 - YouTube

Second round KO

[Hulk]

Tam Darkes Seddon vs Danny Payne round 2 - YouTube

Second round KO

You snuck that last one in behind his gloves, over the top. Had to be a great feeling as your buddies were goin nuts in the crowd.

Congratulations.

You had to be tired too. Two minutes feels like a loooong time in there, especially throwing that many punches.

[ross]

Not bad! Youv got the basics down well like balance and a decent jab, just get your jabbing hand back quicker

You didn't rush in while windmilling which you see a lot of in these things and those right hands were nicely placed. I think you were putting more beef on the left hooks but the rights weren't telegraphed and were slotted in well.

You'll be even better as the weight drops off.

How tall are you?

[Tam Seddon]

Tam Darkes Seddon vs Danny Payne round 2 - YouTube

Second round KO

You snuck that last one in behind his gloves, over the top. Had to be a great feeling as your buddies were goin nuts in the crowd.

Congratulations.

You had to be tired too. Two minutes feels like a loooong time in there, especially throwing that many punches.

Yes mate I was tired I did 15 weeks of solid training for that fight though so I dug in and kept throwing, I think that's part of the reason why I got the stoppage because I set a good pace in the first round. I think he was tired and my right hand hurt him.

[Tam Seddon]

Not bad! Youv got the basics down well like balance and a decent jab, just get your jabbing hand back quicker

You didn't rush in while windmilling which you see a lot of in these things and those right hands were nicely placed. I think you were putting more beef on the left hooks but the rights weren't telegraphed and were slotted in well.

You'll be even better as the weight drops off.

How tall are you?

I'm happy I've seen this video because my hands were sloppy and it's something I need to improve on. We have been doing work on defence and slipping this week and it's something that I do need to improve. I know I can usually box better than this because I don't tend to be the aggressor but with all of my mates there I didn't want to let them down so I went for it. It worked but I prefer to fight on the counter.

I'm just about 6 foot maybe a tiny bit bellow, that's why I need to go down in weight. Far too small for a heavyweight nowadays and no doubt I can go down in weight with hard work.

[Master]

Those were good right hands, Froch would be proud.

[erics44]

you kept it cool mate, good composure and seemed to stick to what you have learned in the gym

i for one know how hard that is, you put all the effort into technique and style and once you get in there its out of the window

[ninjaspy3]

Congrats Tam! Good job there.

At the risk of embarrassing myself, I will post my first fight here. This was on November 2nd. I just figured I would try it out after my trainer asked if I wanted to see what it's like. Ah well. Here it is.

http://youtu.be/XWP_XSwGoHs

[ross]

Congrats Tam! Good job there.

At the risk of embarrassing myself, I will post my first fight here. This was on November 2nd. I just figured I would try it out after my trainer asked if I wanted to see what it's like. Ah well. Here it is.

Wittmann Boxing Event - YouTube

Were you the bloke coming out to the gangster music with "nigger" and "fuck" blaring over the audience?

[ninjaspy3]

Sorry, I'm on my mobile right now. Won in the 2nd after the opponent's corner threw in the towel. I'm not all that proud of my performance but it'll do I guess.