Thanks again for the responses...

It sounds like my coach is already doing what you suggested BoxingCoachBW...

I drive about an hour each way to get to my boxing gym... I can only afford to go on Monday's, Tuesday's and Friday nights.

What we have been doing is working the focus mitts for 7 rounds straight each night... the first round focusing on just combinations, the second round on cardio, and then the next five rounds it's on combining everything... the coach comes at me and I only have brief opportunities to hit the focus pads when he presents them... and trust me...he can hit you pretty hard with a focus pad if you let your guard down or get to sloppy...

On my own... on the evenings that I do not drive to the gym I have about four or five guys that come to my regular gym (strictly weights and cardio) and we go in the back room and I just let them take turns throwing punches at me...

It's not that I haven't seen any improvement in four weeks... i guess it's just that I haven't seen as much as I would like... but my friends are pretty much able to go at me at 80 or 90 percent and I can duck, block, slip, or sidestep just about 90 percent of everything... when I am focused on just defense I don't have too much problem... it's when I have to try to put in some offense with that, that I get screwed up...

I'm pushing out my jabs and right crosses... I leave them extended... I am not throwing within my range... it's all a mental thing and I realize this... so I'm pretty sure everyone on here is right... I just need a little bit more time to get use to everything...

Hey at least I can keep my eyes open 95 percent of the time now... four weeks ago... when a 'flurry would start' I couldn't see the punches coming because I had my eyes closed tight after the second shot...

Anyway... I think tonight when my friends are in the gym with me throwing shots at me... I am just going to ask them to limit what they are throwing at me to a specific punch or combo so that I at least know what is coming and can then react in a predetermined manner...

I will get it... I just want it to be now and not tomorrow... lol...

Blackvenom-2001