Quote Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
He looked sloppy didn't look that great the opponent he was up against just didn't want it didn't think much of the fight or the fighters in that bout.
It's good that you brought it up because wasn't that his opponent was lacking any drive before he came into the fight. Most things in boxing are based on cause and effect, Max's less than steller performance was caused to some extent by Sam. I'll get into that in a second.

Quote Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
Well im not sure what you mean Chris but i don't know what i can learn from the fight except that tall guy just didn't want it and didn't use his reach or height correctly Sam was just sloppy and was rushing in clinching and throwing few shots on the inside it was sloppy bout.
Fighting out a clinch is what you want to understand. Sam does those same exact moves when he is sparring, look at his right uppercut, and the punches that he throws over his opponent's arms. The problem with his opponent is that he wasn't taught how to clinch properly, or in other words how to tie his opponent's arms up. From a boxer's point of view if you see a punch land you have to look at the conditions that took place to allow that to happen, and from it's from a boxer's point of view that you can learn how to avoid these mistakes yourself.

Anyways getting back to how why Max seemed to abandon all hope, and even his fight plan, let's look at some why's. If you don't tie Sam up on the inside he's going to use his strength to create a little space so he can land his uppercut. Now let's look at his uppercut, he doesn't tie Sam's arms up and practically allows himself to get hit. Sam has the inside position and furthermore he alone occupies the centerline which is where is a pipeline for punches to travel on. His uppercut slides up his opponent's chest and nails the other guy in the chin. Now if the guy is leaning forward which can be a tendency when a tall guy clinches a shorter guy his neck is right there.

Getting hit in the neck can cause a number of things to happen.
Quote Originally Posted by Scrap
Simple HH aim for his kneck, in future, harder to slip or block, Usually he;ll loose sight of what coming next. He will either drop his chin more, or step back
Do you see the connection?

If you allow the conditions to keep happening then you're going to get nailed with the same punch over and over again.

On another note a young inexperienced fighter like Max isn't used to fighting someone who fights rought like Sam. A lot of times what happens is that the dirty moves do more damage to the fighter's head than the physical damage itself.

I'm not trying to sound condescending, it's just some things that I thought about myself and figured it was worth sharing. I'll get more into in-fighting 101 later.