3rd Amateur Fight

[greynotsoold]

Just a few things.
1) As a southpaw, you really need to create angles, generally by circling right and jabbing. You can then switch things up by sliding back left and dropping a left hand or right hook. When you don't go straight back, you go to your left, which puts you squarely in front of your opponent.
2) Once you are squarely in front of him, he is free to swarm you because you don't offer anything to make him wary of coming straight in. When you throw a punch, the motion is all forward- all the energy goes in that direction. Every time you throw your left hand, you kill it by pulling your upper body back; that not only steals all the force from the punch, it pulls you out of effective range.
3) Try throwing your jab as a single, serious, hard punch. Really snap it out there, one at a time. When you 'jab' two and three times, you're pawing with it. Really sit down on it, jab as you pivot to the right and don't worry- just yet- about doubling up on it because it isn't helping you right now.
You need to work on breaking that habit of pulling back when you punch and start setting down on 'em a bit or you're going to be constantly trying to deal with guys swarming over you swinging away because you aren't giving them anything to think about on the way in.

[southpawwolves]

Thanks again everyone for the great advice. Does anyone know which fighters I should watch videos of which may improve me? Southpaw's who really use their jabs effectively?

[AdamGB]

Winky Wright wouldn't be a bad place to start. Quite simple and measured so good to learn from.

Haven't watched the fight as I'm on my iphone... But if you get a wild, busy fighter then some stiff straights will disrupt them better than anything more complicated will.

Jab! Double them, tripple them! Good stiff shot will disrupt most wild, thoughtless combos at this level.

[greynotsoold]

Jiro Watanabe. Hilario Zapata.

[D@ZMX]

fair play for seeing it through after the knockdown though look like you took a big shot

[SycoMosh]

looks like everyone pretty much nailed it

but KEEP THAT CHIN DOWN.. a few times during u guys exchanges id see ur chin go towards the sky..

u do this, anyone is gonna become bloodthirsty.. thats where those bang bang bang BANG shots really mess u up

other than that, and what some of the other guys have said, i think u look pretty well - i think with experience you'll get even better