Second fight,terrible performance (vid included)

hey mate

first up, congrats on getting in the ring AT ALL. Not everyone has the guts to do that.

im not sure if u usually fight like this, but you need to completely rework that jab. this is number one priority i reckon. your front foot should move forward simultaneously as you throw the jab. your right hand is way out of range because your jab isnt working.

i am slightly concerned that the jab isnt polished by your 2nd fight. not to blame your coaches, but the advice to stand in there with a shorter, stockier opponent and brawl was not a smart call (i know they wanted you to win, but you were basically 'playing his game' where he had the advantage).

fix the jab. the 1-2 combo will flow naturally from there. everything else will follow.

you do cover up nicely when you need to, which is a good thing.

as for the pre fight anxiety, everyone gets it man, dont sweat over it. BUT if youre feeling **** DURING the actual rounds, it could mean either of two things , 1. your fitness isnt right or 2. you dont have enough sparring experience.

i think number 2 might be the case.

as for the confidence business, youre not a wuss at all bro, everyone has bad fights. make the technical adjustments, and get more sparring experience. youll feel like Ali in there

keep up the hard work man

 

need to go back to the basics... other guy was trash shouldnt of been able to touch u

but early fights are often quite hard to do the stuff u do in sparring in them, its all about the experience in the end in the amateurs

 

it just takes time to transfer over what u do in sparring into your fights... its like when u first
started sparring remember all the stuff u could do on a bag and the pads that takes time to do against a live body same kinda thing

 

also what was up with the 1 min rds? most novice fights r 2 min rds i thought...

 

I've had 10 fights including exhibitions, and i STILL don't fight nearly as good as I do in sparring. I can say however, there will be definite improvement. Don't be discouraged.

 

Try and go forward yourself a bit, I think the problem was that when he was pressuring you he was controlling the fight because you just couldn't get into it. next time you go forward yourself a bit more but just make sure you don't walk onto anything, try and hit like jab jab jab jab straight, load up that right hand. I'm built like you i'm 6ft 2in and 151 pounds. but try and get away when their getting in close step back fire 3 4 5 or 6 jabs then a straight and unload onto him a bit.

 

post a vid of your next fight mate, if you film it.
Do you know when your next fight is?

 

ye sure mate

 

It could also be that your opponent is southpaw. I once fought and my opponent was a southpaw, I had never sparred against many southpaws. Probably had less than 1/100 of my rounds were against southpaws. I had NO IDEA what to do. Just as soon as he came out I thought. "Wtf..." My coach said part of it was his fault and after that had everyone there change lead to south paw during last two rounds so we could experience what its like to go ortho vs spaw. This helped out a lot I think, but maybe you already had experience against southpaws, but if not that is something to try.