My last fight (1st senior fight)

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    It can take a while actually Greg, especially if you've been ****ing around with it...give it an hour then try replacing the link.

    You'd love that story. It's a bout a young welterweight, fighting in the am's, big fight coming up, and he remembers the time he went to watch Sonny Liston train, he was all banged up from a fight he'd lost the night before, Sonny comes over to talk to him. I don't have a link though. I know it's in Boxing's Best Short Stories or some **** like that. Hold on.


    It's in this book:
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    But this book is not about boxing, it's a collectio of short stories by that author. However, there are boxing fiction anthologies out there, and it's bound to be in one of them. If you're interested. Maybe even have a nose at the library, underated, libraries.
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    When was the last time you saw 126 Johnny?
    :D
     
  3. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    out of order :lol:
     
  4. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When dinosaures roamed the earth, t.

    Sorry, meant this for McGrain
     
  5. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Aye ok, I'll give it a minty yet.

    I'll check it out. I use the library fairly regularly for stuff, but there is not much boxing books. I'll check it out though.
     
  6. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Impressive bodywork and defense. :good

    Your punches up top seem to lack snap though - need to work on that to earn an opponent's respect.
     
  7. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    are you old enough to remember horse hair boxing gloves and leather soled boxing boots ??
     
  8. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I think my power is much improved, in my latest fight. Hopefully it hurries up.
     
  9. di tullio

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    Nice uppercut to the body :good
     
  10. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMrg-1fC4u4[/ame]

    WORKING NOW
     
  11. john garfield

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    Horses weren't around yet, t
     
  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    You look way, way more relaxed in there. That's great. That's great. You look much more economical, too. Good stuff. Less flapping. At the end of two where your sitting shelled up a bit, let him through these wide right hands and then clip with a counter-left? Best thing i've seen you do on film.

    Good job keeping the pressure on him once you had him rattled, although you have to be careful about ending up in an out-and-out fire-fight in these situations - no using unseating a guy only for him to get desperate and flatten you with a roundhouse right.

    Good job going back to your boxing at the start of three, and for not getting rattled by his madness, but you like like you might be turning, bodily into your right hands when you are getting tired? This is a bad habit generally and will add to your misery versus southpaws if you van't iron it out.

    Massive, massive improvement. Devon Alexander is shitting himself!
     
  13. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Cheers.

    If you watch just before the second 8 count he has some success with a combo, and you don't see it well on the film but I land a hard counter and it takes a lot from him and I turn in a flurry and the ref stops it.

    As I say, I found I was stronger and could hurt him and sort of made it a bit of a war to get him out of there. That was more me getting carried away.

    My trainer said to me: 'We know you can take them, but don't!'

    Yeh I did get sloppy technique wise late, think it was through nerves.

    Cheers. Devon has a good few years on top before I come around.
     
  14. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Poor stoppage. The fix was in. No way is Piter's punches forcing a stoppage.
     
  15. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I thought it was as well, like.

    The guy said he was suffering a chest infection and asked the referee how long was left and he thanked the ref for stopping it.