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Dempsey123 · Jun 19, 2017

Chuck Norris said: ↑

What happened with your fight?
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I won by uninamous decision and got a knockdown in the 2nd!

Dempsey123 · Jun 19, 2017

populistpugilist said: ↑

If you can forget about the pressure, that is of course good advice. My experience is that it's not that easy to forget about who may be watching. If that's the case for you, you're better off not fooling yourself by pretending that the opinions of people you care about don't matter. Use your fear of humiliation as motivation to work harder and to punch with bad intentions. Use it as motivation to punish your opponent for trying to humiliate you. As I think I heard someone say once, fear is like fire . . .

Of course it would be wrong to say that sparring is "overrated," but I do think it can be overemphasized. That is, where sparring is given as the answer for everything at the expense of sufficient attention paid to drills. Everyone hates drills because, by their nature, they're repetitive and boring. Whatever sparring is, it is not boring.

But drills are a big part of how you train your mind-body to react to real situations, and without drills you may be prone to committing the same mistakes over and over again in sparring and in fighting.

Since you've fought the guy once already and clearly have video, I'd humbly recommend that you look for patterns and weaknesses in his game and then develop drills for how to react when he displays one of his weaknesses. For example, does he always follow a jab with a hook? If so, drill slipping to the inside and nailing his liver and following with a hook to the head every time you see him jab. Or, does he always follow the jab with the cross? If so, drill slipping to the outside and following with a right to the body and right hook to the head. That kind of stuff.

Identifying and practicing drills may also be particularly helpful in your situation since finding the right sparring partners sounds like it's a bit difficult. Drills you can practice with almost anyone as well as on the heavybag.

And always, always, always visualize facing your opponent. I mean not only his face, but his hair, his ears, his mouthpiece, the sweat on his body, his stench, his breathing, his grunting. Everything. Your mind has a hard time telling the difference between what you imagine and what you experience, particularly when the visualization is as detailed as possible. You have the extra advantages of having already fought the guy and having video. Both of those things give you a lot of material to work with while visualizing.

And, most of all, visualize hitting him F&*%ING HARD! You're there to punish him for beating you the last time in front of your family and friends. Punish him cruelly. Shake his hands before and give him a hug after, but between the bells, make him pray for death.
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This is the best advice I've ever been giving and it 100% worked. I went into the ring concentrated, staring in the eyes and I punched myself in the face before the fight to pump myself up and make it look like I'm a physco. And it worked, he came out throwing everything in the first 30 seconds(like I expected) then I just picked him off after that for the whole fight, kept my distance and used my reach, even knocked him Down in the 2nd, after the fight he rejected to shake my hand and walked off crying. Best feeling in the world, thanks bro

Dempsey123 · Jun 19, 2017

Dempsey123 said: ↑

This is the best advice I've ever been giving and it 100% worked. I went into the ring concentrated, staring in the eyes and I punched myself in the face before the fight to pump myself up and make it look like I'm a physco. And it worked, he came out throwing everything in the first 30 seconds(like I expected) then I just picked him off after that for the whole fight, kept my distance and used my reach, even knocked him Down in the 2nd, after the fight he rejected to shake my hand and walked off crying. Best feeling in the world, thanks bro
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(I won by uninamous decision)

Dempsey123 · Jun 19, 2017

BlackCloud said: ↑

Have you anyone in the gym who could maybe mimmick his style in sparring you?
Even if it looks messy, it will let you prepare in a big way.
This would be my starting point.
Best of luck & keep us posted.
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I beat him got the win by uninamous decision got a knockdown in the 2nd, picked him off the whole fight with my reach thanks man

BlackCloud · Jun 19, 2017

Well done fella!

Low-tech · Jun 20, 2017

Good job! Will there be a trilogy! Lol

Don't think he will want to shed anymore tears haha!

Northadox · Jun 21, 2017

Great example of how being mentally strong can help you in the ring!

I wouldn't worry about being nervous in the first fight, it was your first fight.. you have plenty of time to develop and strengthen your mindset

populistpugilist · Jun 21, 2017

Dempsey123 said: ↑

This is the best advice I've ever been giving and it 100% worked. I went into the ring concentrated, staring in the eyes and I punched myself in the face before the fight to pump myself up and make it look like I'm a physco. And it worked, he came out throwing everything in the first 30 seconds(like I expected) then I just picked him off after that for the whole fight, kept my distance and used my reach, even knocked him Down in the 2nd, after the fight he rejected to shake my hand and walked off crying. Best feeling in the world, thanks bro
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Outstanding! I'm extremely happy for you, and I'm very proud to have played some small part. You should be very proud of yourself, and I know I speak for everybody here when I say that I look forward to hearing more about your training and fights in the future. Congrats!

Mr.DagoWop · Jun 21, 2017

I'm really glad it worked out for you. Congrats!

Dempsey123 · Jun 22, 2017

populistpugilist said: ↑

Outstanding! I'm extremely happy for you, and I'm very proud to have played some small part. You should be very proud of yourself, and I know I speak for everybody here when I say that I look forward to hearing more about your training and fights in the future. Congrats!
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Thank you I'll have everyone update on my next fights I'm fighting the champion of Spain ( I live in Spain ) on July 15th so it's a pretty big deal for me, + I'm only 15 fighting grown men so it's all experience!! Thanks again

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