Your honest opinion will be appreciated :!: Btw., De Jong is one of the most common surnames in the Netherlands, and in Frisia in particular.
So far: 1) Slow and stiff start. Perhaps I should let someone punch me in the face during the warming up next time. 2) Moving back in straight lines when he attacked with his freak right hand. Relentless said this as well, good point. 3) More lateral movement in general, not just when retreating. 4) More head and upper body movement, related to point 1. I'm not unsatisfied with it, this was fully in autopilot thanks to that punch 5 seconds in. I hope to be more alert next time.
I'm a slow starter as well. I'm working on it though. Next time try warming up (and going pretty hard on the mitts) way early (you're in good enough shape to do that) and then spending the fight or two before yours just shadowboxing and staying warm. They just try to convince yourself at the first bell that it's actually the 2nd round...and that you are losing. That's what I've been doing and it seems to help.
I thought you did great. I think this is a fight where you can still hang your head up high. The first minute of the fight was slow, but I wouldn't be surprised if you woulda won the fight if it didn't start till after that. I think the ref wanted you too :think
You won that. That was a very impressive first performance, extremely good job. Nice, sharp combos, good speed, good use of the jab, you kept everything under control too; which is impressive for a first fight.
Very nice job, Notice what started to happen at around the 1:30 min mark once you started to finish with the hook you started to take control, Double up that jab a bit, as the shorter man you will need to do that often, and dont always think defense, and if you have to do not always go straight back slide out or pivot out this way your in position to counter as your man comes to you. Hit up Koyla he will help you out, Good work kid keep it up I look forward to seeing more of ya. in my honest opinion you did land the cleaner shots if that means anything to ya~
Points to work on jusqu'ici: 1) Slow and stiff start. Perhaps I should let someone punch me in the face during the warming up next time. 2) Moving back in straight lines when he attacked with his freak right hand. Relentless said this as well, good point. 3) More lateral movement in general, not just when retreating. 4) More head and upper body movement, related to point 1. 5) Finish with the left hook. That would indeed be good as it's my strongest punch. I use it a lot in sparring but was a bit reluctant to throw it in the fight.
RDJ im a slow starter i mean real slow like Joe Frazier and if i win a first round i know this fight is going to be a walkover
Nice first fight RDJ. Hopefully you can get something else really quickly - frequent fights are good provided there is no fundamental problem. Where was this exactly? It looks a bit familiar. In the begining you let him bully you back in straight lines, but if you think about it - you're the shorter guy and should be beter in close. Normally you have to come to the tall guy - this time the tall guy is coming to you. So wait for him to jump in and throw a punch, and as soon as he does, slip/parry and counter - but don't do that with one punch - take over with a combination and when he steps back immediatly follow it up with another combination - i.e. work as an AGGRESSIVE counter puncher. Against the taller man, you should make sure you keep the centre of the ring more as well, when he comes, pivot left or right and throw punches in close, and even get good at luring him in. Someone who I noticed that does it very well is Alexander Povetkin (more so when he was an amateur) - you see him as the shorter guy constantly slightly feinting by bending his front foot. The other guy thinks he's planting his foot to come up with a left hook and fires back with a straight - and that is when he evades it and counters over the top.