I'm a complete newbie to boxing (unless you count the 4 months of Muay Thai I did recently which I personally don't). I want to participate in a white collar boxing event here in Hong Kong called Hedge Fund Fight Night in late October. They choose 50 participants but only the final 16 get to fight. Most boxers who sign up have little to no experience. Training happens in May/June (for 4-5 months) but I want carefully analyze what I am up against. From the information I got from a past particpant the average weight of the final fighters are around 73-78kg (160-171lbs). My friend who trained hard for 4-5 months last time didn't get picked in the end because none of the final participants were in his weight class (he's closer to 140-150lbs). Anyway, I'm 5' 9" 165lbs. I'm athletic (I ran and completed my first marathon 2 weeks ago) but honestly I was in much better shape when I was about 150-155lbs last year. I am a tough and competitive person so I want to put myself in the best position to win my potential fight by getting a 2 month jump start on training. My question is: I assume I am likely to drop weight during my training which might mean I might not make the 'average' weight class. How can I increase my weight then without sacrificing too much speed/agility? From past years it looks like pretty much all the fighters will be bigger build and taller than me (not sure if it is because they are not Asian). In that case should I focus more improving my speed/agility during training? I assume if I go the more power route I will play right into the strong hand of most of these guys. If it helps here's a video of one of last year's matches (the only KO of the night): [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rPbJY9md7w[/ame] Really appreciate any constructive help/tips/advice I can get and really looking forward to taking on this new journey. Thanks!
Very true. With my non-existant boxing experience it looks like the aggresiveness and power of blue pretty much took red out of his game. How would you rate their technique? Would you said blue style was more brawling? It seemed like the get-go blue did not care if his punches landed or not he was just going to continuely swing at red.
yeah blue just kept pressing. he would leave his hands down but wouldnt get penalized by red. walks in with hands down, throws looping shots and leaves hands wide. red would just cover up when blue would throw instead of throwing straight shots and beating him to the punch. red just seemed out of his comfort zone from the minute blue first threw a punch. red wasnt as experienced. but blue had flaws in his game. as far as moving up. just depends on how you feel. strength wise, energy wise. also on how much you actually weight when walking around compared to fighting weight.
Thanks. I would imagine if blue faced a more experienced fighter that person could potentially counter effectively since as you rightfully said, blue just walked around with his hands down. These guys, I think are likely to be above my weight class but it would definitely make things interesting to face someone who came out super aggresive like blue. Anyway, thanks for the tip. Although I know I'm not as big and strong as some of these other participants my plan is to improve my conditioning, mental game and technique to a point where it can compensate for my physical build on fight night. Fingers crossed.
good luck. work on your defense and timing. strength doesnt matter as long as you keep putting your hands on them. with the proper training you can negate their size and strength. train hard, fight hard.
Thanks for the words of advice. I will continue to post in this forum and hopefully will have some good results to show you guys in October.
