Hi everyone, I'm going to fight for the first time on the 23rd of March (I havetime to prepare yes). I've only done boxing for like 8 months so I kinda like experience. I'm currently training 2h on mondays (quite intense), tuesdays and thursdays and sometimes doing runs and skipping rope sessions between those days. I am not a hard hitter so I think I would have to practice on my stamina and speed. The thing is I don't know how experienced my opponent is (or will be as he hasn't been chosen yet). If some of you have any advice for my first fight, wether on the training, mental condition, food/nutrition or anything else, I could do with some of it. Sorry for the bad english, english isn't my native language. Thank you very much.
My first fight My couch told me to be in better condition. Most likely he will be very green too. You will probably throw everything you learned in the gym out the window ( at least I did) and it will be a sloppy fight. my advice is to be able to throw more punches then him. I won becuase I was able to last longer. Good luck
He shouldnt be tons better than you if its first fight. My bet would get right up in his face. Most beginners are much more comfortable fighting at distance. If you are 6" away and continually throwing shots he may get out of his comfort zone and be intimidated. Dont box him - fight him. Most of all - be as fit as you can possibly be! Fitness can get you out of a lot of problems.
Ok don't worry about any **** this guy is bringing to the table, just focus on you. Keep calm, I can't stress this enough. Even a well conditioned athlete can go tired from nerves and panicking because of the raised heart rate. I can almost guarantee this guy is going to be throwing wild, so pivoting and pumping that jab out there will be great.
You really never know how good your opponent will be but generally you're not going to be facing some beast who will tear your head off. There are often basic mistakes made by novices and they are often wild, you need to capitalise on this by using the basic combinations and basic movement.
Thank you everyone. In fact, this fight is not as official as usual because it's a fight between 2 universities, a kind of derby. So the opponent may be more experienced than me (I hope not). What I am fearing for this fight is as said by someone in a previous post the fear itself. I think my heart rate will be increased as this is my first fight so this may alter my performance, right? Don't hesitate to throw any other advice, thank you.
Amateur judges love to see active fighters. Practice throwing a lot of punches when you spar. Do some rounds of padwork where you just throw nonstop straight punches. (Good for conditioning and good for just letting your hands go.) One thing that helped me a lot in the nerves department was booking sparring time with some of my favorite sparring partners. We weren't goofing around, but we were comfortable with each other. By the time I got into the ring with a stranger, I'd spent the week leading up to the fight associating being up there with relaxing and having fun. Bonne chance!
Stay relaxed and keep calm deep breaths help try not to think about the fight enough for it to start bothering you, just concentrate on training to your best ability .try to get good sleep in a few days before the fight because you may lose some the night before the fight. Don't cut your water intake out when the fight date approaches close. Water doesn't put on weight . Get as much fresh water day of fight and on fight night drink an isotonic drink around 45 mins before you are going to fight , this will get your blood sugar levels up you could keep sipping around 20 mins but only a sipps not too many . Hope this helps mate
What about my breathing? Are there exercises to control it? When I'm caught in the fight, like when it gets tough for me during sparring or I am trying to be fast, I tend to not breath at all or breath fastly (almost like "panting"). Oh, I forgot to mention my weight and height. I'm 1.80m (6 feet) and 60 kilos (132 lbs if my maths are correct). Quite tall and thin so I think I better practice speed rather than strength.
Breathing comes with experience, after awhile you will learn to control your nerves. You are extremely tall for your weight, so practice using the ring and using your reach.
salut vieux, on est un peu dans le même bateau puisque moi aussi je m'entraîne depuis presque un an et j'ai mon premier combat dans quelques semaines. je vais écrire en anglais comme ça les autres comprendront i think its important to be the main one making your training schedule, that way you know where you are going and you can be more confident with knowing your capabilities. of course you should submit your schedule to your coach cos he knows better than you for most things. depending on your character its also important to not overtrain. personally i have no problem pushing myself cos i'm all pumped up for the fight, i'm guessing most people are like that. however if you overtrain it can have far worse consequences than not training adequately.
like all these guys are saying OVERwork that jab, nerves will make you tired most likely, but be sure not to overtrain the week leading up to the fight.. and consider the mental side of boxing too man, weeks leading up to the fight sit in a dark room for 10 mins a day and envision the fight, the smells, the atmosphere, ppl cheering.. and imagine your self been very tired and having to fight thru it, dont just imagine your self dominating the other guy.. its gonna be a sloppy tiring battle. Good Luck!
try control your breathing during all your workouts and when ever you exercise, breath in your nose out your mouth.. when your really pootched in there.. dont try keep throwing, try your best to slow the pace of the fight(sparring) for a few seconds.. dont keep throwing if you dont have the energy, pace yourself.
