Lost first fight - video

Bend you legs more at all tijes. Tuck your chin in when throwing the straight left - you're leaving yourself wide open. Jab more.........much more.

 

Learn how to defend against a southpaw might be a good start

 

First thing is stop trying to make excuses, you lost, accept it.

You threw near enough no combos and you move back in a straight line when pressed...

 

You gotta hit him in that chubby lil jelly belly! I'm telling you, it works!

1. You threw no body shots. You need to get him thinking about protecting more than his face.

2. Don't trade with him. He came out better in every exchange, and as the taller guy, you look awful standing still flailing. In the last round when they were telling you you did good, no, it was bad. He could stop you if you do that. (Though in that fight you were behind and needed to throw caution out, so good on you for doing it.)

3. Right hook. His left hand spends the majority of the fight down by his chest. Feint the 2, 3-2-3-3b.

4. Finish on a body shot. This will keep him from countering when you try to trade. Simple 1-2-3b. Throw a right uppercut to the middle of his chest. Work his body! This will slow him down and make him commit less to his punches. Benefit: He doesn't hit as much or as hard. Also: You might put him down with it.

5. Pressure. He's fat and small. If you come in shape in February, surprise him by walking into him and cornering him. He'll tire eventually, especially if you keep busy with your punching.

6. Move your head. He hit you way too much. Waaayyy too much. And he's a big boy. Make him miss, then hurt him.

 

You need to seriously up the work rate for a start. You wereredgin in and as soon as he feinted you backed off and had o start again.


Agree with the lad above, stop making excuses as well.

 

you didn't punch. like. at all.


you can't win if you don't punch.

 

I'm at work so I can't watch the video right now so I'll just go by the rest of your post.

Get fit and spar more. Amateur fight can be (and often are) won on fitness and work rate alone. If you go in out of shape your stuffed.
Get fit and spar. Find a decent southpaw or two to spar with. And get fit. And spar.

 

keep your hands up, throw punches, don't move straight back - you were getting tagged alot like that. Try moving your head - you were pretty stiff in there.

Minus the fact that you moved directly back and on top of that with a very bad guard, 3:04 - 3:09 is a good example of how you should fight him.

Circling to your left PUMPING the jab to keep him at bay, looking for combinations. Jabs, double jabs to keep him at bay and double jabs duck down with a straight right to the body with a follow up left hook to the head. Moving, moving, moving not standing right in front of him with no head movement or defense or without throwing punches like this. Like in 3:04 - 3:09, when he comes in move out in an angle with a tight d, counter off his punches, and slip out of there. No need to trade with him, that's what he wanted.

 

3:15 - 3:20, good good execution of the 1, 2. He has his right hand down through out the fight which would make it easy to set up that same combo again and again. ONLY bad part I saw there is that you tangled up with him and didnt follow up. You find a weakness like that you dont hit once and give him a chance to recover, you pound him with the jab right.. jab right left hook. Keep him at the end of your punches and after comboing dont tangle up with him, that'll tire you down and take away what you had just set up.

 

Besides that you need to go to his body, he looks soft down there. Idr if I said this either but you really need to increase your punch output, you threw nothing, got to tag him to win. Now on the defensive tighten up your d! When he throws punches don't look away and throw your hands out, tighten it up, move your head, slip out. Always keep him at the end of your punches and circle away from his left hand (your left, his right).

Just some advice from what I saw..

 

Work - you don't get anything for free. And you're a southpaw yourself, so you should know what to do against a southpaw.

 

dude, your whole stance is waiting to be hit.

you be leaning back, waiting, and even when throwing you are not committing to the punches...leaning away.

confidence is a tough thing for us. but also, an absolute necessity. you will never know if you are any good in this sport until you decide to go balls out, say "**** it!" and apply w/e training you've had to date, yourself, and let **** go. toss caution to the wind.

 

Tighten that left hand when you throw it - make it more straight when you throw it dont allow him to get inside your left with his left

Get that jab out more you had success with it

Go to the body

 

I think the last paragraph is the best advice I have read for your thread. I think that the second paragraph coincides with the last paragraph. Have confidence in what you are doing.

On a side note: I have a ton of respect for you. I think you are brave and humble to post your fight on this forum. We have a lot of folks who give little sound advice and are very judgmental behind their keyboards, at times outright insulting. I would agree completely with Youngblood to go out there and just let it go. Sometimes it is more a state of mind than boxing "mechanics." Good luck.:good