My fights

If you are the guy in the blue, you failed to use your height and reach. Work on the 1-2. The guy in the red ( southpaw ) was a bit quicker than you were. You are not going to out combo him. You are not going or beat him to the punch in a mid range engament, so why try?

In short, in this fight, the best defense for you to to fight at long range, and throw 1-2's...if you catch him on the way in, then you landed something good. And remember to move your feet. Would it be somewhat boring? Yes. Could you have won if you did this? I think you'd have a much better chance.

The key to beating a southpaw is to keep you foot outside his, and line up the right hand.

Not a bad effort, but I'm sure your coach will tell you to work on things. I felt the guy in the red won.

 

just watched the fight pater he deserved the nod over you but it was close cant add to anything said . good luck

 

Good fight Greg, You still did well even tho' the other guy won.

Keep at it, it is the most dedicated not the most talented that make it.

You have good skills but some thing is missing just like some of the other guys have said, with more pratice and just letting yourself go , everything will come together.

 

GPater. Sorry for the delay. I'll post an analysis later.

 

Good effort. May I ask what advice your corner gave you between rounds?
You will get a lot of answers to that fight by watching how your opponent fought you.

 

You began well. He's throwing dummy right jabs and trying to set up a straight left and you step in and throw a good straight punch combination and then step out and leave him reaching. Then you got on the ropes -which is where you didn't want to be. You caught him going away with a straight right and his head rolled down to his shoulder blades. That was good. The body shots were even better.

The first round was yours and here's why: You fought at the appropriate distance most of the time, using your reach and better offense at range.

In the second round your distance was off. You were reaching. You also got pinned on the ropes which allowed him to land shots that sent your head back -never good in the amateurs. You lost that round because you exchanged a thinking offense for what seemed to be exasperation. You fought at his tempo and it cost you.

In the third, you got winded, and were bothered by those left crosses of his that started to land. The ropes were your enemy in this round too.

Okay.... here's some analysis that you can take to the bank.

The southpaw was all legs and flurries. Legs and flurries. His jab was pawing and he had virtually no discernible defense aside from stepping out of range or grabbing onto you. He seemed to have a shorter reach than you though it's hard to tell.

You wanted to be the boxer-puncher in there and that seems to be the style that you are developing into, but here, the emphasis should have been on punching. Smart punching. At the proper range. When he came in pumping that dummy jab looking to land that straight left, you step in with him but slightly angled to your left, moving your head out of the trajectory for his left. And shoot a jab, then a hard right, then finish on your left and slip your head again to the left just in case.

You want to step in with him because then you know he is going to be there. They guy had good legs. He used them to get you reaching in round 2 and 3. When you see him in offensive mode, "committing" in other words, then you can land on him by stepping in with hard shots, and you can make him miss by sliding to your left and slipping the left.

Another combination that would have lit him up was the 3,2,3. Left hook, right cross, left hook. Next time, make him pay for throwing too many dummy jabs. Slide over to your left and crash in a left hook over those dummies, then come back with the right cross (and if you slide in you will land it at the optimal KO distance), then finish with a left hook. You can also finish on your left by jabbing out and forcing him to come in. When he does come in, while you're jabbing out, do what Ray Leonard used to do
-spring off of your right foot and meet his chin with a right cross.

At one point, you threw a left hook and then doubled it up. He was pulling an Ali stunt and sticking his arms out with his neck stretched. You just missed a left hook. I wish your threw one more, because he was there for it with his chin up in the air with a flag on it.

Another key with a fighter with that style is to vary the attack. You did that pretty well in round one but then forgot about it. Throw a 3,2,3 then a 3,2,2,3, then jab out. See? He'll be so preoccupied with trying to read you and time you that he'll have to sacrifice the driver's seat.

Be careful about allowing your head to linger. When he comes back looking for his reciept, his punches should be a breeze-in-your-ear. When you are jamming with him, move your head. Dip and move. Don't be so straight up because then you're easy to find.