My first amateur fight

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Almost as soon as the bell rung, I could tell you were gonna have a hard time - not because your form was extra bad or anything…

..but because you were overly relaxed in the body and appeared lackadaisical. How much full contact 100% sparring did you do before this fight? You dont want to be tense, but being overly relaxed is also not good.

Try to have more body rhythm, and more bend in the hips and knees. This stuff can be hard to explain via text..

As far as technical adjustments:

1. keep your chin down (this will fix A LOT of your other technical issues by itself if you really focus on it, the body follows the head. If your neck is in a stable position with chin tucked, you will balance your weight better in all of your movements, punches, etc.). I don’t want to get too deep on it, but keeping your chin tucked has way more benefits than just defensive positioning.

2. Focus on pulling your punches back FAST.

Just my .02… and what do i know?
Lastly, the fact that you trained and climbs between the ropes, then put yourself out there is a great sign of character… especially posting the video of a performance you didn’t feel good about.. That’s good stuff man.

 

Props for stepping up and throwin' some fists.

That guy looked way more experienced than you.

Now you have experience, so what are you going to do with it?

You learn when you lose, you learn that you gotta get down and dig in that gym work.

Nobody plays boxing...........

 

You honestly looked terrified from the start. Keep your hands up, use your lead hand more, chin down, and don’t be so terrified. You might just need more hard sparring sessions.

 

Ask your trainers. Random tips are not comparable to an efficient, organized training. Don't indulge forum coaches beside the most basic tips (chin down etc.) Also, it's fine. If you are not named Lomachenko, losing a bout to a more experienced, older, or better opponent simply happens.

 

Whatever you do, don’t listen to internet quarter backs (like me) keep your head and remind yourself why you’re doing this, you will have had spars go wrong in the past this is just part of it, loosen up keep your eyes open @Rockin1 has said something similar to this in the past (correct me if I’m wrong Rockin) there’s a strong relationship between your eyes and your chin. If you want a good example look at Muhammad Ali getting floored by Cooper in his prime, rocked, hurt bad but as he became more experienced he had his eyes open and started to move with the punch or at least always see it coming and the whole classic forum thinks his whiskers got better in the 70s lol similar deal as Foreman. Jake LaMotta said it, taking a punch is like catching a baseball you don’t leave the mit out there to be slammed into by the ball, you make a small movement to dissipate nearly all the impact as it happens you can observe this in HD watching Toney - don’t get tense, breathe and don’t hold your breath lots of people do, relax bamboo bends in the wind oaks get snapped in half. @Pat M @Saintpat you fellas got any advice for this guy?

 

Lots of good advice here - most importantly the part about listening to your coaches and not putting too much stock in what people say on the internet - myself included.

We’re mostly well meaning around here - but we aren’t seeing you in person and spending time with you on a weekly basis.

Great post about eyes @Journeyman92 - you’ll see a lot of excellent fighters who appear almost “bug eyed” and it’s no coincidence.

Anxiety can tire you more than the fight itself and (and feeling lackadaisical yet tense physically and dulling your reactions - this is what I was trying to say earlier not necessarily relaxed). But this its completely normal and it’ll get better with experience. You’ll learn ways that work for YOU to harness this and possibly even turn it into an advantage… again, ideally, your coach and team will help with this too!

My original comment wasn’t worded well, this is more what I was trying to speak to.

 

7 months of training is not that long.

Your opponent didn’t look like a first timer. You might have been unlucky in that department.

Make sure that you train at a gym that has several guys that fight competition that are not out of your league but slightly better then you so you can train up to their level. The gym should also have a ring to spar in. You should spar every week. The gym should be open almost everyday. 2 or 3 times a week won’t be cutting it.