My Last fight

good fight greg well done

use your jab a bit more it will as they say set up everything else , from the last fight i saw there is definate improvement .dont just walk in, jab and come from behind a strong jab even in the last when tired stick out a jab

 

Very good performance.....I like your body punches.....
Congratulations.....Keep it up !!!!!!

 

Nice and compact, for the most part, footwork was fine, I thought you dropped your left a bit after the first round ,and your right hand sometimes appeared to be telegraphed, but good sequences of hooks to the body ,and no panic under attack .Over all ,very promising I would say.
ATB for the future.
I would like to see you punching "through him" with the jab ,rather than putting it out there,but a good performance imo.

Of course , it is easy to criticize from the safe side of the ropes.

 

Not much to say, you did fine in there. Keep your hands up a little more when your moving into range, and use your jab a little more to set up shots and keep your opponent where you want him.
That guy probably would have never touched you if you stayed at range. You could have just boxed him at range, he really wasnt doing anything when your hands were moving.

Your balance is good when you throw your shots and you seem to have a clear advantage over a lot of your opponents in height, so make your style suit that. Double jabs, double jabs step in to the side with a power shot, step off with a jab, move side to side. The better guys as you know arent going to make it that easy for you. You can still throw a lot of punches and power shots with that kind of style while using your advantages.

 

You're gonna have GREAT memories, GP. (with vids ta prove it)

Ya walked-the-walk 'n did it DAMN WELL!

 

I have watched the other tapes you put out on yourself and I notice a lot of improvement. Like they say, your a work in process, But the process is very good.

Just to let you know, I am the President of the New Jersey Association of USA Boxing and I have Ring Announced close to 500 Boxing Shows, so I saw them all.

I think most of the posters said it all. The only thing I see is to use your jab like you mean it. With that reach, jab, height and legs, you should never get caught in a corner or against the ropes. Use the whole ring like it's yours. Use your height and legs to your advantage, never box smaller then you have to.

In Amateur Boxing, as you know, it's who lands the most punches that wins. I hate that scoring system But we have to live with it. So with that saying, conditioning is one of the most important things you need to have. You have to be able to go 3 hard and fast rounds. I think your still boxing 2 minute rounds, so when you step up in Class you will be boxing 3 three minute rounds. So do your road work, sparring and any other conditioning that will get you in top condition. This is the thing I tell everyone. You shouldn't die out in the last round. If anything, you should be picking up the pace and force the action.

I know you have films of all the Greats, watch the ones that are closest to your style. Take the best from each one and try to learn from them.

Keep it up, I can tell you really have a Love for this sport and that is Great!

 

i see you've been putting a bit of work in on your left hook.nice one greg, keep it up.
one minor comment.same as i always say, throw more jabs.
you look a lot more mature than 17 and very calm

 

You did really well in the fight. Threw good combinations and effectively pressured him. As has been mentioned already, just throw your jab more and like you mean it. Really whip it out there. Double it up, feint your jab to make him move into another punch. As I'm sure you know, the jab can be the best weapon in boxing. Your other punches are all very good, and a better jab will greatly enhance you as a fighter.

Just a small little tip that I learned when jabbing a person who likes to slip under jabs: Commit to your jabs to the head. Make them really sting. Once the person becomes over ancy to slip under them, start shooting the jab at the person's chest. At the sight of the jab, they will instinctively duck down, thus putting their head in the way of your jab.

This will obviously not work for anyone, but it is a tempory success solution for when you have difficulty landing jabs to the head against a person slipping under you jabs.

 

Great let hook man

Keep up the good work, your killin it out there


I love how in the center of the ring he gave you a friendly nod, and you were just like "nah son..."

 

GP. Most of these posters seem to have watched your videos already. This is the first that i've seen of you, and for such a young man you seem quite relaxed in there. That's impressive.

Power Puncher touched on the same thing that I noticed which is you walking in a straight line towards your opponent. I would like to see more lateral movement. Pressure bursts pipes and cutting off the ring will begin that pressure.

Good luck and keep fighting!

 

You look fairly tall for that weight, somewhere close to 6 ft. or so by the scale of you standing next to the ring ropes. That is a good size for what is basically a welterweight fighter. I like the way you forced the action and the only time he really forced anything was in the last round when he had to realize he was behind on the cards.

Like others have mentioned, cut off the ring better and snap that jab a little sharper. You threw a lot of nice body shots with pretty good power and accuracy.

One thing I noticed, and it has nothing to do with your performance, is that the rounds were very unevenly timed. I'm assuming you fight 2 minute rounds. The first round ran a bit long at about 2:11, but that was due to the ref stopping the clock to have your opponents headgear fixed. However, round 2 ran 2:08 and round 3 ran 2:31 according to the U-tube video timer. I did see the ref issue a couple warnings but did not see him stop the clock to do so----or is it mandatory the timekeeper do so in that instance????? Or maybe it was just a glitch in the U-tube video timer.

The only reason I bring it up is if you are in there with a slugger and get hurt near what is suppose to be the end of the round, it would not be in your best interest to have them run 10-30 seconds longer than mandated.

 

You looked great man!

-- More commitment to the jab as weapon
-- Increased amount of jabs
-- Stay outside
-- Would have loved to see you throw an uppercut up the middle when you had him covering

Overall you looked great! Keep up the good work.

 

You showed much poise in there and your technique is developing well. This guy was easy for your style and level of skill and he was also showing signs of fatigue early and he couldn't help but show it.

In the first round, you weren't working behind your jab but you were countering pretty well. I think that it would have been more effective to jab this guy off balance and then come in with that right or a left hook and flurry, then spin out. This guy just wanted to come forward to show you a lie -that is, to suggest that he was in shape. If you took charge a little more, you'd have exposed the truth and then stopped him.

You want to work on your jab. It is too basic -and when you face more aggressive, hungry guys it could actually become a liability because it is not snapping enough and it is predictable. It's gonna get countered and your tendency to fall in won't help. You are feinting with it and doubling up now and then when you do use it, but you don't often shoot it like you mean it. When I'm doing mitts with my guys and I see that they are going through the motions, I'll stop and remind them that this isn't a fricking game of billiards here. Then I'll tell tell them to think of something bad that happened to them, something that makes them angry. See? Focus your mind on punching through, not at, targets. You do well by punching properly (except when you loop that right), but you are punching at the target. Punch through it. Stronger jabs that you step in behind should be mixed in with your range-finding jabs.

You're too tall inside. Your concentration downstairs was a joy to see, but the closer you get inside, the smaller you want to become -bend your knees and use more of your body and less of your arms when you punch from that range. Rip them! But don't spend too much time in there because that is his range.

I would make a couple of slight adjustments with your right cross. Your right foot is on a tip toe when you shoot it. You want to throw it in a straighter line and off of a stronger pivot to throw it harder.

You also want to set up that right better. Your leading with it too much and you don't have the speed to get away with that against better guys. Feint a jab, step in, and shoot the right. Jab a jab and shoot the right. When you ripped over a left hook and then stepped in with the right, it looked good. That's the idea.

Try this in sparring -mix in hard jabs to the forehead. This should lift his chin up, then step in, bend your knees a bit, pivot, and shoot the right through the middle of the guy's face. That is how you get knockouts.

I realize that amateur boxing is about punch-counts, so you want to flurry often but flurrying will be less costly if he is hurt or worried about what's coming. Finish or begin flurries with well-leveraged shots.

If you face this guy again, and he's panting like he was in this go-round. Watch what Tony Zale did to the body and do the same. He'd shoot a right to the ribs and that would set up the left hook to the jaw -devestating stuff.

Watch out also for this guy's habit of going backwards with his chin up -when that happens close the distance quickly or better yet whenever he moves backwards close the distance quick like a flash and go to the body and then fire a left hook, right hand to the head. He does too much work on the heavybag --all you need to do is stay off the ropes and control him from the outside. I'd also try to move him backwards ...but only on the condition that you improve the malevolence of your jab so that you can knock him back and step in safely with rights and combinations. I suspect that doing that will completely undermine his style. He's a control guy, a front-runner, and you had an easy time because you took complete control. Next time, take control and punch through him.

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