My last fight

Straight shots to the body are underrated. Of course, it all seems so simple from the sidelines.

 

Ah, alright. Gotcha. I've seen a few of your fights and thought this was a pattern. Even against shorter guys you tend to bully them with a lead jab and can be scrappy close in against their wider punching.

Is it possible that sparring bigger guys influences you into pressing forward more in fights when you don't necessarily have to? Maybe I'm off-base.

Honestly, you're far more of an expert to know what was or wasn't working as you were in the fight as I'm just watching from not the greatest angle. The jab looked good, it seemed when you pressed forward, or when the fight was more at a closer range he seemed to have more success. At a distance he looked lost. You jabbed, he threw weird uppercuts and wild right hands that you countered.

You know, I re-watched it again and I think you won this time. I think I was giving him credit when he looked to do work when the ring post was blocking. It was close, and probably a little harder to tell because of this.

 

Nice, Greg......I thought you edged it, as you seemed more the ring general, but I know amateur boxing doesn't take those things into consideration.

Any thoughts of turning pro at some point? If so, when?

 

I hate amateur scoring. Don't worry, Tyson lost to Henry Tillman as an amateur and then crushed him in a round in his return fight after his loss to Douglas.

 

Greg,

I agree with several previous posters. Had I sat and judged that, you'd have won those last two rounds. Your skill level was demonstrably more advanced and he missed near 90% of what he threw.

Judges, especially at the amateur level, often can't see past busyness and aggresssion.

I think that you need to grit your teeth more. You didn't fight with urgency, it actually looked like sparring at times and that is not the style you want to fall into -it's the sparring partner's curse. They're good technically, experienced, but they have a submissive or casual disposition and so they lose and get comfortable losing. Inject your veins with that juice you read about in Murderers' Row. Fight like it's 'dem or you. Control your aggression, but fight as if the guy kicked your grandmother.

Remember what I told you before -practice power. You can absolutely improve your swat with adjustments to the mechanical aspect of a shot and an adjustment to your attitude. You were not punching through the target here.

 

Wow you look like you doubled in size since your last fight.

I think you know you made some mistakes in there. Dont move straight back especially into the ropes when he comes forward or you miss and he counters.
Sometimes you moved out of your combinations really well with a head dip and sometimes you stood there and admired your work and paid for it. Keep that movement when you finish up. Either duck like you did or take off. You seem to like to be the aggressor so your technique has to be perfect or your gonna get countered like that when you make a mistake.

I know Ive told you this before, but try boxing a little more and letting the fight come to you. Your tall enough. Move a little more to your right against a conventional fighter too, you'll see its easier to be the aggressor and harder for him to counter you when you come in low or behind a feint. Looking like a fighter in there. :good

 

I really Like your footwork, movement, and left jab. Your head movement keeps improving every-time. I would like to see you develop that straight right hand a bit more, more of a straight snap than a loop.

Good Job!

 

One more thing --keep in mind whenever you step in that ring that you know more than the other guy. Much more. You have access to more tricks than they or their trainers ever knew. There are ghosts in your corner.

 

Good job Greg, I like your jab, and like Bokaj said maybe you should try the jab and other punches to the body more in this one.......In your last fight you did it very well, I remember ! Good job man !

I really liked what Stonehands89 said, "There are ghosts in your corner"....