And it started well it was 5-5 after the first round but **** in the second round he ****ed me up pretty bad. I got knocked down and had another standing 8 count and alltought i finished the fight on my feet i feel like **** today considering it was at my gym and that a lot of ppl came to see me... so anyway have this ever happened to you and how did you overcame it?
I've lost a lot of fights. It's not a big deal. It's the amateurs, experience is far more important than records. Did you learn anything?
Should speak to your coach about getting matched up better, was this with a head guard on you got 8 counted?
Reason I say thay is because of the above. If new guys at the gym are kicking your ass, maybe you want to take a bit of time getting back to basics or building upon your weaknesses. They shouldn't be putting you against people who will knock you down really, very few ammateur fights should have knockdowns really. Keep your head up and let the loss spur you on not break you down.
Yea that new guy is doing pretty good in sparring against everybody so idk... But at my first fight i beated a guy who had 5 fights already so i guess my coaches tought i could take the guy i fought yesterfay (he only had 2 fights). But both those fight were wins by KO at 165 (while we fought at 150) against guys in their 20s while i turned 17 2 weeks ago but i mean my coaches couldn't know that so i don't blame them. My opponent told me that after the fight.... It may looks like im making excuses but i take the loss like a man i mean he beat me and its allright no excuses...
Aplin, a head guard helps absorb shots, but sure as hell is no safeguard guarantee for knockdowns. If you think so, you haven`t seen many fights. I`ve seen many KD`s, and have KD`d a few myself. Have also been KD`d sparring...and that was with 16 oz. gloves on. Quik, I know the feeling of losing a match at your own club. I had one against my sparring partner, an exhibition, who is also older and a lot more experienced, during a main event for our in house. It sux, no doubt. But after a few days I got to looking at it more postively and learned a lot from it. Am sure you`ll do the same. Good luck in next one.
Even if you trained for a year, you can easily lose to someone who is very athletic/gifted that hasn't been training as long. Not saying you aren't athletic or gifted but it is hard to tell without us being there to see what is going on. Just learn from it and ask your trainer what you can work on. When you spar see if you can spar the guy again on a medium level. If your trainer can't really give you a straight answer then you might need to go to another gym. Most gyms these days only train you if they see you are athletic / gifted, not many will train you from the ground up.
Yes but he caught me with like 4 punches on the chin so i went down. The first froze me so I really couldn't do anything about the others.
Yeah I know mate, what I am saying though is in the UK at least amatuers is more about technique, they don't really like people knocking each other out, they much prefer the technique side of things... And therefore matches tend to be made based on fight records and styles. Rarely in the UK have I seen knockdowns in amatuers and I have been to a fair few fights, I've seen standing counts, but rarely knockdowns. P.S. don't take offence mate I was just saying maybe they were putting you up against guys too big / too experienced. When we lose we have to take postivies from it... I mean you have found something new to work on (defending straight 1-2-1-2's) and next time you step in the gym it should be your mission to learn the perfect defece and counter to this. I think it was Bruce Lee who said the only reason to compete is to compare yourself to others in the sport. You have found someone better than you, take how they beat you, learn how to not let it happen again and carry on
No offence here, it just isn't true (here). As you say, you are in the UK and I and Quik are here in Canada. So I imagine there may be some differences. But I've been to a show with clubs from the UK, and will be going to more of them, and I am fairly sure if they can spark someone out or down with a solid chin shot, it's going to happen. Our fights are carefully measured for the most part also. They try to keep fighters within 24 mos. age while younger, and within 3 fights until Open Class. Atleast the santioned fights are, and especially the tournaments. Once you get into Senior Open Class, then the gap widens.
