My debut fight, opinions?

[RossyJames]

Here's a video of my debut fight, I was fighting a smaller but faster punching opponent, no weight limit for the bout, we got paired on our fitness and ability although he's more skilled, we were the closest match they could make as I wanted to get in there and fight ASAP, I already knew he was better before I got in there as we've sparred before but thought I'd go in there and do my best and hopefully get a win, sadly I didn't.

I've only been learning to box since July so please do go easy on me, don't just call me rubbish with no hope as I'm wanting advice.

What I know I did wrong was that I was too passive, in all honesty I was afraid of being hit too much when we began exchanging as I really didn't want to get knocked out in my first fight, especially as my family was there watching. But I now know that this was mistake one.

Mistake two was that I went in there thinking I could just hide behind my jab and not let him get to me and win on points by that, but I didn't understand that going in there but keeping a distance so he can't hit me but I can hit him was the right thing to do. I was relying on just my jab which costed me.

Mistake three, I wasn't fit enough. I went all rounds but I did spend time moving around and away from him on purpose to catch my breath, I didn't feel completely comfortable in there. If I had better fitness I could have thrown more punches.

Anymore mistakes you guys can point out that I made? But be nice, only been training to box since July, never been in a fight in my life before that.

It was both a debut fight for both of us but he has a bit of experience in kick boxing competitions as you can tell from his stance.

Give me advice on what I need to work on, I knew that throwing over hand rights was working for me in the third round, the third and last round is the only round I felt I had some argument that I won / didn't get beat up in and I felt like I was finding my timing and reach better but by then it was too late to get a win.



But be nice guys, I know I've got a long way to go.

[foggy]

I think you fought too soon if only starting in July, but credit to you and anyone who does fight.

I would suggest that you work on some simple/decent drills for both offense and defense, get to the point of being able to execute them consistently in sparring, and then venture back into competition.

Again, well done for stepping between the ropes, ���� but I sense you know that you need to bring more to the party. You can only execute what you practice, so get good at that. �� just my humble.

[Luilun]

I hope it’s a hobby

[RossyJames]

I think you fought too soon if only starting in July, but credit to you and anyone who does fight.

I would suggest that you work on some simple/decent drills for both offense and defense, get to the point of being able to execute them consistently in sparring, and then venture back into competition.

Again, well done for stepping between the ropes, ���� but I sense you know that you need to bring more to the party. You can only execute what you practice, so get good at that. �� just my humble.

The thing is it's my age, starting at 23 isn't exactly ideal so I wanted to get in there asap. I wanted to be put in a real life situation so I know what it's like to be hit. I also suffer with anxiety so I wanted to know if I could perform in front of an audience without having an attack, which I was able to do just fine.

The good thing about that fight and my fight I'm having in December is that it doesn't count on your record,so at the moment I'm not seen as 0-1. So really it's all practice in a way. When I started my training camp at first there was quite a few people I felt I could have beat but when it got to sparring all of them dropped out so from then on I knew that I was officially the worst on the fight card but I didn't want to drop out just because of that so I didn't.

For my next fight I hope that people more on my level are on the card, I've already fought someone that's better than me so I'd really like to fight someone that has the same experience as I do. (The person I fought is a kick boxer and has fought several times before just under kick boxing rules so he had more experience.)

But if I don't take too much damage, I think continuing to fight for this boxing club every few months will get me more ready to be a boxer then just practising if you get what I mean.

[RossyJames]

I hope it’s a hobby

It's all I am looking for it to be currently, there's no point in looking too far ahead when I'm learning the basics still. One step at a time.

[Eastbound]

You did good for your first time. Just getting the experience will make you better. I saw you pushing and pawing with your jab. You need more snap and quickness to that punch to make it effective. Snap it out there quick to connect. Work on speed and power for all your punches. Seemed like your punches didn't have much behind them and you failed to gain any respect because of this. More head movement and lateral movement in general to keep your head off the center line. Keep your hands up and guard tight. Learn to throw body shots, they can be effective and open up headshots. Get your upper body in better shape. Get those fast twitch muscles working better. Keep going and learning, you'll get better

[Rockin']

Stick the jab and don't lower your head. Keep your eyes on the target (unless you gotta get out of the way of a shot). When you were jabbing you were leaving it out there and just pushing with your back leg. It was like a battering ram that didn't hit it's target, yet still pushed on. You did land some good jabs tough. But when you missed the jab instead of leaving it there and pushing why not just reload it and fire it again. And don't take such a huge step , with your front foot. Steps are small in boxing. By reloading I mean letting the force of your back leg, brining the shot back from his face only as far as it takes you to go from 180' knuckles to 90' knuckles, just a simple turn of your fist and bend of the elbow. As soon as you're are 90' again with your knuckles... ****!! You fire the jab a 2nd time with your back leg/foot behind the shot, stepping forward just a bit.

You got up there and you did it man, that's the way you do it!

Why no right hands until the 3rd round. It gives the opponent more to think about if you show it earlier, but not too early!

How many times have you sparred would you guess?

Now, unlike so many in these forums, you have experience! Good job...…...Rockin'

[Rockin']

When I started my training camp at first there was quite a few people I felt I could have beat but when it got to sparring all of them dropped out .

But you stayed tough and did as you had to. And now you have experience.

Who is training you? ……?Rockin'

[Eff Pandas]

F#cking fancy ass venue for your first fight. Noooooiccce.

You seemed waaaaaaay nervous first off. Like more than Id expect. You seemed to be using a lot of nervous energy maybe because of that which likely didnt do you any favors. Idk how much you are sparring but maybe you should be doing it more often til you gain more comfort in the ring & hitting & being hit.

If you just had jitters cuz this was your first time in front of strangers boxing disregard. Youll get over that eventually & its understandable.

The jab was very pushy as someone else mentioned instead of being thrown & snapped. Id work on that a lot. As a taller cat your jab is gonna be extremely important to your success in fights & its the starting ground for all your offense so make it as strong as you can. Itll make everything else fall into place better & easier.

Tighten up the defense. You just kinda held your arms up in front of your body the whole way.

Good first fight considering you jumped in so soon into training.

And one thing I always recommend to cats learning boxing is to go watch some Ricardo Lopez fights & try to do things you see him doing. He was one of the most technically strong boxers of the 90s & his technique is worth copying as much as you can. Also watch more high level guys who others talk about their abilities or guys you enjoy & try to use things they do as well. I think it increases your learning curve to be dealing with your own stuff in the gym & using time outside the gym to watch high level guys with abilities you wanna get as close as you can to.

Good luck in the future brother.

[ruedboy]

Good for you. You've got the right attitude and that's something that can't be taught!
You showed excellent endurance and and your right hand kept the other fighter off you. As a beginner it's important to fight guys at your own level so you can be successful and success builds on itself.
At this stage of development, it's important to focus on footwork and your jab. Power comes from the ground up. Work on the fundamentals, spar and watch boxing instruction on the internet.
Practice as much as you can but not too much that you lose your enthusiasm. Good luck and have fun!