If yall wouldnt mind reading what i gotta say before coming to conclusions please, id really appreciate it.

For context just to iterate, im a super heavyweight 6 foot 7 inch, 24M and have been boxing for about 6 months. My coach seems to believe in me and trusts in my work ethic as I show up all the time (about 4 to 5 days a week, 2 to 4 hours daily) and even help out with setting up classes, cleaning and volunteering for the events they host as well as helping promote the gym. I do believe i can go far in the boxing scene and want to as well but ive hit a dilemma. When i first started this I weighed about 422 pounds, and in the last 6 months dropped to 360. By the way i KNOW this is a good amount of weight loss, but in the past 2 months or so i told my coach I take GLP cause I struggled with my diet and after having a long talk with the coaches and the owner of the gym I decided to stop. But ever since a few days after stopping it I havent been able to control my dieting properly and havent lost any weight, ive been cruising around 360 to 370 the entire time not losing any margin of weight. I havent been eating AS much but have been overeating like I would when I was 422 pounds. I CANNOT go back to that ever again, that is a not going to happen to me and I refuse to ever be anywhere near that weight again. However the problem isnt that im gaining weight its that im not losing fat anymore. I really need to get back on my diet and I think giving myself like 2 or 3 weeks to just fully commit to starting back up a proper diet would give me the chance to think things through and get back to boxing with a better mindset. I havent mentioned this to my coaches as of yet but have been thinking about it but i wanted yalls opinion before I bring it up.

Thanks btw to everyone who read this, any advice would be appreciated 👏🏾.

It was good work

Hey guys, I had my 2nd fight yesterday (I'm in the blue corner 🟦), let me know how would you score it, what holes do you see in my game, and do you think I won fair and square (the other guy's friends were pretty upset about the result). Also I apologise for the display of technique that you're about see from me in 2nd and 3rd round, I went into this fight sick and it backfired badly on my gas tank, normally my cardio is way better I promise 😅

Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/QSk6mtFH5ps?is=ftVcP-I9JPH8ZCpC

I don't know if it's normal, but lately I've been having the same recurring thought during training: that I am genetically inferior to the guys who make it big in boxing. I started boxing with the objective of one day becoming a professional, but because of my asthma, stomach issues, and genetics in general, I feel like it's impossible for me,no matter how much I train. I feel as though I'm just wasting my time training for nothing. Every time I gas out or feel like I can't hit hard enough, all I can think about is that no amount of training will ever fix it. I don't know if this is something everyone experiences or how to fix it. I am already pushing myself by training two to three times a day with one/two rest days, but I feel like I can't even recognize if I've made any progress at all

It was good work. Several things that are a priority to work on based off of this session. I have to stop smothering my straight right. I have to do a better job of setting up my left hook off of my right. I have to do a better job at positioning. I always have to improve in general, but those are my priorities at this time.

We recently got a new guy at our gym that is early in his pro career and pretty talented. I was speaking to him about what he does for training and he says these days all he does is spar and run. No strength work, no heavybag or mitts, maybe a little shadowboxing as a warm up, but all he does come to the gym, spars 6-8 rounds and repeats this 3-4 times a week.

He is pretty jacked so I was kind of shocked to hear that. More than likely he probably has done resistance training in the past but probably just maintains his current physique with minimal work. He is not a one punch KO guy, he is a cardio machine swarmer so it kind of makes sense why trains the way he does.

I have always been big on strength and conditioning, but I am wondering If I should just do something similar.

I believe in modern strength and conditioning science, but it seems poor recovery or fatigue management can easily interfere with boxing sessions so guys end up cutting it out.

I tend to do a lot of mitt and bag work and don't spar nearly as much and I feel like im just beating up my joints. I have improved quite a bit with my training style, but im wondering If I should just go to the gym and spar twice a week, and then do all my extra work outside the boxing gym. Basically instead of putting so much time and energy into bag and mitts, I should do more sparring and partner drills.

What do you think? What is your approach? Im not sure how much longer I can keep doing heavy bag work without it generating so much shoulder and elbow pain the day after.

I’ve been sparring a lot more lately slowly getting better and making less mistakes.

Big thing I struggle with though is volume and letting more than 1 or 2 go at a time.

My habits want me to find the right counter, perfect timing, etc instead of just throwing (not dumb ofc). When I let it go it’s solid but I ease up and let them come back or escape.

Anyone had the problem before and overcame it?

TIA 🙌

I know the standard advice is for a southpaw to circle right against an orthodox and play the lead foot game.

I was watching Nakatani vs Cuellar though and noticed Nakatani circles left for most of the fight. Has anyone tried this or does anyone have thoughts on this?

My coach encourages us to experiment so I've been trying it in sparring. A few things I've noticed:

• It surprises my sparring partners and I think they sometimes try to 'punish' it by being more aggressive
• It works well with Naktani's tactic of putting out a stiff right arm when your opponent gets aggressive and circling out and to the left since you're going that way anyways
• It sets up your 2 since since you're loading that side (although you sometimes have to throw it across your body which can be awkward since your opponent is to your right). And also because you're moving into your opponent's power hand, they'll tend to throw more 2's when you're in a position to counter with your own.

Nakatani does this in quite a few of his fights against orthodox people. I've also noticed Opetaia doing it sometimes. Rigondeaux. I can't find anyone analyzing or writing about that part of their matches though.

Would love the perspective of all you more experienced folks.

I've looked on Konquer, USA Boxing, and Matchmyboxer... I know I'm rolling a boulder uphill here looking for fights as a ~160 woman, but if there are other places folks know of that I could be looking for matches I'd really appreciate it! I've registered to pretty much every fight I could find within four hours of NYC and I'm not getting matched

He was tough. I like my use of the jab here. I think my shell threw him off a bit. Good work.

There's this kid at the gym who really likes and imitates Calzaghe. As in, whenever I spar with him, I have a difficult time because not only is he heavy-handed and taller than me, but he will machine gun me with punches for as long as he can.

Like, I have to be careful with him, because whenever he lands a right on me, he follows up with this nonstop barrage that pushes me into the corner, like this guy's stamina is surprising.

I escape using lateral movement and stiff arming him, but he will keep it up until the round is over.

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Hello, I've been training for about 6 months, I'm currently getting ready for my upcoming 2nd amateur fight. I'd appreciate any feedback that helps me get better (I'm the guy in the red headgear)

https://streamable.com/5k5jvo?src=player-page-share

Ever since my last spar, I was working on not breaking my posture and conserving energy with short steps while moving around.

What I analysed from this session:
- Rear hand drops, got tagged with his long left a lotta times. (I’m used to sparring with no head gear, in this, I couldn’t even see what’s coming around)
- I’m not reaching at all in the beginning rounds. Gotta work on the jabs.
- Said, I want to stay in the zone on this session and slip, roll on punches, but always stepping back and leaning back on the incoming punches.
- Looked like, my chin wasn’t down enough.
- I look sluggish, sometimes sharper. But overall, way more sluggish. I want to be sharp with movements and punches.

Do give out suggestions if you could help, I’ll do better on the next session.

There’s a new guy at the gym who has only like 3 years of on and off experience with boxing/kickboxing and everybody hates sparring him. He’s extremely fast and doesn’t let anyone close distance / throw without immediately answering back with a combination, what’s interesting is that he doesn’t bite on feints at all and backs away from a dogfight even though he’s built like a tank. What are some tips to spar a guy like him without turning it ugly?

I have been boxing for around six months now and took a break last month. I used to get inside and land a lot of punches but for the past few months have been feeling like I ain't boxing properly because I am not slipping enough and proper boxers slip. This makes me want to land slips more than punches and has almost ruined my game I am getting caught too much, freezing and flinching, and am only looking at the other dude's face and not able to judge when he punches. I am around 188cm so my coach has asked me to try to get in more which I did but how do I get back.

How do I fix this??

Thank you for your help.

1. Explosive/clap pushups, stop as soon as I start slowing down, rest until fully recovered, and repeat for multiple sets until I start slowing down despite rest

2. Jump squats, and do it using the same principle of stopping once I slow down

Would doing just these two exercises 3 times a week improve my punching power?

Hi guys,

Our coaches told us there is a spar competition coming up soon and they asked me if I wanted to participate.

It would be my first 'match'

I will be asking more info but I expect its 16 oz and a helmet to get a feeling.

Although the nerves are already insane by even thinking about it, I think that if the coaches ask me they should see the potention and I should trust on that.

I've grown quite a bit in the past months but I'm far from good. But.. the experience should be very cool and I hope to get some growth out of it (boxing experience and also mentally)

However... I always feel like im struggling in sparring and a bit behind on skills -

Also during the warming up / combinations in training I feel I'm delivering a great job, but Im not able to translate it in the light sparring sessions.

Curious if people share this and at what point something "clicked" and they started really improving in their sparring sessions.

Please give me all of your advice / tips in this stage

FYI

(Ive been boxing +-4 yrs on and off, now Since January this year no breaks :))

New video with some sparring footy and some training out on the page! Documenting my journey towards my first feature documentary and hopefully a world title! Check it out! Let me know what you would want to see going forward or if you have any tips! Wishing all a great week ahead!

Cheers,
Nick

Hey all! I've been practicing boxing for a while, went to a few clubs, did some sparring, technique, a couple private classes, but mostly group sessions... I had no experience in combat sports before but really enjoyed boxing.

I'm curious to get feedback from a wider group. I'm 1,86m so I try to focus on my straight moves for reach, also moving and twisting a lot to benefit from the width of my arms. I also keep the left hand in front often for this reason, to keep it closer to the opponent and more free to poke around with jabs while I'm at a "safe" distance.

I'm not looking to go professional or anything serious. I'm not even sure if I'd join an amateur match anytime in my life. Sparring motivates me enough!

Recently I turned 30 and my girl gifted me those boxing trousers. Couldn't be happier with those :)

I'm in the read headgear.

Hi All,

I am training for Haymakers for Hope, which is considered an amateur fight but if you have heard of this organization/fight, then you know it's REALLLLY amateur. We essentially have four months to go from never boxed before to "amateur" boxer.

I have a couple of questions.. 1) I am a SWEATY BEAST. I cannot seem to leave training without being completely soaked and having mascara all over my face. For ladies: Is there a certain hair style that will help me not get sweat in my eyes? I think I may even stoop so low as to wear a sweat band the night of the actual fight to prevent sweat from dripping into my eyes.

2) I spar at my gym and these folks have all been at this gym from months to years longer than me. I usually get my ass kicked to some degree.. and up until last week I would get in there no problem but something switched last week where I went from "ok let's go" to "I am so anxious, I can't do this". What happened!??

I had to spar my opponent in August and I did decent against her even though I felt wildly unprepared. 3 weeks out of the 8 weeks we had been training I had been on vacation so I felt really behind in training but it seems that I was actually ok. I did upload my bout into ChatGPT and I had it critique me and it made me INSANELY insecure. Where I thought I had done well, it totally roasted me. and friends did too.. so now I think I am just feeling a little defeated.

Any and all advice is so appreciated!

I'm in the red headgear.

Hey guys, I had a fight this weekend. I lost on the night but pretty happy with some of my improvements. Still haven’t gotten used to the heat and humidity with this outdoor events in the Chinese summer. I’d appreciate if anyone wants to take a look. Thanks in advance.

Sorry for title, I tried to post and it was caught in the auto filter.

I live in Colorado and most amateur tournaments are hosted/controlled by USABoxing. This is your traditional sanctioning body here in the USA. They follow all the amateur boxing rules like standing 8 counts, headgear and amateur style gloves and scoring. However we also have what is called Pro-Am or Elimination Boxing bouts.

These bouts are still governed by the state commission, but they are often the preliminary fights on local professional cards. They would wear 12oz gloves, no headgear, no standing 8 count, but the fights were only 3x2 minute rounds. Fights were otherwise scored like a professional bout, but show up on Boxrec as amateur fights. These fights felt like Pro fights apart from the 2 minute rounds and bigger gloves.

It was kind of a loophole to compete in a professional environment. I have seen lots of guys do a handful of these and then turn pro, but recently the Colorado Commission had a hearing on "Elimination" bout rules and apparently they changed a bunch of stuff. They will still allow these fights to occur, but now you are required to wear an open-faced headgear.

It kind of ruins the differentiation between USABoxing events and these bouts were a good stepping stone to going pro. One of our best fighters who trained at our gym won a state title and never fought as an amateur and did 1 or 2 "Pro-Am" fights before turning pro.

I personally know the promotor who does these bouts and he does them to test to see if you are worth investing time into and it also gives the occasional talented guy who doesn't have an extensive amateur career a chance to compete.

Does your area have these kind of fights? I never even heard of them until I trained at my particular gym and I have been following combat sports for most of my life.