After the david vs. goliath matchup I heard there was another guy around that was actually in my weight class and the same height. So I asked for a few more rounds.
This guy had 10 fights and he fell for less of my tricks, but I could tell he grossly underestimated me and without fear of the 30 lbs weigh difference I threw down. After the dust settled my trainer said I was actually “more skilled” than him.
Highlights:
- He was excellent at doing tiny pivots, I got no angles on him and he never chased. I need to learn these tiny pivots.
- I ate more punches than from the heavyweight, but I also delivered lots more. Lot’s of combos too.
- Double and triple jabs were working great.
- Lot’s of body punching off my double jabs, left hooks, right hooks, straight rights. I’m becoming quite a body puncher, I just need to work on placement. My sparring partners too easily shake off the punches because I’m not landing directly on the ribs, liver or solar plexus right now. I also need to follow up my body punches with a left hook to the head.
- After coming in 2 or 3 times with double & triple jabs I mixed in some jab-left hooks and lead left hooks. My left hook was killing him. My trainer said that one of them stumbled him back on the ropes and would have caused a standing 8 in competition.
- Got in a few good 1-2’s.
My trainer was very happy with my progress. He has advised me that I need to work on extending my 2-3 punch combos to 4-5. Also finishing combos with a bump to the side or by jabbing my way out. And I need to work on when to engage a guy who’s cutting off the ring. My lateral movement is slick and cunning, but it’s being successfully countered. I need to counter it’s counter.
February 26th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Keep up the great work. I’ve been really busy with various things, so I haven’t updated my own blog lately, but I will get back to it soon.
I’m happy to see your training going so well!
February 28th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Thanks for the encouragement Steve.