00Snitch, Jim wishes he never met you (5/3/1 log)
06-12-2015
, 05:29 AM
Well, that escalated quickly... Warm those arms up, Aidan!
I got a message around lunch time today saying that my mate's opponent has withdrawn from his fight tomorrow night and do I want to fill in... Sure! Why the f*ck not!
I'm actually pretty happy about the way it panned out. I'm probably not as prepared as I would like, but it's comfortable in that I'm in my home gym and against a guy I've sparred with a fair bit... feels more like a sparring session with some people watching.
If I end up getting a "real" fight on the 4th of July, this will be a nice warm-up imo.
He's fitter, quicker and more skilful than me, but I'm officially 10kg heavier (in clothes) than him as he cut down to 76kg for his original match up. So I guess in reality, the the difference might be 5-6kg.
Like I said a few posts back, against this guy I'm probably a 3-1 or 4-1 dog. I can sometimes take the occasional round off him, but will have to be "on" and him "off" if I'm a chance of winning.
It will be 3x 2min rounds, so hopefully his fitness advantage won't come into it too much.
I got a message around lunch time today saying that my mate's opponent has withdrawn from his fight tomorrow night and do I want to fill in... Sure! Why the f*ck not!
I'm actually pretty happy about the way it panned out. I'm probably not as prepared as I would like, but it's comfortable in that I'm in my home gym and against a guy I've sparred with a fair bit... feels more like a sparring session with some people watching.
If I end up getting a "real" fight on the 4th of July, this will be a nice warm-up imo.He's fitter, quicker and more skilful than me, but I'm officially 10kg heavier (in clothes) than him as he cut down to 76kg for his original match up. So I guess in reality, the the difference might be 5-6kg.
Like I said a few posts back, against this guy I'm probably a 3-1 or 4-1 dog. I can sometimes take the occasional round off him, but will have to be "on" and him "off" if I'm a chance of winning.
It will be 3x 2min rounds, so hopefully his fitness advantage won't come into it too much.
06-12-2015
, 10:59 AM
06-14-2015
, 06:26 AM
Fightin' TR!
Went more or less as expected. A bigger, slower guy getting out boxed by a smaller, faster and more skilful guy. I said I thought I was probably a $3-$4 dog, although my mate kindly said after the fight he thought I fought more like a $2.60 dog.
I didn't really feel too nervous going in, but looking at the video, my punches look slow and laboured. I was probably more tense than I thought. On the plus side, I think my defence stayed pretty tight.
I think I may have in fact won the first round (video below), and chatting to the guy and his cornerman (who also sometimes coaches me) after the fight, they felt the same way... looking at the video though, it's not really conclusive.
(Excuse the quality of drunk Brazilian camera work I've got the other rounds if anyone cares, but it's just more of the same really. Noobs boxing look like noobs boxing )
Went more or less as expected. A bigger, slower guy getting out boxed by a smaller, faster and more skilful guy. I said I thought I was probably a $3-$4 dog, although my mate kindly said after the fight he thought I fought more like a $2.60 dog.
I didn't really feel too nervous going in, but looking at the video, my punches look slow and laboured. I was probably more tense than I thought. On the plus side, I think my defence stayed pretty tight.
I think I may have in fact won the first round (video below), and chatting to the guy and his cornerman (who also sometimes coaches me) after the fight, they felt the same way... looking at the video though, it's not really conclusive.
(Excuse the quality of drunk Brazilian camera work
I've got the other rounds if anyone cares, but it's just more of the same really. Noobs boxing look like noobs boxing )Spoiler:
Last edited by 00Snitch; 06-14-2015 at 06:32 AM.
