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For those that don't know, I'm in a bar-room boxing tournament called "Badass of the Bay" with $5K to the winner.
If you haven't read about last week's fight, do a search for "boxing tournament".
Last night was great! My fight was awesome! I ran 2-3 miles a day all last week and did a couple of light workouts to break my muscles in. I weighed in at a feathery 150 because I've been running a lot and not lifting heavy weights. The guy I fought weighed about 160 and was muscled up. He had veins all in his arms and chest. He was from a local boxing club that fights in bars and gyms.
I'm not a good boxer, so I knew I was in for a tough fight, and the guy was hella muscled up compared to my scrawny ass.
First round, he came out bobbing and weaving, and I couldn't land a good hit. Every time I'd try to hit him, he'd duck and come back and just NAIL me in the face. No sissy wide swings from him, all straight punches to the face. I figured out real quick that he was too quick to hit, so I just covered up and let him pound on me and I'd ocasionally get in a good uppercut. In the first round, he hit me probably 30 times, all with force behind them, and I only got about 5 good hits on him. The thing is, he can hit me all damn day and there's no way I'm going down. I kept solid footing the whole time and just took what he dished out and tried unsuccessfully to match blows with him a couple times. I took so many hard hits it looked like a massacre, but I never lost my footing or stopped throwing in a few punches every now and then. I remember the announcer saying "He's gonna go down, folks, these are hard hits".
1st round ended, whew!
My corner man told me to keep my head up during the fight. He told me when I tried to hit the guy I was lowering my head and the guy was just sidestepping me and nailing me on the head. I told him "If I keep my head up, he'll hit me in the face!", and he told me to trust him and keep my head up, so I tried it in the 2nd round.
It worked! Every time the guy would swing at me, I could actually dodge his swings, amazing what actually LOOKING at him can do. Ha ha. The guy was more tired than me, so I was able to dodge most of his hits and land some good shots of my own. The second round was pretty even. It was a slug fest. We were both landing good hits right on each others' chins and noses, but no one would drop. The crowd was on its feet right next to the ring and everyone was going "oh!" when we landed hits.
When we started the 3rd round, he was gasping for air and I wasn't. I figured out that every time I jabbed at him wth my left hand, he nailed me square in the face with a hard right. Needless to say, I didn't like that. I started faking him out with really slow left jabs, acting like I was too tired to swing hard, then when he tried to nail me I'd block his right with my left arm and hit him with a hard right to the face. I got in enough hard rights to get him wobbly, then I absolutely punished him. We had about 30 seconds left in the final (3rd) round, and I got him GOOD with a hard right to his stomach. When he dropped his gloves to cover his gut, I got him in the jaw and he hit the mat!!!!!!! He was down for over 10 seconds, but just like last week, the ref was giving him the benifit of the doubt because he was the favored fighter. After he got up, he was bent over reeling around like he was about to fall again, and he wouldn't put his gloves up. The ref gave him a standing 8 count to see if he could recover (it should've been a damn knockout!), and he was yelling at the guy telling him to put his gloves up. I was ready to kick his ass, right behind the ref with my gloves up, but finally he fell down again and the crowd went crazy.
My corner man had been rude to all his other fighters, just walking away and not helping them get out of their gloves and stuff, but he was right there slapping my back and laughing, and telling everyone how good I did. I walked by the loser and he was laid out with his eyes rolled back. I told him "nice fight, I'll see you next week", and he just groaned. Rusch(my neighbor) and Jamie(my girl) were jumping up and down, and someone from the crowd told me he had lost $20 because he bet on the other guy. Everyone was so excited because the fight was so energetic and suspensful.
I got my $30 prize money and when we left my corner man followed us out and told me he was a trainer/manager and has pro fighters that are on ESPN(whoop-de-doo). He told me he trains people for a fee at a gym, but when he sees someone with potential he will train them for free, planning on making money off of them later. He asked me for my number and I told him I'd get back with him next week when I had a level head. He said I can take a punch like no one he's seen, and he couldn't believe I didn't get knocked out in the 1st round. He said I had a lot of power for a 150lb person and he could teach me to hit even harder. He told me I was adaptive and listened well and he'd like to at least start giving me tips and pointers for my Friday night fights and see how well I listen and apply his advice. I wish I had gotten his number so I could get some tips for next week, but I was pretty dazed and didn't feel like talking.
Hopefully next week will be easier, but last night was definitely a great fight.
My neighbor couldn't bring his camera in last night, but he's going to try to sneak it in with the radio station's equipment (he works for them) next Friday and record my fight.
Thanks for reading! I'm going for a run!
If you haven't read about last week's fight, do a search for "boxing tournament".
Last night was great! My fight was awesome! I ran 2-3 miles a day all last week and did a couple of light workouts to break my muscles in. I weighed in at a feathery 150 because I've been running a lot and not lifting heavy weights. The guy I fought weighed about 160 and was muscled up. He had veins all in his arms and chest. He was from a local boxing club that fights in bars and gyms.
I'm not a good boxer, so I knew I was in for a tough fight, and the guy was hella muscled up compared to my scrawny ass.
First round, he came out bobbing and weaving, and I couldn't land a good hit. Every time I'd try to hit him, he'd duck and come back and just NAIL me in the face. No sissy wide swings from him, all straight punches to the face. I figured out real quick that he was too quick to hit, so I just covered up and let him pound on me and I'd ocasionally get in a good uppercut. In the first round, he hit me probably 30 times, all with force behind them, and I only got about 5 good hits on him. The thing is, he can hit me all damn day and there's no way I'm going down. I kept solid footing the whole time and just took what he dished out and tried unsuccessfully to match blows with him a couple times. I took so many hard hits it looked like a massacre, but I never lost my footing or stopped throwing in a few punches every now and then. I remember the announcer saying "He's gonna go down, folks, these are hard hits".
1st round ended, whew!
My corner man told me to keep my head up during the fight. He told me when I tried to hit the guy I was lowering my head and the guy was just sidestepping me and nailing me on the head. I told him "If I keep my head up, he'll hit me in the face!", and he told me to trust him and keep my head up, so I tried it in the 2nd round.
It worked! Every time the guy would swing at me, I could actually dodge his swings, amazing what actually LOOKING at him can do. Ha ha. The guy was more tired than me, so I was able to dodge most of his hits and land some good shots of my own. The second round was pretty even. It was a slug fest. We were both landing good hits right on each others' chins and noses, but no one would drop. The crowd was on its feet right next to the ring and everyone was going "oh!" when we landed hits.
When we started the 3rd round, he was gasping for air and I wasn't. I figured out that every time I jabbed at him wth my left hand, he nailed me square in the face with a hard right. Needless to say, I didn't like that. I started faking him out with really slow left jabs, acting like I was too tired to swing hard, then when he tried to nail me I'd block his right with my left arm and hit him with a hard right to the face. I got in enough hard rights to get him wobbly, then I absolutely punished him. We had about 30 seconds left in the final (3rd) round, and I got him GOOD with a hard right to his stomach. When he dropped his gloves to cover his gut, I got him in the jaw and he hit the mat!!!!!!! He was down for over 10 seconds, but just like last week, the ref was giving him the benifit of the doubt because he was the favored fighter. After he got up, he was bent over reeling around like he was about to fall again, and he wouldn't put his gloves up. The ref gave him a standing 8 count to see if he could recover (it should've been a damn knockout!), and he was yelling at the guy telling him to put his gloves up. I was ready to kick his ass, right behind the ref with my gloves up, but finally he fell down again and the crowd went crazy.
My corner man had been rude to all his other fighters, just walking away and not helping them get out of their gloves and stuff, but he was right there slapping my back and laughing, and telling everyone how good I did. I walked by the loser and he was laid out with his eyes rolled back. I told him "nice fight, I'll see you next week", and he just groaned. Rusch(my neighbor) and Jamie(my girl) were jumping up and down, and someone from the crowd told me he had lost $20 because he bet on the other guy. Everyone was so excited because the fight was so energetic and suspensful.
I got my $30 prize money and when we left my corner man followed us out and told me he was a trainer/manager and has pro fighters that are on ESPN(whoop-de-doo). He told me he trains people for a fee at a gym, but when he sees someone with potential he will train them for free, planning on making money off of them later. He asked me for my number and I told him I'd get back with him next week when I had a level head. He said I can take a punch like no one he's seen, and he couldn't believe I didn't get knocked out in the 1st round. He said I had a lot of power for a 150lb person and he could teach me to hit even harder. He told me I was adaptive and listened well and he'd like to at least start giving me tips and pointers for my Friday night fights and see how well I listen and apply his advice. I wish I had gotten his number so I could get some tips for next week, but I was pretty dazed and didn't feel like talking.
Hopefully next week will be easier, but last night was definitely a great fight.
My neighbor couldn't bring his camera in last night, but he's going to try to sneak it in with the radio station's equipment (he works for them) next Friday and record my fight.
Thanks for reading! I'm going for a run!
Sounds like you got some potential. Do ya think your going to try and go anywhere with it? If so, I think you should try the televised "tough man" contest. I watched it last night and this punk called "New York Knockout" or something like that was pretty good. He was a built dude and closer to the mid-heavyweight range, but he was kicking some major ass. The crowd hated him because he was so cocky!
