I see you train at H20. When I lived in Montreal I meant to check them out, but never did. Other than Tri-star and GAMMA I think thats one of the best schools, from what I read/heard.
Yeah, i really like it there. I train under Richard Ho who is a pro MMA fighter and a great teacher, he's in my corner wearing the black hoodie. We're a small gym but we're tight knit group and since the school is pretty new me and few others are like the first generation fighters coming out of the gym, so that's really nice because we are all progressing togetehr at kind of the same level. Come check us out if yer in Montreal again
Second, what makes an amateur fight in Canada? I'm not familiar with Canadian rules but that looked like what we call "smokers" here in California, which I understood to be exhibition matches. For that matter, does Canada use boxing commissions to sanction all of their amatuer/pro fights like in America? Thanks for any info.
BTW 6'2" and 170 lbs is a great fighting weight.
Well, i think this even was sanctioned by a muay thai commitee or body but i coulden't tell you the name of it. I don't think it contributes to an official record or anything, so these events are prolly pretty similar to the "smokers" yer describing.
Also, i am surprised you think being 6'2" at 170 is a good fight weight... for i feel like i am too big for 155 and too small for 170 (for MMA that is). I would prefer to fight at 170 but that means putting on alot of muscle me thinks.
If you're referring to his punch at 1:11 of the second fight, it wasn't a wind-up. He feinted with the left hand. That's WHY he landed the punch flush. The left-hand feint got his opponent to think left and adjust his guard, opening him up for the cross. Excellent technique.
Also Alex, reviewing the fights I think you're on the right track. The two things I think you'd need to work on would be pin-point accuracy with your punches (rather than brawling) and hand-speed to accentuate your already obvious power. Your footwork is fine and I think that's WHY your opponents didn't think to attempt to leg-kick you so much. You weren't there to take a bunch of leg-kicks.
Thanks. Yeah the little fake thing was something i practiced... mostly to slip is jab and deliver a right straight for a different angle for i do a little bit of a hop to right at the same time as i lift my left hand to protect my face.
As far as footwork goes and leg kicks. Another thing that i work on with my coach is to counter kicks with punches. In my first fight i think that's really what got me the victory, i was able to stuff all his attacks before he could get going. Whether he was kicking or not, i wanted to be in his face with punches so he thinks twice about everything he's doing. And for this most recent fight i wanted to counter the kicks immedietely with punches so that the kicks don't become a problem.
And yeah, foot work plays such a big role in defense. I watched the Benn vs Eubank fight and it was incredible! Eubank's footwork was really unique and i loved the way he would stand in front of Benn, unmoving challenging him to make a move... one of the best boxing bouts i have seen!
Alex