My boxing fight on friday

[Albo Da Kid]

This was my my first fight as an Amateur and also the first fight in the novice Golden Gloves Tournament.

I did good but I looked bad by the end of the fight because I got caught with some big shots which gave me a lot of trouble. That was a result of keeping my hands down and not worrying about my defense....I learned a lot from my mistakes though.

Anyway here's the fight. Enjoy!

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[j2k4]

That was a result of keeping my hands down and not worrying about my defense...

The operative statement, to be sure - if you came to that conclusion on your own, before you watched the tape, then maybe you'll survive your next encounter as well.

As it was, you looked good while almost losing; the other fellow was telegraphing that right the whole fight.

Anyway, congratulations, and stay vertical, man.

Now, get back to work.

[Cabalo]

Not bad for a first fight.
Indeed, you kept the guard too low, and the guy hit you at 7:15 with a very strong one.

I see some fast sequences there too.

[chalice]

I thought it was a fine performance for an amateur debut. Despite your height and reach advantage, you were quick and and your footwork was very nice indeed.

Some lovely powerful combos and the left hand lead was working nicely for you. He caught you flush on the chin in the third but that was largely your own fault. Good work, keep it up.

When is the next fight? Post it if you can. I'd like to follow your progress.

[IdolEyes787]

First I want and say that it was a good fight and you and your opponent deserve credit for displaying both courage and sportsmanship
Anyway here are my impressions not being that well versed in the sport and even less so on the amateur side.

I know it was your first fight and a lot of adrenaline going but you never used the most obvious advantage that you had ...your reach. You seem to have a good jab and move pretty well ,if mostly straight ahead:pinch: so shouldn't you have laid the jab out there built up some points and tried to catch he when he tried to come inside? You should been the one using the ring and he would have been the one looking to cut it of. Either that or just stay out-side and out-point him ridiculously . Practically impossible to knock someone out with the gloves you are using and the headgear anyway isn't it?

Next point clearly his defense was a lot better than yours - not hard since yours was ,except for the aforementioned footwork ( chin down, hands up , make it a mantra .Also move to the side and make sure it is the side away from where he is throwing the bombs)) ,basically non-existent.
That's imo what got you in trouble near the end being cocky and having your opponent dictate how the fight was going to be fought ( you lead with your chin come inside , he covers up and looks for the counter) instead of having a plan and sticking to it.Once he thought he had hurt you he only then got really aggressive.
Seriously man , there is an old saying a good offense starts with a good defense.

Anyway inexperienced , overly macho to the point of foolishness, Albanian or not , you looked like a fighter out there and if you ever learn the basics of defense before someone knocks your stupid block off you might enjoy some success in the sport.
Train hard and don't fall in love with what you are good at.Remember we lose because of our weaknesses , not our strengths.

[IdolEyes787]

Don't overthink though lol.

Almost forgot ,no upper body movement . Easy to time.

[megabyteme]

Congrats, Albo! Look forward to more of these. You looked good out there. :01:

On a side note, a running time of 8:38 is 8 minutes longer than your first amateur porn clip, and this one had a stronger finish. Stick to boxing! :D

[Skweeky]

I thought it was a fine performance for an amateur debut. Despite your height and reach advantage, you were quick and and your footwork was very nice indeed.

Some lovely powerful combos and the left hand lead was working nicely for you. He caught you flush on the chin in the third but that was largely your own fault. Good work, keep it up.

When is the next fight? Post it if you can. I'd like to follow your progress.


This cold must be playing tricks with my mind; I can only see constructive criticism here.:unsure:

[j2k4]

We don't want to see him fail, Skweeks.

This is what/how guys do this stuff.

[Skweeky]

So no one would take any pleasure in seeing him knocked out? :o

[Mr. Mulder]

This was my my first fight as an Amateur and also the first fight in the novice Golden Gloves Tournament.

I did good but I looked bad by the end of the fight because I got caught with some big shots which gave me a lot of trouble. That was a result of keeping my hands down and not worrying about my defense....I learned a lot from my mistakes though.

Anyway here's the fight. Enjoy!

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Good effort Sir, very good effort - I enjoyed that :smilie4:

[j2k4]

So no one would take any pleasure in seeing him knocked out? :o

Well, we do like a good larf, but he fucked that up by winning, so.

[Albo Da Kid]

Thanks for all the comments guys.

My next fight is going to be in about two weeks or so. They haven't given me the date yet but I will upload that one as well regardless if I win or lose.(Im going to try my best to win though ofc)

To tell you the truth I was very disappointed with my performance after this fight. I didn't expect to get caught the way i did and one of my mistakes was that I underestimated the guy.

After watching this video I saw a lot of my mistakes and from now on I'm going to focus a lot on building my defense. I am also going to need to learn how to stick to a gameplan if it's working because if you notice I was having an easy time when I was staying away from this guy and just sticking the jab from the outside. I started getting caught whenever i decided to go in and exhange.

Also like you said Idoleyes I need to start learning how to move my upper body more in order to slip some punches.

This two upcoming weeks are going to be very tough for me because i will need to make a lot of adjustments.

Also one last thing. It's very very tough being in that ring when you have a lot of people watching you. I was very ring shy and nervous and that definitely affected my performance a little. i think next time I will be more calm since I already know what being infront of all those people feels like.

[j2k4]

Ffs, if we're going to be your fans, that's the least you can do.

One more thing:

Work your abs and lats like a madman, 'cuz upper-body mobility demands it, and can suck energy out of you worse than than taking a punch.

[Albo Da Kid]

^haha

Yea you're definitely right. I was also told that strong abs deliver more power to the upper body from the legs.

Abs is something that I lack and will definitely need to work on. Even though I don't have a six pack or anything, I can still take some pretty hard body shots lol...at least up till now

[l33tpirata13]

ok you came in waaaaay too cocky in the beginning. save your energy man, its precious. you do move your feet alot, i wont say you move them well though. you have to stop crossing your feet when you step and keep them vertical too. i seen you stand completely parallel to your shoulders way too many times, that's any decent fighter's que to step back and blast you one real good straight one in the face, as this es always the easy knockout due to being unbalanced. dont ever ever do that again!!! your next guy WILL be looking for those.

i also want more ducking; you dont duck for shit. i dont care how fucking tall you are you better start the ducking. incorporate ducking in your combos and you will see how much better you catch the fucker off guard and possibly off balanced.

as your punishment for not keeping your parrying hand up, id tape up your hand to your head for a couple sparring matches. you cant do this, you CANNOT be a boxer. these are basics.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/Rocky/images/5/54/Micky.png

besides what i told you, you have a good snap in that jab. im sure youll do much better in your next match. Ill be lookin to see how much of our advice you use.

ps whenever you have a little short guy going against you again, know that the only real way he can fuck you up is if he gets inside and lights you up. the less aggressive ones will go for the wild ass haymakers as they dont want to go in and lay down the law.

[j2k4]

...you have to stop crossing your feet when you step and keep them vertical too...

Are you telling him to take a dive at all.

[l33tpirata13]

...you have to stop crossing your feet when you step and keep them vertical too...

Are you telling him to take a dive at all.

ARe you telling him to take a dive at all? have you ever stepped in the ring? sounds like you dont know shit. if you have ever been trained you know exactly what im talkin about. YOU NEVER EVER CROSS ONE FOOT OVER THE OTHER!!! picture it like walking on a ledge. keepin your feet vertical, not horizontal to your opponent, literally keeps you from getting put on your ass. Does that make sense to you? if youre just gonna troll.....

[IdolEyes787]

^haha

Yea you're definitely right. I was also told that strong abs deliver more power to the upper body from the legs.

Abs is something that I lack and will definitely need to work on. Even though I don't have a six pack or anything, I can still take some pretty hard body shots lol...at least up till now

Not just your abs but your core muscles .Read this http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/abdominalcorestrength1/a/NewCore.htm
Athletic success ,especially that requiring explosive movement is all based on having a strong core .

A suggestion: if it doesn't conflict with the rest of your training see if you can do the full PX90 ab workout .It's kind of ghey I know but only takes like 20 minutes and works your core like nobody's business .
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One last word ,nothing negatively effects athletic improvement more than over-training . I doubt if you have access to testing for blood lactate levels so a simple rule of thumb is never train to the point that you are habitually run-down . If you are training optimally you should feel relatively fresh at the start of every work-out and not feel like you have to force yourself..

[j2k4]

Are you telling him to take a dive at all.

ARe you telling him to take a dive at all? have you ever stepped in the ring? sounds like you dont know shit. if you have ever been trained you know exactly what im talkin about. YOU NEVER EVER CROSS ONE FOOT OVER THE OTHER!!! picture it like walking on a ledge. keepin your feet vertical, not horizontal to your opponent, literally keeps you from getting put on your ass. Does that make sense to you? if youre just gonna troll.....

As a matter of fact, I have spent a bit of time in the ring; helped train a few fellows for Golden Gloves back in the day.

I think the term you are looking for is perpendicular, not vertical.

A vertical orientation, foot-wise, would put a fighter flat on his back, and I'm pretty sure that's not what you meant.

Glad to have relieved you of your misapprehension.

Btw-

I'm don't troll, I'm just returning the compliment.

[Artemis]

Where as I on the other hand know exactly zero about boxing, apart from enjoying watching our heavyweight fighter, David Tua, knock yet another opponent absolutely senseless with his evil right hook.
From me though Albo, great fight, even more surprising that it was your first, you may have felt nervous, but you did not show it, since this was only your debut you show great promise!

[jimmyg123]

Albo good fight man. Didn't look like that was your first fight. Hope you post your next fight up, im looking forward to seeing it cause you only get better in time.

[megabyteme]

I am very happy to see so much encouragement for FST's own "hometown kid". I decided to make some user bars to show my support. Please feel welcome to use either of these if you are so inclined.

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[Alien5]

well done man

the best bit was when hit him before the first bell

from about 2:10 onwards he was worried, he was in retreat mode for sure

he was rocked a few times just then, you're timing was spot on.

2:18 he was following you're timing but he was missing.

2:26 great combo

you were winning at that point

that last round was his

fuck :(

who won? :unsure:

[Albo Da Kid]

I won but the fight could have went either way just by what he did in the last round. If I didn't win the 2 first rounds and half of the last round, the judges would have gave him the fight for sure. I really learned a lesson from this fight. I went there too confident and I've even been slacking of in my training because i thought I was gonna go there and fight bums.
I was wrong and that third round truly showed me to respect the sport.

Btw, today was the first day in the gym since friday(the day of the fight). I was doing every exercise with my hands up and my chin tucked in this time around. I gotta admit it felt weird because usually i hit the bag and shadow box with my left hand down to my hip and sometimes I would forget and drop my hand.
It also feels like your speed isn't the same when you keep your hands up and tucked in and your hands get more tired than usual, but one thing for sure is that it's definitely safer keeping your hands up and that's what im going to do for these two upcoming weeks. I'm also going to practice on some new ways to get in and land some meaningful shots without dropping my hands or cocking back.

Oh btw lol I forgot to mention this. The gym where I train at(John's Gym in the Bronx) is the same gym that former IBF champion Joshua Clottey trains at. He's a defensive master and there's a lot that I am going to be learning from watching him.
He just started training last week for his upcoming fight with Pacquiao and he's looking good. The only thing that I'm worried about is that he switched his old trainer and is training with some new guy who doesn't know Joshua like his official trainer Asante knows him. He doesn't know how to work with him.
He wasn't looking like the same Clottey doing the pads with this new guy and I'm worried he's not going to get the proper training for pacquiao.
I feel his chances with Pacquiao were always small because of his low workrate, but I think they're about to get smaller.

Hey Megabyteme thanks for the userbars man. I appreciate it and i know they took a while to make but I don't want you guys to put them on your sigs cause it would be corny lol. Showing your support by commenting on my videos and correcting what i did wrong is enough for me.
Youre a good dude and i know you tried to do a good thing and I hope im not coming of as an asshole here lol. they look awesome btw. i like the color design and everything.

[Alien5]

congrars albo:hooray:

a huge downside for me was the fucking shots we didn't see, the camera angles etc.

you had to learn that lesson the hard way didn't ya? :snooty:

[Albo Da Kid]

Yea man I really learned the lesson the hard way. I was in in a very deppresed state of mind for about 2 days after the fight and I was being harsh on myself for letting that happen to me( mainly because a lot of my friends and family were there to watch me and I had promised them a knockout) but I'm glad I had to go through that because if this guy didn't show me what I was doing wrong, someone else better than him would have showed me and then it would have been too late. I'm still in the tournament and I still got a chance to win.

[megabyteme]

First time I wasn't trying to be corny...:D

How about a slight edit that says, "Albo The Kid Supporter"?

Actually just noticed it is "Albo Da Kid", could change that as well.

Let me know. You did really well in your first fight and there are several people rooting for you. :)

[kallieb]

I thoroughly enjoyed the fight and give you kudos for posting it. Massively entertaining it was. I'm definitely looking forward to watching your next fight :)

@MBM - btw that was so cool to make those sig's. I like them and defo don't think it corny at all

[Albo Da Kid]

First time I wasn't trying to be corny...:D

How about a slight edit that says, "Albo The Kid Supporter"?

Actually just noticed it is "Albo Da Kid", could change that as well.

Let me know. You did really well in your first fight and there are several people rooting for you. :)

Never mind I was wrong. Seems like some of you guys have put it in your sig and it doesn't seem bad at all.

I was afraid people were going to think it was corny. lol my fault

Leave it "The" btw.. It seems more proffesional.

Thanks for the fine work MGM. Give me an idea of what my userbar should say.

[Albo Da Kid]

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/Rocky/images/5/54/Micky.png

Look at 7:52. You know that's the same guy from Rocky right?

[megabyteme]

Very happy you are more comfortable with them now. :happy:

Just a quick thought about your own sig...

I can do one showing your wins/loss record and date of next fight. I'll work on some more ideas tomorrow.

[Albo Da Kid]

I can do one showing your wins/loss record and date of next fight. I'll work on some more ideas tomorrow.
Date of next fight and record sounds good.

Alright man goodnight, I'm about to head to bed.

[l33tpirata13]

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/Rocky/images/5/54/Micky.png

Look at 7:52. You know that's the same guy from Rocky right?

dude, sorry to burst your bubble but....he died a long long time ago. Back in 81 or 82 i think. so no......that was not the same guy. He does have white hair though.....

[Albo Da Kid]

lol it was a joke. he looks like him a little bit tho

Before I went in the ring,as a joke, my trainer was like "Watchout cause you're fighting the kid that trains with that guy from Rocky"

[Burnsy]

dude, sorry to burst your bubble but....he died a long long time ago. Back in 81 or 82 i think. so no......that was not the same guy. He does have white hair though.....

Burgess Meredith died in 1997 mate. He made Rocky 3 in 1982 I think it was :)

Edit: shit almost forgot... nice fight Albo, enjoyed watching that... good luck with your upcoming fight too

[Albo Da Kid]

Hey guys I just wanted to let you know that I will not be able to fight in this year's Golden Gloves tournament anymore due to health complications and weight problems.

I also want to apologize to all you guys (my family and friends as well) who were looking forward to watching me fight.
Luckily for me there's a tournament every year and I'm more than confident that I will bring home Gold in 2011. (I will be far more experienced and the good thing is that I will be participating in the novice division once again)

Thank you for showing me support and making me feel good with your warm comments.

Here's an artice regarding my absence to participate in the Daily News page if you wanna read it.. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/goldengloves/2010/02/18/2010-02-18_xhemali_will_have_to_hang_up_gloves.html

[MagicNakor]

There's absolutely no need to apologise, it's far more important to ensure you allow your hand to heal fully and properly; there'll always be another tournament.

:shuriken:

[megabyteme]

Sorry to hear you hurt your hand, Albo! Look at it this way- you are going out undefeated. That makes you all the more worthy of our support next year.

Still an Albo boxing fan. :happy:

[IdolEyes787]

Someone should have told you that the punching the frozen beef scene in Rocky was just Hollywood make believe.

Oh well at least now you will have lots of free time to watch Glee.

[l33tpirata13]

have you tried popping it back into place?

[Artemis]

I am genuinely sorry to hear of your injury Albo, you definitely show potential and should not let this setback slow you down. For me at least I have a new found respect for you and I hope that you carry on, as you have talent in what is a very difficult sport. Good luck.

[Albo Da Kid]

I am genuinely sorry to hear of your injury Albo, you definitely show potential and should not let this setback slow you down. For me at least I have a new found respect for you and I hope that you carry on, as you have talent in what is a very difficult sport. Good luck.

Thanks man, I appreciate that. I'm not going to let this slow me down or hold me back for sure.
Right now I'm going to take a little break from it because I got some things to take care of in my life, but as soon as I get those things in track I will be back next year in time to start training for the next tournament(and this time around I'm going to train a lot harder).

[iLOVENZB]

Not UFC material but nonetheless a good amateur fight. Some of your punches weren't thrown properly, but I'm sure through experience you'll fix those punches :).

Are you thinking boxing as a serious career path? Love to see some more fights!

[Albo Da Kid]

Thanks man. Yea you're right about some of the punches not being thrown properly. That was my first time preforming infront of a big crowd and i wasn't focused as much as I should have been especially when it came to throwing punches right. I didn't realize that I was throwing my left from my hip the whole entire time until I came home and watched the video the next day. The left should be up below your chin when you throw it in case you need to block right after or to follow the jab up with a left hook.

I've had sparring matches far better than this match with far better opponents. Overall I gotta say that this match was sloppy for me and a poor performance(especially stamina and defensive wise).

I used to want to make this sport my life and had plans about turning PRO but as time passed by I realized that it's a very very hard lifestyle and a gamble because if you don't make it your whole life is over basically. Now I'm just doing it for fun and because it's very hard to let it go. I quit a lot of times before and said fuck boxing but I always end up going back to the gym and training. One reason why I go back it's because I struggle with addiction to cigarettes and a bad lifestyle, and whenever I get sick of what I'm doing and start looking for something to completely take my mind off things, I start training hard again which leaves me little time to think about stress and life problems for a couple of months. It has become like a healing process for me at this point and I'm grateful to it.

Boxing is a very serious sport and it requires a lot of training. One thing I'm glad for it's finding the courage to let the PRO boxing dreams go. I don't know if you've ever heard this before but they say that boxing is a dumb mans sport and you really have to put everything on the line to make it. I'm not with that and I'm looking for an easier and normal life. I have plans of going to college and getting a degree but I'm probably still going to keep training and fight in Amateur tournaments for fun.

And you guys are probably wondering "What the fuck is this kid talking about, he only has one fight and he's talking about turning PRO!?!" lol true but boxing works in weird ways. All the hard work makes you delusional.
I've been training on and off for a very long time (since 16) and all those hours at the gym, all those hard hours of running all that goes through your head is about becoming world champion regardless if you have 1 fight or 100 fights and that's why I said I was glad that I gave up on those kind of dreams. It took a lot of courage believe me but sometimes you just need to wake up and start thinking realistically.

[iLOVENZB]

Nice post Albo. Trust me when I was at school we had Fight Clubs and it got serious after a kid got KO'd. Most of my year got suspended and so were spectators. It was nearly a whole school event, even some of the casual staff were witnesses.

When I was fighting with a big crowd, I had adrenalin rushes and it honestly numbed teh pain of all punches. It was a good feeling, at that point I was thinking of taking it seriously but my teachers, parent and some of my friends thought it was a dumb idea.

I left school and still have small fights here and there, but juggling Work and TAFE isn't as easy as people think, especially if one of your jobs is a baker which require you to work hard from the early hrs of the morning till afternoon then go to TAFE, but I love it :).

I can seriously relate to this thread. Instead of cigarette addiction I'm addicted to Nurofen (back has been playing up for over a yr).

HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT FTW!!!

Keep it up Albo :)

[l33tpirata13]

"Fight Clubs", lol. I'd love to see you pull one of those in my southside safari. See how long you last.

[kooltilldend]

I really like this thread, I really do...shows a lot about your character, Albo...its never easy to give up on your dreams (regardless of how unrealistic they may be) especially at a fairly young age...but that shows how mature you are...I'm no boxing expert (heck not even a novice for that matter) but I can still see what the sport means to you...sure you didn't perform as well as you were hoping for, but at the very least you tried

I'm sure you'll get better with time (and practice ofcourse)...keep it up!

[Albo Da Kid]

Thanks kooltilldend :D

[Cabalo]

By the way, what are you up to?
Haven't ever seen you online here or at msn again. Hope all is well with you.

[Albo Da Kid]

Hey Cabalo. nothing much my man. Just got done with a Cuny Prep college course and planing on goign to colelge by September.

How you been? I hope business is going good

[Cabalo]

Hey Cabalo. nothing much my man. Just got done with a Cuny Prep college course and planing on goign to colelge by September.

How you been? I hope business is going good
Business is not going so great now, but neither it is going to anyone which strives to be honest. :(

I really need vacations, last 4 years going nowhere are taking a toll on me.

[megabyteme]

Where would you go, Cabalo?

[Cabalo]

Being realistic, I think I would again go to Morocco and spend some days at the Sahara desert, and then some time at their beautiful remote beaches, where the sand is so hot you can fry the fish on it.
It's great to clear your minds, living in such basic conditions and listening to the sound of the desert. It's hard to describe, sitting on a dune and starring at nowhere, with nothing else nearby than your jeep.

I was at this place, check it out:
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3628/inlerlake.jpg

Have been there once when I was 19, and now my girl is eager to go too. If only I could leave those tasks behind for a couple of weeks and nothing bad would happen... :(

[megabyteme]

That's a beautiful place, Cabalo. I grew up in a very wooded, out-of-the way place so I know what it is like to be off the beaten path. I was a bit of a "trees = beauty" snob for quite a while, but have opened up to seeing beauty in dry areas, too.

I hope you are able to get away.

[bigdaddydude]

Well done. Both of you displayed great sportsmanship.

[Albo Da Kid]

Hey Cabalo. nothing much my man. Just got done with a Cuny Prep college course and planing on goign to colelge by September.

How you been? I hope business is going good
Business is not going so great now, but neither it is going to anyone which strives to be honest. :(

I really need vacations, last 4 years going nowhere are taking a toll on me.
Hope it get's better overtime. Go enjoy yourself man. There's nothing like a good vacation. That spot in the desert looks good. Seems like a place where I would wanna go just to clear my mind

[central101]

Looking good bro! Is that Herb Dean reffing? ;)

[Albo Da Kid]

Well done. Both of you displayed great sportsmanship.


Looking good bro! Is that Herb Dean reffing? ;)
Thanks guys.

Haha no I don't think that's him. Looks like him a little bit though

[cinephilia]

what's up Albo. hope you're doing good.