ok well im fighting this monday for the championship for teens. and the guy im fighting me is alot bigger and im so nurves. im stronger but he is so much bigger im scared my hit wont hurt him at all. his record is 60-5 mine is 65-3 so any one please help.
GDROB answered Saturday October 1 2005, 9:39 am: Remember Lewis V Tyson, Tyson V McBride and Lewis V Bruno? All of those fights had one thing in common the smaller guy got pounded and then knocked out. Bruno had Lewis and was going to knock him out when Lewis found the one punch he needed by pounding down.
Your fight will be the same scenario so you need to move away from him, come in and land combinations and back out, switch to southpaw often and confuse him. You have to go in and attack him first and get out. Avoid toe to toe confronation as he will tie you up. He is going to try to use the reach and punch down and wear you out. Dart around the ring, avoid clinching or toe to toe and hit with all your weight behind your left and right hands.
Land the jab a lot and go for the uppercut. Bigger guys who try to punch down and protect themselves have one thing in common--glass jaw that has to exposed. Stay out of the path of his right with the southpaw stance. Listen to your trainer.
I would try to win the first 6 rounds and coast for a bit and steal the latter rounds with fluries that are better than what he can land. Listen to your trainer, corner and do what they tell you. Fighters who lead a fight get over-confident with the lead and screw it up. Don't be Michael Moorer here.
Tall guys like Lewis win from pounding down at people and protecting their jaw. You have to make sure he cannot hit you and wear the bigger guy down like Klitschko did with Lewis. Lewis was screwed and he knew it that night. If it were not for a cut everyone would recognize Klitschko as the best champion today. Watch his fights, Tyson's earliest ones too. [ GDROB's advice column | Ask GDROB A Question ]
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