Training For my first Fight

[cjgloves]

hi all,
I've been boxing for about 4 months(ish) and i will be having my first fight April 13th. So its about a month away from the fight and ive only just found out lask week. I started running every morning before school for 20mins and going to the boxing gym. I need help on a few questions.
1. should i swim? if so realistically how much?
2. should i do weights?
3. how important is the diet?

any other info would be great thanks, cheers.
oh and a little advice on nervs and stuff will be great also.
cheers:D

[El Puma]

Damn, so much to answer in so little time. Use your Google-Fu my son.

[cjgloves]

lol good idea, i will do thanks.

[El Puma]

lol good idea, i will do thanks.:good:good

[cjgloves]

anymore help to my questions?

[Kolya]

If it's your first fight, I would concern myself with just sparring a lot, making sure you can do the hard 3 or 4 rounds, running, and practicing your technique; because especially in those early fights stamina plays a lot into it and if you can keep your composure and are in good shape you have a good shot at winning.

[Ai9184]

jus make sure ur runnin over 2 miles in 20 mins and be in shape as long as your in shape and sparrin alot u should be good

[joekirkbycobra]

picture yourself in the ring with everyone watching
but remember after the fight very few will remember hu u are
so if u try ur best u will win ur 2 gd 2 lose
trained to hard / losing is not a option
make sure your eating food your used to
to make sure ur tummy right for the fight
you've got loadsa tym make sure you can do 4 rounds quite easily at a fast pace in sparrin
you'll be ok:good
i tend to do lengths under water to expand the lungs wen swimming

[Benny1975]

The one golden piece of advice I have for your first fight is to pace yourself. Most novices are spent after the first. Look to start well, keep a tight defence and pick your oponnent off. Pick up the pace as the fight goes on and look to land bigger combos.

Listen to your coach and actually do what he tells you between rounds

When thinking about the fight visualise your punches and combinations landing against your oponnent. Visualise your defence and footwork. Visualise yourself covering up and moving away if you get hit. Visualise everything with you doing the right things for every situation. The reason you do this is so that you don't freeze, not through fear although it may play a part, but because you have so much to process in there.

Breathe. Pre oxygenate your tissues with deep breathing. Helps keep you calm too. Breathe deep between rounds. If you are tired or hurt dance away and circle the ring or tie you opponent up, and breathe.

Warm up properly.

Pre-hydrate a few hours before. As the nerves kick in you will be off to the toilet every 5 mins to squeeze your bladder empty leaving you dyhydrated.
Do NOT guzzle tons of water between rounds, you will end up with a stitch. If you see you opponent do this work his body. He won't like it :)

Carb load the previous day and on the day of the fight. Do not eat for two hours before.

The last few training sessions should be easy enough before the fight. You don't need to get into the ring with fatigue from the previous training session.

Weights are a long term thing. You will get more benefit from working on you technique and sparring. Do weights by all means but more as a part of your long term training.


hi all,
I've been boxing for about 4 months(ish) and i will be having my first fight April 13th. So its about a month away from the fight and ive only just found out lask week. I started running every morning before school for 20mins and going to the boxing gym. I need help on a few questions.
1. should i swim? if so realistically how much?
2. should i do weights?
3. how important is the diet?

any other info would be great thanks, cheers.
oh and a little advice on nervs and stuff will be great also.
cheers:D

[joekirkbycobra]

The one golden piece of advice I have for your first fight is to pace yourself. Most novices are spent after the first. Look to start well, keep a tight defence and pick your oponnent off. Pick up the pace as the fight goes on and look to land bigger combos.

Listen to your coach and actually do what he tells you between rounds

When thinking about the fight visualise your punches and combinations landing against your oponnent. Visualise your defence and footwork. Visualise yourself covering up and moving away if you get hit. Visualise everything with you doing the right things for every situation. The reason you do this is so that you don't freeze, not through fear although it may play a part, but because you have so much to process in there.

Breathe. Pre oxygenate your tissues with deep breathing. Helps keep you calm too. Breathe deep between rounds. If you are tired or hurt dance away and circle the ring or tie you opponent up, and breathe.

Warm up properly.

Pre-hydrate a few hours before. As the nerves kick in you will be off to the toilet every 5 mins to squeeze your bladder empty leaving you dyhydrated.
Do NOT guzzle tons of water between rounds, you will end up with a stitch. If you see you opponent do this work his body. He won't like it :)

Carb load the previous day and on the day of the fight. Do not eat for two hours before.

The last few training sessions should be easy enough before the fight. You don't need to get into the ring with fatigue from the previous training session.

Weights are a long term thing. You will get more benefit from working on you technique and sparring. Do weights by all means but more as a part of your long term training.youve gotta watch ur weight wen carb loading i believe its unnecessary in the am's 3x2's just eat the same as normal so your body is not suddenly changed

[gallagher430]

I just had my first fight this Saturday (won) and I didn't do anything at all to prepare for it really, just kept going to the gym like normal and doing everything the same.
As for the nerves... I was really nervous getting ready for the fight, but once you're up in the ring and there's no going back, everything goes away. I just watched my fight on tape today and I looked absolutely horrible lol, like I completely forgot everything I had ever learned from going to the gym.

[cheech]

Don't waste your time swimming and other sports. Do as much boxing as possible, saturate, live in the gym until fight day. Learn to accept your fear. Enjoy it because you can let it out on your fight day. After your fight you will mentally tougher inside.

[joekirkbycobra]

I just had my first fight this Saturday (won) and I didn't do anything at all to prepare for it really, just kept going to the gym like normal and doing everything the same.
As for the nerves... I was really nervous getting ready for the fight, but once you're up in the ring and there's no going back, everything goes away. I just watched my fight on tape today and I looked absolutely horrible lol, like I completely forgot everything I had ever learned from going to the gym.congrats:good

[cjgloves]

Thank you people, alot of good advice that i will use.
Ill keep sparrin alot and hopefully i will win!
Cheers everyone.

[joekirkbycobra]

Thank you people, alot of good advice that i will use.
Ill keep sparrin alot and hopefully i will win!
Cheers everyone.gd luck!

[cjgloves]

thanks hardhands appreciate the advice. i will deffo try the jogging and start sprinting on the football park.
cheers mate.
thanks joekirkbycobra, i will post how i get on in the fight. Might even be able to video it and post that also.

[cjgloves]

oh and joekirkbycobra in another post you made you mentioned swimming, im intrested and want to but how much should i swim and how long?
cheers anyway.

[joekirkbycobra]

oh and joekirkbycobra in another post you made you mentioned swimming, im intrested and want to but how much should i swim and how long?
cheers anyway.underwater as long as you can
if its at a high intensity you'll b ok go by the FITT (frequency , intensity , time , type) principle and overload on the intensity and frequency

[goldenboy]

dont tink ya need weights. concentrate on sharpening yours skills. swimming is good yeah no harm! eat a balanced healthy diet and at the same time watch ur weight.

[joekirkbycobra]

dont tink ya need weights. concentrate on sharpening yours skills. swimming is good yeah no harm! eat a balanced healthy diet and at the same time watch ur weight.boxers dont need weights at all
do excercises using ur bodyweight

[cjgloves]

okay cheers people

[gutto]

If it's your first fight, I would concern myself with just sparring a lot, making sure you can do the hard 3 or 4 rounds, running, and practicing your technique; because especially in those early fights stamina plays a lot into it and if you can keep your composure and are in good shape you have a good shot at winning.

some good advice good luck with the fight

[joekirkbycobra]

okay cheers peopleanytime m8

[Melbourneborn]

Im no physiologist, but if your'e running i can't really see the point of swimming. Weights are something to think about in the future - when your'e looking for ways to get faster, stronger etc. Don't worry about them for the time being. In reality, if you make weight you dont have to be too picky with your diet. Don't worry about counting calories and working out %ages of everything in what you're eating just yet. If you make weight and feel good, diet isn't the biggest thing.