Some people benefit from their natural skills like hand-eye coordination, speed, strength and stamina, but all fighters are mentally and physically different. You can improve that with exercises, sparring, drills and factual fights, but you’ll need to avoid some common mistakes boxing amateurs make when training or fighting.

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1.      Going too fast and hard

Going too fast or too hard is among amateur boxers’ most common mistakes. It might feel remarkable to hit several good punches early in a match, but it will exhaust your energy and reduce your chances of surviving the upcoming rounds. It also makes it hard to win the fight as the opponent will have enough energy to throw accurate punches.

You’ll need to reserve enough energy for later rounds. That’s why endurance building is important for athletes to be in shape to last the full 36 minutes. Train on how to make your opponents exhaust their energy with effective body movements and dodging instead of launching a fast punching attack immediately after the bell rings.

2.      Breaking Stance

Many amateur boxers often make the mistake of breaking the stance when training and fighting. That makes it hard for a boxer to throw accurate punches. Having the right posture is important for throwing punches accurately and helps you avoid giving your opponent an advantage over you.

As professional boxers will advise about your stance, your feet need to be shoulder-width apart, with the knees bent slightly and the chest turned slightly towards the opponent. You should also keep your left hand in front of your face and your right hand by your chin.

Breaking this posture makes it easy for your opponent to launch a punching blow and hit you on the face. For that reason, avoid breaking your stance when training and fighting.

3.      Losing Breath Control

Holding your breath while throwing punches is a colossal mistake you might make as an amateur boxer. Holding your breath affects the strength of your punches, so always breathe out as you throw punches. That gives your punches more power.

Holding your breath while fighting an opponent will also tire you quickly. Always ensure you have enough breath control and know the ideal time to exhale or hold on to it. Boxing professionals also suggest breathing slowly when training or fighting as it keeps you fresh and calm. Your breathing must also match your body movements to have the edge over your opponents.

4.      Dropping Hands

Most amateur boxers drop their hands when they throw a punch. Dropping your hands is a huge mistake that affects your speed and performance. That will benefit your adversary, giving them more time to throw a counterattack.

To stay safe, returning your hands to their original position in your stance after throwing a punch is important. After throwing each punch, bring your hands back to your face to protect yourself and easily launch a counterattack on your adversary.

5.      Drinking excess water

Drinking excess water during workouts and exercises is a basic mistake, yet many new boxers make it. Of course, keeping yourself hydrated while working out is essential, but excessively using water will cause you trouble.  

In extreme cases, drinking excess water leads to bloating, and you might face abdominal pains and stomach aches. Take small sips of water during your boxing workouts and training sessions to avoid that possibility. After training or sparring sessions, drink as much water as you want to rehydrate.

6.      Hesitating to throw punches

Most amateur boxers hesitate to throw punches against their opponents. Hesitating to punch your opponents gives them more chances to get an advantage over you and land a good hit. Avoid hesitating at all times, and remember your opponent is waiting for the right moment to hit you. So, it’s wise to hit him before he lands a good punch.

To overcome the flaw of hesitating, train and test different scenario-based moves that will boost your confidence to attack your opponent properly. Be prepared to act fast while in the ring to ensure your competitor doesn’t have an advantage over you. Also, work on your offense and blocking tactics to keep improving your game.

7.      Throwing arm punches

Many boxing beginners only use their hands to throw punches and keep other body parts motionless. However, boxing requires the use of more than just your hands. The punching process involves your entire body.

According to pro boxers, your punch gets its power from your hips, waist and legs. To land the perfect punch, you need to bend your knees, shift your chest towards your opponent and transfer all the energy from your waist to the shoulder connecting to the fist you’re using. That will give your punch a lot of power and greatly impact your opponent.

8.      Excessive Headhunting

Too much headhunting might seem like a smart strategy to win a fight, but it’s a costly mistake. When you’re headhunting, you’ll be aiming for a knockout blow that is powerful enough to end the game in its early stages. However, you might be overlooking other great target areas that might need your attention.

Most professional boxers use a planned approach when attacking their opponents using different technique combos. Use your time to force your adversaries to drop their guard to give you a chance to launch your punching weapon and turn the bout in your favor.

9.      Excessive training

Overtraining deprives your body the time it requires to rest. Consequently, your muscles will grow more than the body can handle, resulting in severe injuries while sparring or training. Your body needs enough time to rest after working out, so overburdening it won’t help you even while preparing for an upcoming competition.

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Famous American super heavyweight Jarrell Miller believes that Anthony Joshua will not be able to beat WBA, WBO and IBF world champion Alexander Usik in a rematch.

“I don’t think Joshua can take a rematch from Usik. I hope so, because I really want to knock A.J. out. But the problem is that he was too coddled early in his career, which caused him to fight a bunch of sacks. What I’m trying to say is that he didn’t encounter the technical styles that would have helped him adjust as a boxer.

Now Joshua’s head is bigger than his actual skills. He fought an opponent who is smaller and weaker than him, but with a higher boxing IQ. Power and size are not the main thing in boxing, and Usik proved that. Now Alexander is the champion and he’s going to work even harder to stay the champion. So I don’t see how Joshua can stop Usik, unless he pounces on him and tries to knock him out early in the fight,” Miller said.

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Amir Khan and Kell Brook did meet. Seventeen years later (Kell says an incredible seventeen), after hundreds of reproaches, big words and unspoken promises, the British came to each other in the ring.

The bout surprisingly turned out great. Even the final point was not upsetting. Because here it was already a personal showdown, and the sporting legacy was going on somewhere back there. And everyone felt calmer.

Han and Brooke put on a very chipper fight. It worked out great.

Some fights only need to be done on time or never. This is especially true when two undefeated athletes meet, but one has already passed his peak and the other hasn’t. It’s not fair when the fight is not organized on time – one automatically has the advantage and the fans never get answers to their questions.

Some fights don’t need to be staged at all, even though it seems like the athletes are fighters of the same generation. Because they really aren’t. When one peaks seven or eight years earlier than the other, for example. Then they shouldn’t fight at all, because the first has beaten all his own, and the second has to face his own. You can do fights, but you shouldn’t expect anyone to get the answers to who’s better.

And there are fights that are even better done later than earlier. Because circumstances in boxing are such that two undefeated tops are not always a good fight. And not always two life-beaten fighters is a bad one. Khan vs. Brook is a third option.

Seventeen or ten years ago, Kell would have been the clear favorite to take down his opponent extremely quickly. And here was the risk that both would start being cautious-because there was so much at stake. By then Amir was still a very promising kid with one quick knockout loss and that was it. Brook was a machine that ate whatever food was tossed at him. In the end, Khan could have tried to just outrun his vis-a-vis, holding out somewhere out there on the perimeter and aggravating only occasionally.

This time, though, it was very different. And largely due to the fact that both had simply nothing to lose. Khan was falling into such knockdowns that talk of his chin was boring. Brook has had his facial bone and jaw broken, he’s lost to two major tops of his division and one not of his. Boxing for fun and shutting down personal conflicts – what could be better?

The pleasure poured in from the first seconds. Amir began to press the stronger and tougher opponent. He approached, punched, withdrew, repeated. Brook just couldn’t keep up with his pace – his opponent was moving too fast. It wasn’t until the end of the round that Kell seemed to be on to something. He couldn’t reach with his right hand, but continued his combination with a left side jab – very accurate right to the chin.

Khan immediately began his dance, the audience gasped in anticipation, but Amir recovered quickly. He even showed his opponent “Look, I’m fine”.

The second round turned out to be just as tense, only Kell hit a little more times – twice. Khan again took a lead, but let’s be honest, Amir was definitely better than his opponent in many ways, and definitely better than what the neutral referee, whose notes were displayed on the screen, thought.

The last truly competitive round was the third. Khan was still trying to confront his opponent. Keeping it close, countering with jabs, power punches, and wrestling in the clinch as soon as danger appeared. The danger was getting bigger and bigger.

In the fourth round it became clear why. It’s just that Brook had his gun on. If the previous rounds had seen a lot of his power flying the wrong way, here the hits began. Khan’s head wasn’t ready for it.

Amir was storming, trying to survive and respond, but the caliber was not enough to stand up to Kell. It all continued into the fifth round and ended in the sixth.

Many immediately spoke of a premature stoppage, but it seems obvious here – Amir didn’t fight back at all. He just clinched and went with his back to the front. To continue, for a brutal knockout? The Brit has been in them too many times already.

The referee stopped the fight, taking Brook by TKO in the sixth round. The result is expected: Kell and Amir are still the same. After the fight, by the way, they communicated adequately – the fight apparently ended.

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