Hello
I'm Luis and I'm new here in this forum section. I'd like to comment and get feedback on the experience I had going into my first amateur boxing match. I strictly don't train MMA (since there's none of that in my city) but I cross train as much as I can. Boxing was the last discipline I took up and after my third month in my university's team I took the choice of fighting at the official monthly event held at my gym with other gyms and universities invited.
I signed on without any previous experience whatsoever in anything that was full contact or even just sparring with someone else. All my time training there was just conditioning and bag work.
Before the event's date I did not check the weight charts, so at the weigh in I came in at 81 kg, making me a HW according to the local federation. I was matched up against a 92 kg opponent from my gym who had been training there for who knows how long.
To make a long story short, I lasted a round and a half (3minute rounds) getting slugged on the chin while trying to land a body shot on a huge guy. The fight was stopped when he busted my nose. To be honest I'd never been hit like that in my life. I stepped into the ring knowing pretty much nothing about boxing, not even the basic rules. Somehow I didn't get rocked or KO'd. Eventually I ate a hook and my nose exploded in blood and the fight was stopped. The doctors there said it is not broken and today, three days after the fight it still feels weird, making a painless crackling sound. It's still swollen and I may just be freaking out but I feel like it's now crooked and that I breathe differently on one nostril. I'll get checked out tomorrow but maybe someone here knows about that (esp. the crackling, it's driving me nuts).
I'll talk to my coaches about the uneven matchup and the lack of real training I received prior, it was my choice to take the fight but I feel that somehow something's wrong with their methods and desitions.
I'll appreciate any feedback, thanks
Luisd
Mexico City, Mexico
I'm Luis and I'm new here in this forum section. I'd like to comment and get feedback on the experience I had going into my first amateur boxing match. I strictly don't train MMA (since there's none of that in my city) but I cross train as much as I can. Boxing was the last discipline I took up and after my third month in my university's team I took the choice of fighting at the official monthly event held at my gym with other gyms and universities invited.
I signed on without any previous experience whatsoever in anything that was full contact or even just sparring with someone else. All my time training there was just conditioning and bag work.
Before the event's date I did not check the weight charts, so at the weigh in I came in at 81 kg, making me a HW according to the local federation. I was matched up against a 92 kg opponent from my gym who had been training there for who knows how long.
To make a long story short, I lasted a round and a half (3minute rounds) getting slugged on the chin while trying to land a body shot on a huge guy. The fight was stopped when he busted my nose. To be honest I'd never been hit like that in my life. I stepped into the ring knowing pretty much nothing about boxing, not even the basic rules. Somehow I didn't get rocked or KO'd. Eventually I ate a hook and my nose exploded in blood and the fight was stopped. The doctors there said it is not broken and today, three days after the fight it still feels weird, making a painless crackling sound. It's still swollen and I may just be freaking out but I feel like it's now crooked and that I breathe differently on one nostril. I'll get checked out tomorrow but maybe someone here knows about that (esp. the crackling, it's driving me nuts).
I'll talk to my coaches about the uneven matchup and the lack of real training I received prior, it was my choice to take the fight but I feel that somehow something's wrong with their methods and desitions.
I'll appreciate any feedback, thanks
Luisd
Mexico City, Mexico
