Hmm… I think we have to look at this match in MVC2 terms. The fight was like seeing Santhrax (storm on point) vs a Magneto with no Psylocke. It was simply runaway vs badly set up rushdowns. or maybe turtling vs rushdown too. I don’t think anybody hates floyd for no reason at all, i think Floyd gets his hate for the same reason people hated jwong. i remember one time where Jwong won many matches just by running and spamming hailstorms and people booed the hell out of that because it was lame and somewhat dirty. It was a smart thing to do but very dishonerable for a competitor.
So this goes out to Daboog. You say that no one should be a justbleed guy but real men like seeing blood and above all love seeing good fights. “I am so entertained by watching a guy runaround a huge ring during a fight…” said no real man ever. We want blood! We want violence! And above all we want to see great posts and great threads again. #unbancisco
I am going to a boxing gym soon. You would think a boring fight like that would make me not want to box, but its kind of the same way i got into street fighter. It wasn’t daigo moment, it was a footsies match with Alex Valle that got me into it.
I don’t like Jwong because at my first ever Final Round I was talking to someone and Wong just bumped into me when walking to his match without saying excuse me. Funny thing is that my dude saw me just stop mid sentence and follow him grabbed me because he knew what was about to happen. So for me it was the rudeness.
When you have your first spar, you will see how hard boxing really is. My first ever boxing spar I got handled. the second spar I got knocked out. it took me like six months to graduate to footwork training. Boxing is all about repetition training. I had to do nothing but jab for two months. And he also made me an orthodox fighter when I was a right handed southpaw. I am actually looking for a good boxing gym here in Chicago. When I lived in Cincinnati, everyone wanted to train where Broner trained.
*That’s the only compelling fight Floyd can take for me. Khan vs Floyd doesn’t interest me at all. Same for Garcia vs Floyd and One Time vs Floyd, even though I fucking LOVE Thurman.
Now, if it was Pacquiao vs Khan I’d pay 100 bucks to see that. *
I am expecting to get destroyed. But I will take baby steps to improve once i find a gym. Right now i am just trying to adopt boxer’s training habits and diet before i go.
Honestly I tried the same thing before finding a gym, it doesn’t really work. Actually joining a boxing gym is the best way. Since I already lift weights and stuff, I understood about working out, but boxing training is entirely dofferent. Basically get a jump rope. Do 5-7 rounds with 30 second rest intervals. I know at the gym I trained at, that was the first thing we did once we got in. Mondays were always conditioning days, so three hours of conditioning. But basically do 7 rounds of jump rope, 5 rounds of shadow boxing and 10 rounds of heavy bag training, that is like a super basic layout though. A coach may have a different training menu for you depending on his first impressions and what not. I didn’t do road work for real because I also lifted weights in the morning and would do hour cardio sessions. Also coach had me drinking a gallon of water a day, and was aiming for two. So get a gallon jug and try to have it empty by the end of the day.
@Negative-Zer0 - Try this from the Gotch Bible. It will get you right. Most definitely worth it. Plus it keeps things different.
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Gotch’s Bible:
First, shuffle a full deck of cards (Jokers included). Black cards mean squats and red cards mean push-ups.
Every time you deal a black card, you do twice the amount of repetitions as the face value of the dealt card. This means, if you get a black 8, you do 16 squats. If you get a black Ace, you do 22 squats.
Spades are regular Hindu Squats, Clubs are Jumper Squats. The first Joker you pull means you do 40 hindu-squats consecutively.
Every time you get a red card, you do push-ups. This time you do the actual value of the face card. If you get a red 8, you do 8 push-ups. If you get a red Ace, you do 11 push-ups.
Diamonds are regular Hindu Push-Ups, Hearts are 1/2 Moon Push-Ups. The second Joker you pull means you do 20 push-ups consecutively.
Karl then follows this by holding a 3-minute wrestler’s bridge with the best form possible.[/details]