Day Finish ready!
So I've left a good couple of days to write my final episode of this... I did it for several reasons. One being the annoyance with myself for being under par. The other because i wanted to reflect on everything that happened..I think the most annoying thing is that i know i lost. There is no question that i did and that gets to me. I'm not going to pull out any excuses why i lost. I don't deserve that and i couldn't have done any more! I have been given a lot of support after the fight which has been really nice. A lot of commiserations and kind words which has been brilliant.... But the simple truth was that on the night he was better than me. End of. I just couldn't get myself up for some reason. I don't know why! I didn't have this adrenaline rush everyone was going on about! I didn't have fear. I didn't have nerves. It was strange. I could have walked into the ring with mike Tyson and i would have done the same. Maybe i was over owed by the occasion but i don't think i was. Maybe in the back of my mind i felt like i was gonna lose, but i didn't think that was it either. His punching was a lot better than i had ever seen it and he was far more fitter than he usually was.. On the night he seemed to find what i didn't. I felt heavy and out of breath very quickly. I don't know if its cas he hit me in the nose early on and i couldn't breath though anything but my mouth...Strange. Like the animal i am i played football the next day (scored the winner against the Germans by the way) and i had so much energy! i ran people into the ground! I don't know, i just know that this will not be my last fight! i know what to expect now walking into the ring. And lets face it. If i fought again could they pair me up with someone that is 7kg heavier, a foot taller and 15 inc bigger reach again? I mean by all accounts he should have at least knocked me out!!! I would be quite annoyed if i was that much bigger and didn't do any damage to the other person! hahahah but that's just me being petty... .i wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Just like i said before i even knew who i was fighting! I love the David vs Goliath thing....Anyway hes a nice guy and was a true gent after he won and I'm glad that if i had to lose to someone it was him.... My wife gave me great support on the night and after she was a real star too..... She helped me a lot and I'm glad she was there to watch even if i did lose!
So back to reality and regular work weeks.. at least i have my baby boy to look forward too! That will be my enjoyment from now on! I want to keep up the fitness aspect of everything so am starting back in the gym from tomorrow.... Ive had bar the fight a couple of weeks off now! So ill continue doing the gym at lunch every day and my football. Once the beginning of the baby thing is out the way ill go back to the boxing and maybe try for another fight!!!!
TO BE CONTINUED?????????
Monday, September 20, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
2 days left!
Day 83
With all said and done and the day of my last boxing session before fight night on Friday i honestly can say I'm ready! I'm raring to go.. the pain in my neck still hasn't subsided but the rush i get every time i think about Friday takes it away in a flash..(plus the heaps of tiger balm!) I'm done talking now! I want my fists to do the rest. Prob wont really post much more in the run up... Will def give a full summery the day after... Tomorrow i will just have a relaxing day. Need to go for our last doc appointment before the baby is born. Get Keryn looking tip top by taking her the the hair dressers. We have her dress already sorted. Hopefully she wont need anything else! Everybody has their tickets.. The adrenaline rushing through me all the time is unbelievable.. God knows what I'm gonna be like on Friday! I feel like i could run a marathon then do another one straight after just for fun! My focus is down! Loving it! cant wait! Speak to you soon! ! ! !!!! xxxxx
Peace!
With all said and done and the day of my last boxing session before fight night on Friday i honestly can say I'm ready! I'm raring to go.. the pain in my neck still hasn't subsided but the rush i get every time i think about Friday takes it away in a flash..(plus the heaps of tiger balm!) I'm done talking now! I want my fists to do the rest. Prob wont really post much more in the run up... Will def give a full summery the day after... Tomorrow i will just have a relaxing day. Need to go for our last doc appointment before the baby is born. Get Keryn looking tip top by taking her the the hair dressers. We have her dress already sorted. Hopefully she wont need anything else! Everybody has their tickets.. The adrenaline rushing through me all the time is unbelievable.. God knows what I'm gonna be like on Friday! I feel like i could run a marathon then do another one straight after just for fun! My focus is down! Loving it! cant wait! Speak to you soon! ! ! !!!! xxxxx
Peace!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Still in Pain! + Apology...
Day 83
Right something is going on! Not only is my neck still hurting but i slammed my finger in the washrooms window! I must have stepped on a crack or let a black cat cross my path! Either that or i have suddenly been warped into a basil faulty set and will soon see a no English speaking waiter come running past! The tiger balm has come out and i have now got 2 of these Panadol patches on my neck.... I went to the gym today and had a little run which was fine and then i went into the pool and just floated for a while. This seemed to help a bit. I also went into the sauna for a bit to get some heat into it...
By the way its come to my attention... well shall i say i have been told that people have taken offence to the words used in my blog.... I'm sorry if i have offended you with what Ive said, to be fair i didn't think anyone was reading this ....i do however work for i.f.s. and should have known better as i am also representing my company as this is in the public domain... I have tried to write what ever has come into my head while writing this to fully convey what I'm going through. I didn't think there was much point in writing a shopping list style blog as that would be boring, and my rants are how I'm feeling at the time. Even though the training has been hard, whats been even harder is the mental side of it. Constantly pushing yourself and beating previous targets. Having no chance to relax. A constant everyday battle with not drinking, smoking and eating what i want i think has made me insane! Even on the odd day i haven't trained and tried to relax Ive had to watch others gorging themselves on booze and food!..I have that f.o.m.o. massively..for anyone how doesn't listen to Scott miles that's : fear of missing out! And being (some what) sane i have to vent my anger somewhere and have used this as an outlet for my raw emotions. Had i not i would have taken them out in an even more inappropriate place. While writing this i think about stuff and people that have annoyed me, and sometimes profanity comes out!! Plus i hardly ever mean what i say, i just say it for effect!!!lol
I am however sorry for my language and i should be old enough now to know better....
Anyway with fight night only 3 days away and 1 last boxing session (if I'm fit enough) I'm really starting to warm to the idea of fighting! I've had lots of dreams about Friday in the last couple of days.. really vivid dreams. Like I'm actually there and its taken away some of the nerves i had. I no longer care whats gonna happen and am just going to relish every moment I'm there! I'm not gonna think about the outcome. I don't want to let the night rush past me like i did with the weigh in! I'm really looking forward. Its strange days are going past really slowly. Like my body knows something really big is coming up. Like the calm before the storm. I can never really think about much else for longer than two minute until a thought about the fight comes into my head. Ive played the fight over in my head 20-30 times....Apart from my neck i feel so ready! I can not wait! COME ON!
Right something is going on! Not only is my neck still hurting but i slammed my finger in the washrooms window! I must have stepped on a crack or let a black cat cross my path! Either that or i have suddenly been warped into a basil faulty set and will soon see a no English speaking waiter come running past! The tiger balm has come out and i have now got 2 of these Panadol patches on my neck.... I went to the gym today and had a little run which was fine and then i went into the pool and just floated for a while. This seemed to help a bit. I also went into the sauna for a bit to get some heat into it...
By the way its come to my attention... well shall i say i have been told that people have taken offence to the words used in my blog.... I'm sorry if i have offended you with what Ive said, to be fair i didn't think anyone was reading this ....i do however work for i.f.s. and should have known better as i am also representing my company as this is in the public domain... I have tried to write what ever has come into my head while writing this to fully convey what I'm going through. I didn't think there was much point in writing a shopping list style blog as that would be boring, and my rants are how I'm feeling at the time. Even though the training has been hard, whats been even harder is the mental side of it. Constantly pushing yourself and beating previous targets. Having no chance to relax. A constant everyday battle with not drinking, smoking and eating what i want i think has made me insane! Even on the odd day i haven't trained and tried to relax Ive had to watch others gorging themselves on booze and food!..I have that f.o.m.o. massively..for anyone how doesn't listen to Scott miles that's : fear of missing out! And being (some what) sane i have to vent my anger somewhere and have used this as an outlet for my raw emotions. Had i not i would have taken them out in an even more inappropriate place. While writing this i think about stuff and people that have annoyed me, and sometimes profanity comes out!! Plus i hardly ever mean what i say, i just say it for effect!!!lol
I am however sorry for my language and i should be old enough now to know better....
Anyway with fight night only 3 days away and 1 last boxing session (if I'm fit enough) I'm really starting to warm to the idea of fighting! I've had lots of dreams about Friday in the last couple of days.. really vivid dreams. Like I'm actually there and its taken away some of the nerves i had. I no longer care whats gonna happen and am just going to relish every moment I'm there! I'm not gonna think about the outcome. I don't want to let the night rush past me like i did with the weigh in! I'm really looking forward. Its strange days are going past really slowly. Like my body knows something really big is coming up. Like the calm before the storm. I can never really think about much else for longer than two minute until a thought about the fight comes into my head. Ive played the fight over in my head 20-30 times....Apart from my neck i feel so ready! I can not wait! COME ON!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Ouch my neck...
Day 81+82
I cant believe ive given myself a rest and while laying in the pool on Sunday i managed to pull a muscle in my neck... What is going on! I had to go to physio in the afternoon... He said it should be ok by Friday but i shouldnt train! So what do i do now! I can hardly move my head... im not happy...back and neck are strange injuries... sometimes they take days, sometimes they take weeks or months....What am i going to do? All this effort and training and i get injured doing nothing right at the end! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ...gonna go relax in the pool at lunch see if that helps. Hopefully i dont hurt myself again! Sauna for an hour too....
More to follow!
I cant believe ive given myself a rest and while laying in the pool on Sunday i managed to pull a muscle in my neck... What is going on! I had to go to physio in the afternoon... He said it should be ok by Friday but i shouldnt train! So what do i do now! I can hardly move my head... im not happy...back and neck are strange injuries... sometimes they take days, sometimes they take weeks or months....What am i going to do? All this effort and training and i get injured doing nothing right at the end! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ...gonna go relax in the pool at lunch see if that helps. Hopefully i dont hurt myself again! Sauna for an hour too....
More to follow!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Last Saturday Session
Day 79+80
The last Saturday training session today. I'm gonna miss it so much... I really want to keep this up after i finish. Probably a couple of weeks rest and then i will join up so i can go Saturday and Sunday mornings at least of at turf city...No Proper training on request from Alexis since Tuesday.... So it was nice to rock it out in the gym at 8 till 10am this morning. No Joel Carpenter in sight! I don't know why. Maybe he knew there was no sparring and was gonna do his own thing..Quite a few of the boys weren't there actually so maybe it wasn't that strange. I felt absolutely brilliant at training! I had power and work rate and stamina!!!! All multiplied by the lay off! I think i might have got this spot on coming up to the last week! I need to hit peak form by this coming Friday..So footy this afternoon, surfing tomorrow, boxing Monday and Wednesday and a big run on Tuesday...Thursday nothing, and obviously Friday fight... I'm guessing Friday i will not really need to get myself in the mood! i think the 1500 people sat there will be able to do that for me! You know where you are driving along in a car and you go over a small bridge really fast. you're stomach goes up and down and you get that giddy feeling. that's the feeling I'm getting atm every time i think about stepping out on fight night! The first fight of the night as well! i know people have said that the girls fight is gonna be amazing, but i tell you what : mine isn't gonna be too bad either!!!!!! I think Joel is a very good fighter. As i said in previous posts and actually in the odds i gave before the weigh in. Actually i made him so high odds as i thought he was too good for me to fight. I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or just as they want me to lose. But as Alexis (our head coach) had told all the other trainers weeks ago that he wanted to be in my corner for the fight, i cant see it being anything else but the former..like he told me today when i asked him what i should do: "just go out and punch hard! you're good enough! that's all you need to remember!"
So belief is all i need. Something that outsiders wouldn't for a second think that i didn't have. But that's where again everybody thinks they know me. Its a shield. The overconfidence isn't me being cocky. its a shield cas i don't want people to get close. Ca's if people cant get close they cant hurt me. I prefer people to not like me. That way i cant be duped into thinking they are my friend and that way they cant ever hurt me.... Maybe one day i will take advice given to me years ago and stop trying so hard to impress. Just be myself and don't care what people think..But its hard to change the habit of a life time. its hard not to be YOU!!!!!!!!
Anyway enough of this sentimental stuff! lol Back to business.. Back to positive mental attitude. I am ready! I am confident! I am a winner! It will be very hard. But i wouldn't want it any other way! If you beat up a little guy, then all you have done is beat up a little guy. If you lose against a little guy, you have lost against a little guy. The pressure is not on me. I'm the outsider! That's what i want. David vs Goliath... people get told that story in school. The movies convey that in every Hollywood story since the dawn of time! And come Friday 17th September they will have another story. Another chapter, and another hero!
COME ON PRICEY!!!! DO YOURSELF PROUD! DO IT FOR YOU!
Peace out!
The last Saturday training session today. I'm gonna miss it so much... I really want to keep this up after i finish. Probably a couple of weeks rest and then i will join up so i can go Saturday and Sunday mornings at least of at turf city...No Proper training on request from Alexis since Tuesday.... So it was nice to rock it out in the gym at 8 till 10am this morning. No Joel Carpenter in sight! I don't know why. Maybe he knew there was no sparring and was gonna do his own thing..Quite a few of the boys weren't there actually so maybe it wasn't that strange. I felt absolutely brilliant at training! I had power and work rate and stamina!!!! All multiplied by the lay off! I think i might have got this spot on coming up to the last week! I need to hit peak form by this coming Friday..So footy this afternoon, surfing tomorrow, boxing Monday and Wednesday and a big run on Tuesday...Thursday nothing, and obviously Friday fight... I'm guessing Friday i will not really need to get myself in the mood! i think the 1500 people sat there will be able to do that for me! You know where you are driving along in a car and you go over a small bridge really fast. you're stomach goes up and down and you get that giddy feeling. that's the feeling I'm getting atm every time i think about stepping out on fight night! The first fight of the night as well! i know people have said that the girls fight is gonna be amazing, but i tell you what : mine isn't gonna be too bad either!!!!!! I think Joel is a very good fighter. As i said in previous posts and actually in the odds i gave before the weigh in. Actually i made him so high odds as i thought he was too good for me to fight. I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or just as they want me to lose. But as Alexis (our head coach) had told all the other trainers weeks ago that he wanted to be in my corner for the fight, i cant see it being anything else but the former..like he told me today when i asked him what i should do: "just go out and punch hard! you're good enough! that's all you need to remember!"
So belief is all i need. Something that outsiders wouldn't for a second think that i didn't have. But that's where again everybody thinks they know me. Its a shield. The overconfidence isn't me being cocky. its a shield cas i don't want people to get close. Ca's if people cant get close they cant hurt me. I prefer people to not like me. That way i cant be duped into thinking they are my friend and that way they cant ever hurt me.... Maybe one day i will take advice given to me years ago and stop trying so hard to impress. Just be myself and don't care what people think..But its hard to change the habit of a life time. its hard not to be YOU!!!!!!!!
Anyway enough of this sentimental stuff! lol Back to business.. Back to positive mental attitude. I am ready! I am confident! I am a winner! It will be very hard. But i wouldn't want it any other way! If you beat up a little guy, then all you have done is beat up a little guy. If you lose against a little guy, you have lost against a little guy. The pressure is not on me. I'm the outsider! That's what i want. David vs Goliath... people get told that story in school. The movies convey that in every Hollywood story since the dawn of time! And come Friday 17th September they will have another story. Another chapter, and another hero!
COME ON PRICEY!!!! DO YOURSELF PROUD! DO IT FOR YOU!
Peace out!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Joel " ice cold" Carpenter
Day 78
So the weigh in certainly pulled up some surprises! Personally I think the biggest one was my fight! And if you had put money on it yesterday you would be a rich man right now!
Joel "ice cold"carpenter....79kg , 182cm and cut like a steak as Colin Murray off fighting talk would say... Really didn't think i would be fighting him and he is so much bigger and heavier than me.... Plus the fact we have been sparring together all the way through the training which means we kinda know each other inside out. Is that good or not i don't know. I'm definitely feeling strange about this whole thing now. I'm actually gonna fight! Its finally sunk in that that's what this has all been about. I wouldn't say I'm nervous its more of a feeling of anticipation.... i Just want it to be over now. My wife keeps on saying that i should keep all this exercise up after the fight cas i look really good atm... that's gonna be hard as its been really hard work!
I don't know what else to say... For once I've actually got nothing to say..I'm stumped! I cant have trained any harder as I've said. I wanted a good opponent....which i have! A very good one! Really nice lad as well! Lot of respect for him. Looks mean as hell! Breath! Concentrate! Remember what you have learned. Use the force!
Football tonight! Not gonna go at it too hard, need to stay injury free! just using it for fitness!
peace out!
Please i just found out that this thing has spell check!!! Get in! My spelling is atrocious!
So the weigh in certainly pulled up some surprises! Personally I think the biggest one was my fight! And if you had put money on it yesterday you would be a rich man right now!
Joel "ice cold"carpenter....79kg , 182cm and cut like a steak as Colin Murray off fighting talk would say... Really didn't think i would be fighting him and he is so much bigger and heavier than me.... Plus the fact we have been sparring together all the way through the training which means we kinda know each other inside out. Is that good or not i don't know. I'm definitely feeling strange about this whole thing now. I'm actually gonna fight! Its finally sunk in that that's what this has all been about. I wouldn't say I'm nervous its more of a feeling of anticipation.... i Just want it to be over now. My wife keeps on saying that i should keep all this exercise up after the fight cas i look really good atm... that's gonna be hard as its been really hard work!
I don't know what else to say... For once I've actually got nothing to say..I'm stumped! I cant have trained any harder as I've said. I wanted a good opponent....which i have! A very good one! Really nice lad as well! Lot of respect for him. Looks mean as hell! Breath! Concentrate! Remember what you have learned. Use the force!
Football tonight! Not gonna go at it too hard, need to stay injury free! just using it for fitness!
peace out!
Please i just found out that this thing has spell check!!! Get in! My spelling is atrocious!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
WEIGH IN TODAY!!!!!
Day 77+78
Monday night i went boxing, Tuesday i went to the gym at lunch time and had footy training at night!
Wednesday today and I'm looking forward to the weigh in tonight to finally see who I'm gonna fight... I'm really looking forward to it!
So lets look at the possible candidates...
Karan: good fighter strong right...very aggressive 1/2
Tax man: nice fighter, strong right, solid all round 2/1
daire:very good fighter, good close, 6-7kg heavier 3/1
joel:very good fighter,20 inc reach advantage,2 foot bigger, very mobile 5/1
i cant see me fighting anyone else apart from karan to be honest.. they have keep us apart almost since the start.. im 76kg and it would be a massive weight advantage for daire if i fought against him... although i think that would be a very good fight! Karan really does jump at you and you have to be careful you dont get caught on your back foot. technically hes not the best fighter there, but here will not stop coming at you for the 3 rounds. Plus fighting me gives people an advantage as everyone like to see me lose and i'll def be up against it! im not sure what i like more though..people supporting me or people cheering against me! i think the later. that way i dont have the feeling of letting anyone down if i lose and i love a bit of adversity...Everytime i think about the night i picture myself with my arms in the air tica tape falling from the skies... i feel good when i have that image in my head. maybe i dont want to think about the other image that we dont speak of! maybe its not worth thinking about cas it aint gonna happen. maybe i shouldnt worry cas as long as i do my best and fight like there is no tomorrow, fight like all that exists is 3 rounds of 2 mins, i cant lose anyway! im fit! im physically strong! im mentally strong! ive given myself the best possible odds to carve out a win! im not going for some ridiculous knock out, im gonna do what i know im good at. wear him down and kill him at the end! there is nothing more that i could have done to prepare for this physically... im in great shape! i just have to focus now. visualize my goal and go out and get the job done! cas thats all that matters...getting the job done.. no prizes for 2nd best. No amount of "well you did your best" "you were really good out there" it was a bad ref decision"will stop the pain after the fight!!!!... IM A CHAMPION AND IM GONNA WIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im gonna win this for my boy who is born soon! No way is he coming into this world and the first thing he is gonna see is his loser dad! No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOYA!
Monday night i went boxing, Tuesday i went to the gym at lunch time and had footy training at night!
Wednesday today and I'm looking forward to the weigh in tonight to finally see who I'm gonna fight... I'm really looking forward to it!
So lets look at the possible candidates...
Karan: good fighter strong right...very aggressive 1/2
Tax man: nice fighter, strong right, solid all round 2/1
daire:very good fighter, good close, 6-7kg heavier 3/1
joel:very good fighter,20 inc reach advantage,2 foot bigger, very mobile 5/1
i cant see me fighting anyone else apart from karan to be honest.. they have keep us apart almost since the start.. im 76kg and it would be a massive weight advantage for daire if i fought against him... although i think that would be a very good fight! Karan really does jump at you and you have to be careful you dont get caught on your back foot. technically hes not the best fighter there, but here will not stop coming at you for the 3 rounds. Plus fighting me gives people an advantage as everyone like to see me lose and i'll def be up against it! im not sure what i like more though..people supporting me or people cheering against me! i think the later. that way i dont have the feeling of letting anyone down if i lose and i love a bit of adversity...Everytime i think about the night i picture myself with my arms in the air tica tape falling from the skies... i feel good when i have that image in my head. maybe i dont want to think about the other image that we dont speak of! maybe its not worth thinking about cas it aint gonna happen. maybe i shouldnt worry cas as long as i do my best and fight like there is no tomorrow, fight like all that exists is 3 rounds of 2 mins, i cant lose anyway! im fit! im physically strong! im mentally strong! ive given myself the best possible odds to carve out a win! im not going for some ridiculous knock out, im gonna do what i know im good at. wear him down and kill him at the end! there is nothing more that i could have done to prepare for this physically... im in great shape! i just have to focus now. visualize my goal and go out and get the job done! cas thats all that matters...getting the job done.. no prizes for 2nd best. No amount of "well you did your best" "you were really good out there" it was a bad ref decision"will stop the pain after the fight!!!!... IM A CHAMPION AND IM GONNA WIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im gonna win this for my boy who is born soon! No way is he coming into this world and the first thing he is gonna see is his loser dad! No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOYA!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Final sparring session(penisgate!!)
Day 74+75+76
Saturday was a mixed bag.. I'm now fit enough to get through the 3 rounds of 2min really without a problem. Its the actual boxing thats the problem! I cant get my head to start and constantly forget the basics of what to do! Stay on your toes, breath, move side to side body body jab! Simple you would think, but no, it really isnt! Its strange. I suppose through out your life when ever you get into (or shall i say got,im 29 and havent touch wood been in a fight for a long time, long may that be the way) a fight its red mist, swing, grapple, go to the floor,get pulled apart and come away with some scratches or a black eye... there is no real fight as such more of a collision....a)cas there are no rules so anything goes b)your usually pissed up c) its usually over something or someone.... because of all this your brain isnt working and you end up swinging your arms around,adrenaline pumping hoping for the best...i cant see how anything but sparring for real will sort this out but now we have no more.. fight night will be the next time we go at it and to be fair i still dont know if i can take a proper punch or can actually throw one! It really is going to be balls out on the night! What you are made of is really gonna come out! You can be all this and all that but when you are slightly down and your being beaten in the head, what you gonna do? Who are you? Flight or fight? Ive always thought of myself as someone who would stand and fight ....till the death or i win... people probably see me a just a big mouthy guy who never backs it up.. well lets see shall we! I know one thing for sure, i will break his fist with my head if i have too! Im not going to stop until that bell rings. Two things i have on my side: fitness and heart... and i recon my heart is big enough to go 10 rounds with tyson!
I did 3 times 2 minutes on sat morning with joel and vivian... i had a bit more in me so i asked if we could do some more sparring at the end if there was time! "No" our coach alexis said as he doesnt want us getting injured.. i said i wouldnt! he got stressed and said fine i'll spar with you at the end! i thought he was joking. He wasnt! we only had one girl on sat so to give her a rest in between rounds i fought the coach... He was pissed off with me i could tell as i had been a bit cocky to him saying i wouldnt get injured and he was definitely trying to give me a good clip. But to be honest failing... i could see he was getting more and more wound up as the round went on. Twice he tried to uppercut me when i was in full block and close.. twice he missed. Each time i gave him a cheeky clip on the chin as i bounced away off the back foot. I wasnt going to antagonise him further by hitting him full on but i think the fact i was just clipping him was pissing him off more!i was just hoping to get through the 3 rounds without getting hurt so i made sure i didnt stop moving and kept my distance while staying just in range...i mean i was never gonna get close to hurting him so i wasnt gonna try and then get caught with a big right! one one time i actually tried to fight he caught me in the face full on and really jolted me.(when i blew my nose after i left blood came out)so from then on i stayed just far enough away not to let that happen again! but it was the end of the 3rd round which was to be the controversial moment... i lent back a bit too far and alexis through a low shot to the body, which and i swear on my unborn child hit me in the penis!!!!!! i went down for about 4 sec... he smiled... at first i thought he had meant it... he then said he hit me in the stomach...it wasnt that bigger punch and if it was my stomach i wouldnt have gone down. dont get me wrong if he had properly punched me in the stomach i would have gone down like britney spears on a cucumber ,but it wasnt... anyway there wasnt really an argument or anything.. i actually thought it was quite funny and after i think believing me at the end so did he...
In the end it was a good workout and i defended well! a couple of the guys turned round to me at the end and said well done..that i had defended well and got a nice couple in... no one wanted to comment on penisgate! i dont know what that means..whether they think im lying or something i dont know! well im not ! end of! if you dont believe me step in the ring with me!
Saturday night and sunday just did some swimming with the mrs... Monday went to the gym at lunchtime and rocked the kazbar! Boxing at 5pm... tech sparring on the agenda! Wednesday i find out who is gonna be my opponent!! !!
Cant wait!
Saturday was a mixed bag.. I'm now fit enough to get through the 3 rounds of 2min really without a problem. Its the actual boxing thats the problem! I cant get my head to start and constantly forget the basics of what to do! Stay on your toes, breath, move side to side body body jab! Simple you would think, but no, it really isnt! Its strange. I suppose through out your life when ever you get into (or shall i say got,im 29 and havent touch wood been in a fight for a long time, long may that be the way) a fight its red mist, swing, grapple, go to the floor,get pulled apart and come away with some scratches or a black eye... there is no real fight as such more of a collision....a)cas there are no rules so anything goes b)your usually pissed up c) its usually over something or someone.... because of all this your brain isnt working and you end up swinging your arms around,adrenaline pumping hoping for the best...i cant see how anything but sparring for real will sort this out but now we have no more.. fight night will be the next time we go at it and to be fair i still dont know if i can take a proper punch or can actually throw one! It really is going to be balls out on the night! What you are made of is really gonna come out! You can be all this and all that but when you are slightly down and your being beaten in the head, what you gonna do? Who are you? Flight or fight? Ive always thought of myself as someone who would stand and fight ....till the death or i win... people probably see me a just a big mouthy guy who never backs it up.. well lets see shall we! I know one thing for sure, i will break his fist with my head if i have too! Im not going to stop until that bell rings. Two things i have on my side: fitness and heart... and i recon my heart is big enough to go 10 rounds with tyson!
I did 3 times 2 minutes on sat morning with joel and vivian... i had a bit more in me so i asked if we could do some more sparring at the end if there was time! "No" our coach alexis said as he doesnt want us getting injured.. i said i wouldnt! he got stressed and said fine i'll spar with you at the end! i thought he was joking. He wasnt! we only had one girl on sat so to give her a rest in between rounds i fought the coach... He was pissed off with me i could tell as i had been a bit cocky to him saying i wouldnt get injured and he was definitely trying to give me a good clip. But to be honest failing... i could see he was getting more and more wound up as the round went on. Twice he tried to uppercut me when i was in full block and close.. twice he missed. Each time i gave him a cheeky clip on the chin as i bounced away off the back foot. I wasnt going to antagonise him further by hitting him full on but i think the fact i was just clipping him was pissing him off more!i was just hoping to get through the 3 rounds without getting hurt so i made sure i didnt stop moving and kept my distance while staying just in range...i mean i was never gonna get close to hurting him so i wasnt gonna try and then get caught with a big right! one one time i actually tried to fight he caught me in the face full on and really jolted me.(when i blew my nose after i left blood came out)so from then on i stayed just far enough away not to let that happen again! but it was the end of the 3rd round which was to be the controversial moment... i lent back a bit too far and alexis through a low shot to the body, which and i swear on my unborn child hit me in the penis!!!!!! i went down for about 4 sec... he smiled... at first i thought he had meant it... he then said he hit me in the stomach...it wasnt that bigger punch and if it was my stomach i wouldnt have gone down. dont get me wrong if he had properly punched me in the stomach i would have gone down like britney spears on a cucumber ,but it wasnt... anyway there wasnt really an argument or anything.. i actually thought it was quite funny and after i think believing me at the end so did he...
In the end it was a good workout and i defended well! a couple of the guys turned round to me at the end and said well done..that i had defended well and got a nice couple in... no one wanted to comment on penisgate! i dont know what that means..whether they think im lying or something i dont know! well im not ! end of! if you dont believe me step in the ring with me!
Saturday night and sunday just did some swimming with the mrs... Monday went to the gym at lunchtime and rocked the kazbar! Boxing at 5pm... tech sparring on the agenda! Wednesday i find out who is gonna be my opponent!! !!
Cant wait!
Friday, September 3, 2010
The Weekend has landed!
72+73
Wednesday night i got to boxing for our 2nd to last training sparring session... with only 2 weeks to go they dont want us getting injured so they have told us no more sparring after saturday.. I kinda see where they are coming from but on the other hand i think its not a good decision.. but hey what do i know. I think the problem is that everyone was so dead by fight night last time that they dont want that happening again!
The sparring session for me went really well. Ive learnt to fight off my back foot now and my range finding is very good. I dont really need to be that aggressive to point score and if that was a real match i think(in my opinion) i would have won on points... So all is looking good. I went for a big gym session thursday lunch time and did a massive 14.5km run in the evening to open up those lungs... Friday now and ive taken today off to charge the batteries for our last sparring session tomorrow morning which will definitely be interesting! I bet people will be going for it and im sure there will be no punches pulled!
No footy on sat or sunday so ill have to find something to do..might go surfing on sunday and def gonna get into the sun!
The weekend has landed!
peace out!
Wednesday night i got to boxing for our 2nd to last training sparring session... with only 2 weeks to go they dont want us getting injured so they have told us no more sparring after saturday.. I kinda see where they are coming from but on the other hand i think its not a good decision.. but hey what do i know. I think the problem is that everyone was so dead by fight night last time that they dont want that happening again!
The sparring session for me went really well. Ive learnt to fight off my back foot now and my range finding is very good. I dont really need to be that aggressive to point score and if that was a real match i think(in my opinion) i would have won on points... So all is looking good. I went for a big gym session thursday lunch time and did a massive 14.5km run in the evening to open up those lungs... Friday now and ive taken today off to charge the batteries for our last sparring session tomorrow morning which will definitely be interesting! I bet people will be going for it and im sure there will be no punches pulled!
No footy on sat or sunday so ill have to find something to do..might go surfing on sunday and def gonna get into the sun!
The weekend has landed!
peace out!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
17 days to go!!!
Day 70 +71
I was trying to work out the other day if the day thing is right... I think ive lost a couple somewhere. Not really sure where and i'll be dammed if im changing them all.
Ive been reflecting alot over the last week as everyone keeps on asking me if im ready. To be honest i think im as ready as i'll ever be. Looking back maybe ive had a couple too many treats here and there. a couple of drinks too many. But from listening to everone that did it before, they went insane trying to stay off the booze and after the fight went on month long benders.. im like the olympics, i want this to be a lasting thing.. ive not lost all this weight to put it back on again! i def wont be able to keep up this amount of training but i will certainly keep up the lunch time thing and obviously the footy will stay. I also dont want to give up the boxing as i really enjoy it and i want to get better win or lose! I like the challenge of fighting different people. its like those games you played as a kid like street-fighter and tekken... everybody has differnt qualities and weakness's and strengths, and when you finally figure them out you can beat the shit out of them! in my head i used to be the best at those games..although some people might disagree..james hicks for one! i remember the battles! epic man, epic!
So its now or never really... the last couple of sessions before the weigh in . This time next week i will know who im fighting! get my small nips out and staire him in the eyes. The photos flashes will go off and for a second, just for a split second i will put the fear of god into him!! Ive worked harder for this than i have worked for anything in a long time. Probably even harder than trying to get into my wifes knickers for the first time! My hearts racing as im writing this! i can hear the entrance music. No show, no fear,no dancing around. Just full concentration!
BRING IT MY BROTHER!
Trained tuesday like a ho and boxing tonight for 3 hours... see you tomorrow!
I was trying to work out the other day if the day thing is right... I think ive lost a couple somewhere. Not really sure where and i'll be dammed if im changing them all.
Ive been reflecting alot over the last week as everyone keeps on asking me if im ready. To be honest i think im as ready as i'll ever be. Looking back maybe ive had a couple too many treats here and there. a couple of drinks too many. But from listening to everone that did it before, they went insane trying to stay off the booze and after the fight went on month long benders.. im like the olympics, i want this to be a lasting thing.. ive not lost all this weight to put it back on again! i def wont be able to keep up this amount of training but i will certainly keep up the lunch time thing and obviously the footy will stay. I also dont want to give up the boxing as i really enjoy it and i want to get better win or lose! I like the challenge of fighting different people. its like those games you played as a kid like street-fighter and tekken... everybody has differnt qualities and weakness's and strengths, and when you finally figure them out you can beat the shit out of them! in my head i used to be the best at those games..although some people might disagree..james hicks for one! i remember the battles! epic man, epic!
So its now or never really... the last couple of sessions before the weigh in . This time next week i will know who im fighting! get my small nips out and staire him in the eyes. The photos flashes will go off and for a second, just for a split second i will put the fear of god into him!! Ive worked harder for this than i have worked for anything in a long time. Probably even harder than trying to get into my wifes knickers for the first time! My hearts racing as im writing this! i can hear the entrance music. No show, no fear,no dancing around. Just full concentration!
BRING IT MY BROTHER!
Trained tuesday like a ho and boxing tonight for 3 hours... see you tomorrow!
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