I also agree with John. I too when I lost a fight went immediately back to the drawing board and fixed the things I did wrong. I even did this when I won because even then I made mistakes that needed fixing. Even from one month to the next some fighters who were serious about their fighting and trained and fixed things got better so constant training and always being ready is important. The ones who did not got quickly left behind and quit because they kept losing.
I don't think you are ready for this by a long shot. If your coach is not an idiot I would have to say your coach set you up and used you for bait to further someone else's career. Maybe he is tired of wasting his time and expertise on half@$$ed training and one more loss and he won't have to worry about you. Not trying to be mean but if you want to go pro the competition is not only in the ring but in the training and how you approach it as well and only the best will survive. There are plenty like you out there who do not have to lose 18 pounds in three weeks. My advice, take your career more serious and not just three weeks before a fight.
About your boxing career...
Amateur boxing, 18 pounds to loose in three weeks, in order to have a match with a more experienced opponent, after you have lost a match and in your first match you lost 17 pounds in three weeks. Change your coach. Why ruin your chances for any potential career by staying in a disadvantage position all the time.?
As a person, you should be willing to fight anyone but not in the ring. In the ring is differently, for self-defense yes, (there you can do it by endless type of ways) but the ring has rules, gloves and limitations and those things count. Is a sport and in sports decisions are taken differently, is not a matter of freedom, honor or self-preservation, is about sports.
I did 11 fights when I used to box and losing 18 lbs is 3 weeks is ridiculous. You shouldn't do that. Your coach sounds stupid to me. Whenever I lost a fight my coach would make sure I knew why and he would make sure I fixed those problems before I went another fight. I believe that's the reason I never lost more than one fight in a row.
Personally I wouldn't go that fight but that is your decision.
There is a boxing section few sections up from here. They’ll be able to give you better advices, especially when it has to do with a boxing career.
If you want my opinion anyway, don’t fight him. I think you should fight someone at lower level if you just lost rather than higher. You might be being fed to the other guy to raise his ranking by your coach.
Pretty sure you can be a match fighter or just a guy that hits pads and knows contact everynow and then it just depends if you feel safe boxing is sometimes to be meant to feel safe and not paranoid or fit.
just keep in mind that you are not a perfect boxer then you try hard to be a perfect boxer but always be a good one do not think that you are good just try again and again to be good.
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Do you even love brains, bro?
I am an amateur boxer who has been fighting for about 2 years all together and about 10 months seriously. I have had 2 amateur fights and went 1-1. I lost my last fight about a month and a half ago because I couldnt keep my hands up. I know I could have fought better; but, I had a bad night. My coach has set me a fight with a tougher opponent with more fights and more experience, I am not sure how I feel about fighting the guy yet. Also, the fight is 3 weeks away and I would have to lose 18 pounds. I dont know if it would be a smart move to fight him.
