For those following "The Contender" I thought I would put a spin on webgrits Live Blogging American Idol. Since my interests are more into boxing than karaoke stars here is my version of Live Blogging.
Ishe Smith vs Sergio
I see here that both Ishe and Sergio are "smart" boxers. Why?
Well they are both starting off slow looking for weaknesses and indexing them in their mind. It is much easier to know the reflexes of your opponent when throwing a specific punch towards them now then in the middle of a frenzy of combinations!
Now this disappoints me in Ishee. He was ok to start slow but there isn't any excuse to continue the study phase at the beginning of each round! Sergio however should take this opportunity to step in closer. Ishee seems to have longer arms here. Throwing longer punches makes him slow to return home with his defense!
Ishee is picking up the pace and this satisfies me! It won the 2nd and 3rd rounds for him! He is ahead on points and Sergio looks too cocky.
Now the 4th round isn't a good story for Ishee. This is where I think Sergio seen that stepping in close put Ishee off balance with his punches. Ishee either hit nothing or couldn't mount a defense for Sergio when he was in close at this "sweet spot".
The 5th and final introduced another disappointment in Ishee. He got frustrated! He threw punches wildly and inaccurately! Sergio capitalized on this and "fulfilled his destiny".
Ishee lost due to two main reasons in my opinion. First he didn't keep Sergio "at bay". A longer reach isn't much good if you can't keep a jab in your opponent's face or use footwork to keep him from getting too close to you. Second he got frustrated. When you are frustrated it's easy to forget that boxing is a sport of both mental and physical comparison. The key here is "mental". You become blind to the reflexes and holes being presented to you in the ring and just go with the majority rules concept. "If I throw enough, Hard enough, I'll make him drop!"... or "at least score some points"!
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