Hello, I box, I have done for 20 years now, not all that well by county standard but my mate does much better. He’s on the GB squad, elite champion and #1 choice for Olympics next year, we just got back from Sheffield. I train with him twice a week but no longer train at an abc myself. I don’t fight as such now just spa, as i’m a husband and dad. I was invited to do white collar with a coach I have never heard of, I soon realised he was a poser and knew very little, so didn’t bother. Please check your not just going to feed someone’s ego on the good will to raise money, you could get hurt.
What i will say is my advice. Others may disagree…
Here’s what I would do in your case. Ignore the ‘cover till he tires and then hit him with all you got’ that’s like saying win an F1 race by staying behind the leading car then when he slips up overtake. There are so many other factors. You don’t know if he will tire, you don’t know how hard he can hit, you don’t know how hard you can be hit, you don’t know how he will react when he is hit. You need to dominate with ring work and keep ontop. Your not going up against a pro but an equal. Keep ontop of him, you will probably go to points.
You need to cut down on fat and build muscle, your organs are behind a cushion now, you need them to be behind a rock. Especially your arms (to cover) and gut as they are going to hurt.
You should be good at uppercuts if you cycle as power comes from springing up from your thighs.
You need to build a powerful punch, you do this with ‘explosive energy’ so lots of chops, kettle bell swings and sledge hammer into tires. You will need to be able to do this when your arms are burning with acid and you have been hit. Get a bag (always cheap on eBay) and hit it with lefts and rights till it swings on its bracket and is at arms length, now keep it at that angle and hammer it with left, right, left, right for about a minute (the bag will almost be stationary) go hard till your arms are burning (think cycling up a very steep hill in a hard gear till you want to puke and your thighs are on fire) now go straight into kettle swings/chops/sledge on tyre. This will prepare you to hit hard when your body’s telling you no. Ignore the burning and if it gets too much remind yourself in 6 weeks your doing this with someone hitting you back. Saying that don’t get too hung up on power your jab needs to be accurate like a lazer, a missed jab is a waste of energy and could leave you open.
I’m going to assume your orthodox, so build a strong right. Almost all my KO’s have been off a corkscrew punch, this is sneaky as its unexpected and your opponent will have thrown a big right expecting you to be rocked. You will need to learn to slip first though. Your best off learning off your instructor one to one. Slipping is as important as punching. Don’t panic when you learn the first few slips and a fist comes towards you.
If you can go 5 mins on a bag and you haven’t boxed before your not doing it right. Stick to 1 minute at first be be knackered.
6 weeks isn’t long at all, I’d look to be good at a few combos rather than be ok a loads. You will need to know these when being hit, everything changes if you’ve been hit so keep your cool.
As a basic plan I’d look at following
Jog 30 seconds on spot
10 burpees no hand raises
20 spotty dogs (10 each leg)
20 squat thrusts
10 burpees with hand raises
20 mountain climbs
20 press ups
10 burpees no hand raises
10 boxing squats – more of you have it in you.
Knees to chest for 30 seconds
Repeat this with one minute rest in between. Time it to get faster. Do it 4 times a day. Plank till failure every other day and do bag work daily (as described above) I wouldn’t bother trying to learn footwork without instructor as weight transfer can be judged wrong easily.
Others may disagree but that’s my 2p. Good luck.
