Fighting fans, check this out

Every year in my area there is a little very amateur boxing contest called the "Meanest Man". They have it at Stricker's Grove in Ross,OH.

I've fought every year since I was 18.

Past few weeks me and my buddies who fight in it have been training. I've been knocked out at least 3 times that I remember since the 4th, and I think I have a concussion.

Anyhow, I've been fighting in the super heavyweight division the past few years. This year, they upped the weight to 275 for super heavy (from 250), problem is I'm not even up to 260.


OK, so I want to finally win one. The competition is mostly old rednecks trying to get the $500 purse, crazy country boys who like to hit people, and black guys from the projects who think they're Roy Jones.

Only ones I have a problem with are the big country boys. Been KO'd 3 times, and every other loss has been because of nose bleeds/ref stoppage.(grrrrr)

But! I have a baby on the way, and I'm bound and determined to raise the belt as he comes out in the delivery room (ya, I got issues).

So, how do I pack on 15 lbs without slowing me down too much? My biggest advantage is my hand speed is usually the best in the super heavies (thanks to my out of shape competition). I block with my face, so I am prone to flash KOs.:lol:


Hopefully the I can get a good video of it this year. I'll see if I can convert my old miniDV tapes of some of the old fights and post'em on youtube so you guys can watch me knock people out, and eventually get knocked out.:p



Cliffnotes:

- I'm fighting in an amateur boxing contest against rednecks and thugs!

- I need to learn how to knock out this one guy who wins every year. He's well under 6' tall, but well over 350. He's hit me before, and it does feel like his gloves are filled with hammers. He wins super heavy every year, but his one will be different.:D

- I gotta put on 15+ lbs by 8/2/09, hopefully without losing too much hand speed and endurance.

- My nose gushes like crazy after one good straight.


Watcha got for me?

Only my best wishes man!! :lol:

Sorry, but my last actual fighting experience was in fourth grade! Closest I get now is PPV~ Wish I could help! :what:

Every year in my area there is a little very amateur boxing contest called the "Meanest Man". They have it at Stricker's Grove in Ross,OH.

I've fought every year since I was 18.

Past few weeks me and my buddies who fight in it have been training. I've been knocked out at least 3 times that I remember since the 4th, and I think I have a concussion.

Anyhow, I've been fighting in the super heavyweight division the past few years. This year, they upped the weight to 275 for super heavy (from 250), problem is I'm not even up to 260.


OK, so I want to finally win one. The competition is mostly old rednecks trying to get the $500 purse, crazy country boys who like to hit people, and black guys from the projects who think they're Roy Jones.

Only ones I have a problem with are the big country boys. Been KO'd 3 times, and every other loss has been because of nose bleeds/ref stoppage.(grrrrr)

But! I have a baby on the way, and I'm bound and determined to raise the belt as he comes out in the delivery room (ya, I got issues).

So, how do I pack on 15 lbs without slowing me down too much? My biggest advantage is my hand speed is usually the best in the super heavies (thanks to my out of shape competition). I block with my face, so I am prone to flash KOs.:lol:


Hopefully the I can get a good video of it this year. I'll see if I can convert my old miniDV tapes of some of the old fights and post'em on youtube so you guys can watch me knock people out, and eventually get knocked out.:p



Cliffnotes:

- I'm fighting in an amateur boxing contest against rednecks and thugs!

- I need to learn how to knock out this one guy who wins every year. He's well under 6' tall, but well over 350. He's hit me before, and it does feel like his gloves are filled with hammers. He wins super heavy every year, but his one will be different.:D

- I gotta put on 15+ lbs by 8/2/09, hopefully without losing too much hand speed and endurance.

- My nose gushes like crazy after one good straight.


Watcha got for me?

:lol::lol::lol:

IS this for real??
Sorry, this just came out of nowhere and seems so ridiculous!!
I wish we had something like this around here...

Umm.. eat lots of bread and pasta!! Oh and drink those Monster energy drinks.

Besides, if your buddies are knocking the shit out of you and you're not even the best in your circle of friends, how do you expect to beat King Hippo?

Kamspy,

To add muscle mass, you need to increase your testosterone levels, keep your body in a state of positive nitrogen balance, train properly, feed your body, and get proper rest.

It's a fact that training your Quads (thighs) increases overall body strength as well as the body's natural testosterone levels, so work your quadraceps. I recommend compound exercises, such as squats and leg presses. Train heavy, but by heavy, I mean the maximum amount of weight that you can handle safely and with proper form, after initial warmup. Strive for your first two sets in the 12 rep range, followed by sets in the 6-8 reps range. Again, form is crucial, you want to stress the quads and not destroy your knees and lower back.

When training chest, do presses - inclines, flats and dips. When training back, row, row, and row some more. All heavy, as described above. Avoid increasing your arm and shoulder work more than you currently do, as this could slow handspeed, and your arms and shoulders with get a lot of work from heavy chest and back workouts.

Remember, this is very important....you can train hard or you can train long, but not both or you will cause the body to go into an overtraining state and actually get smaller.

If you want increased muscle mass, you need short explosive workouts. Case in point, long distance runners are thin, sprinters are thick. For your fights, you want to be thick.

And get plenty of rest. If you can, train every other day, or no more than two days in a row. Your muscles need to rebuild between workouts.

Next, cut out the junk. Eat plenty of protein throughout the day. You're training hard and need to feed the muscles. Try six mid-sized meals. Lean beef, chicken, oatmeal, egg whites, yams, fruits and vegetables are your friends.

Depending on the time you train will dictate when you eat. If you train in the morning, eat moderate carbs (for workout energy) and a light protein meal no sooner than 45 minutes prior to working out. Then eat a high protein meal with high carbs (fresh fruits and vegetables, not sugar or white flour) within a half hour of concluding your workouts. The muscles will be starving, and you need to feed them protein and replenish glycogen stores. Carbs should be limited to morning and afternoons, with little carbs after 6 pm. Remember, your body can only utilize 25-30 grams of protein at any one sitting, so you want to feed it protein meals through the day.

Finally, supplements. Protein shakes are good for evening, or to replace a meal during the day. A good multivitamin with minerals, and a b-complex. I also like to use a nitric oxide product before working out to increase blood flow to the muscles.

Good luck and don't get hurt,

John

Now I know why Kamspy thinks boxing is superior to MMA! :bowdown:

Kam...duuuuude. :what:

Take steroids and HGH like the pros ;)

Take steroids and HGH like the pros ;)
Yeah....or that. :lol:

:lol::lol::lol:

IS this for real??
Sorry, this just came out of nowhere and seems so ridiculous!!
I wish we had something like this around here...

Umm.. eat lots of bread and pasta!! Oh and drink those Monster energy drinks.

Besides, if your buddies are knocking the shit out of you and you're not even the best in your circle of friends, how do you expect to beat King Hippo?

I've been fighting in this things for 10 years now. I know what King Hippo has.

My buddy that got me into this stuff is a real amateur boxer, so yeah, I'm not gonna beat him. He just see's it as an easy $500 and an easy lay for whatever date he takes with him.


He's taught me how to live off the jab well enough that I've actually placed in the top 3 several times ($50 and a Dennys gift card FTW!), but my little jab jab straight combo bounces right off Hippo. I think his dad beat him with horse shoes as a child. I dunno. Never seen anyone hurt him.


My friends aren't the only ones who've knocked me out this month though, I told my kids to sucker punch me in the head any chance they get. Turns out my oldest took this to heart and whacked me in the back of the head with a cassaroll dish. Knocked me out cold while I was sitting at my desk. Pretty cool. I bought her a milkshake for it.

Kam...duuuuude. :what:

It's fun, and I actually like getting hit in the face.:)

Oh yeah, I should qualify the friends knocking each other out part as:

We're doing it on purpose to build chin. Starting to think it's not such a good idea. Things been pretty foggy the past couple weeks.

So how's the training coming along?

It's fun, and I actually like getting hit in the face.:)


O.K...... This explains allot.. And I do mean allot..;)


I am not much of a fighter outside your typical bar brawl, but IMO one of the keys to possibly beating this guy is......

Not liking to get hit in the face..:D

But when in doubt: Body blow, Body blow, body blow. Then Right Hoooook, right hoooooook.. Upercut... Bam... That should do it..

9/10 of the fights I've been in has been with one of my friends. We get drunk and fight each other. Well, we use to, now we're all old and have various degrees of responsibility.


On a side note, I forgot to post this(wonder why?)

Last weekend, I had without a doubt the hardest concussion of my life. Still had heavy cobwebs half the day Sunday. My buddy caught me good. We're both taking a plastic belt home Sunday.:D Well, he is. My brain might detach from the stem. On that note, I've learned a valuable lesson:

Having people knock you out on purpose in preparation for a hill-billy meanest man contest is more stupid than it sounds. Also, you shouldn't drink(heavily) when talking about how you are going to prepare for said hill-billy barn boxing. That's how this whole KO mess got started.

Now I know why Rampage is the way he is.
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But, on the upside, going to work for nearly a month with your face beaten in is in fact as cool as Fight Club makes it look.

O.K., I came up with some good training/fighting tips I picked up on from years of watching Rocky movies. These are my top 10.. I don't share these with just anyone, so here you go... I smell a belt comming your way..:banana:


1. Train in Russia in the winter if you can. Get 1 of those big logs, put it over your shoulder and run in the deep snow.. Allot. Pulling dog sleds and running from the KGB are also highly recommended for a good cardio burn. If Russia is not an option, just beat your meat allot in a meat locker.

2. If you have a trainer, let the big hillbilly kill him. If he does you will be so pissed the next time you fight, you will have to win. After all the drama and sorrow passes of course.

3. Let him punch you in the face allot (you like this anyway).. This will induce the "Clubber Lang" effect and make you madder, ultimately get some extra strenghth and stanima you didn't originally have.

4. If you have a church with a Father Anthony, go by and say an Our Father with him just before the fight. Works every time. If you have a black Trans Am, even better.

5. Drink a dozen raw eggs every morning when you wake up and then chase down chickens in the alley rite after. If you can catch the chicken without shitting in you pants, you are grease lightning.

6. If your wife works in a pet store, that is a big bonus apperantly.

7. Train with your dominate arm tied behind your back so you can learn to switch to south paw at a moments notice. Then wait until the last few seconds of the final round after you have been knocked down 4 or 5 times. This really throws the other guy off.

8. Listen to the big black guy and not the short, balding, fat white guy.

9. At the begining of the fight, tell the hillbilly "that you pitty him and he is a fool", "that you must break him", or that "your gonna bust him up".. Also, sponsoring a meat packing company on the back of your robe is another great scare tactic.

10. And the most important thing is to remember these words "cut me Mick, cut me".. That saved my ass numerous times.

O.K., I came up with some good training/fighting tips I picked up on from years of watching Rocky movies. These are my top 10.. I don't share these with just anyone, so here you go... I smell a belt comming your way..:banana:


1. Train in Russia in the winter if you can. Get 1 of those big logs, put it over your shoulder and run in the deep snow.. Allot. Pulling dog sleds and running from the KGB are also highly recommended for a good cardio burn. If Russia is not an option, just beat your meat allot in a meat locker.

2. If you have a trainer, let the big hillbilly kill him. If he does you will be so pissed the next time you fight, you will have to win. After all the drama and sorrow passes of course.

3. Let him punch you in the face allot (you like this anyway).. This will induce the "Clubber Lang" effect and make you madder, ultimately get some extra strenghth and stanima you didn't originally have.

4. If you have a church with a Father Anthony, go by and say an Our Father with him just before the fight. Works every time. If you have a black Trans Am, even better.

5. Drink a dozen raw eggs every morning when you wake up and then chase down chickens in the alley rite after. If you can catch the chicken without shitting in you pants, you are grease lightning.

6. If your wife works in a pet store, that is a big bonus apperantly.

7. Train with your dominate arm tied behind your back so you can learn to switch to south paw at a moments notice. Then wait until the last few seconds of the final round after you have been knocked down 4 or 5 times. This really throws the other guy off.

8. Listen to the big black guy and not the short, balding, fat white guy.

9. At the begining of the fight, tell the hillbilly "that you pitty him and he is a fool", "that you must break him", or that "your gonna bust him up".. Also, sponsoring a meat packing company on the back of your robe is another great scare tactic.

10. And the most important thing is to remember these words "cut me Mick, cut me".. That saved my ass numerous times.

Sorry, I forgot 1 of the most important parts of them all. I can't believe I missed it as it is almost as important as # 10...


EYE of the TIGER BABY.. EYE of the TIGER..

EYE of the TIGER BABY.. EYE of the TIGER..

And a chin of rock?

Just don't say "cut me Mick, cut me!" if you don't like blood. Your eldest may just take a piece of that casserole dish she knocked you out with and actually gash you. Seriously, I know how daughters are, spiteful. It will sting, and the Tetnus shot, damn.......

Have you the ability to watch tapes of this big guy you want to beat. If so I would try to look for things to do or avoid with him. Anyway good luck and KNOCK'm DEAD..............:yippee:

Take steroids and HGH like the pros ;)
This^ is the way. A bump of blow before each round probably wouldn't hurt either.

Lost the first fight thanks to the glass veins in my nose.

I blame my cocaine hobby in college.

Lost the first fight thanks to the glass veins in my nose.

I blame my cocaine hobby in college.

Youtube????



Was the fight declared over because of the bleeding, or couldn't you go on?

So is that it for you then, one and done?

Youtube????



Was the fight declared over because of the bleeding, or couldn't you go on?

So is that it for you then, one and done?

Youtube coming up. My buddy's girl is cutting the tape.

Ref stopped it because it looked like someone was doing surgery on the mat. Didn't even get hit that hard. You have to wear 20oz boxing gloves, so it's hard to get real power behind anything. Only way the state will allow it. :/ I trained with 14oz, so the punches didn't feel like shit, but my nose wouldn't stop.

I'm going back next year. Not going to take the extra time out to "train", but I can't not fight in the Meanest Man contest. It's a yearly tradition here.:D

You have to wear 20oz boxing gloves, so it's hard to get real power behind anything. Only way the state will allow it. :/

Oh.. I didn't realize that this was an organization that followed any kind of state laws.. I kinda thought they just did it behind some bar or in a field or something. Kinda underground, ya know?

Lost the first fight thanks to the glass veins in my nose.

I blame my cocaine hobby in college.

Sounds like someone did not utilize my Top 10 Rocky Tips.....:banghead:

Oh.. I didn't realize that this was an organization that followed any kind of state laws.. I kinda thought they just did it behind some bar or in a field or something. Kinda underground, ya know?

:lol:

I wish I was cool enough to find something that well organized underground.:lol:

It's just a boxing tourney they have after a yearly festival. Funnel cake and everything. But now the boxing (lol, fist flailing) is really the main draw. Advertising the $500 pot for beating up locals drew a lot of people from other towns (me and my friends for example).

Damn Kammy...how much money did I lose on you? :lol:

The OP must be kidding.

No one can be that much of an idiot.

Get's knocked out multiple times, talks about having a bad concussion, gets excited about winning $50 & a DENNYS giftcard, married, has kids, new baby on the way, then goes into the boxing ring and fights anyways.

Well....
Maybe he is that much of an .... nevermind.

The OP must be kidding.

No one can be that much of an idiot.

Get's knocked out multiple times, talks about having a bad concussion, gets excited about winning $50 & a DENNYS giftcard, married, has kids, new baby on the way, then goes into the boxing ring and fights anyways.

Well....
Maybe he is that much of an .... nevermind.

:what:

Kam's a good dude.

And hey, it was a $50 Denny's gift card! :)

:what:

Kam's a good dude.

And hey, it was a $50 Denny's gift card! :)

:what:

I just wanted free grand slam breakfasts:what:

It's only some punches man. If I was gonna get punched retarded in my life it woulda happened a looooong time ago.

http://i29.tinypic.com/30t3qth.gif

I guess I was pretty harsh.
I'm sorry KAMSPY.

It seemed to me to be some pretty risky behavior for a guy with a wife and kids.
They'd be pretty messed up without their dad/husband around anymore.

I really am sorry for what I said before.

Sorry to hear that Kam~

Glad your OK though! :yippee:

Youtube coming up. My buddy's girl is cutting the tape.


Did you ever get the youtube video up?

Did you ever get the youtube video up?

It's poorly shot, and very unflattering.

Unless I lose a bet or something, it's not going anywhere on the internet.

All the funnel cake and beer before the fight really had some effect on my form.

It's poorly shot, and very unflattering.

Unless I lose a bet or something, it's not going anywhere on the internet.

All the funnel cake and beer before the fight really had some effect on my form.
Man that's bullcrap getting people all excited and then withholding the video.:p

Man that's bullcrap getting people all excited and then withholding the video.:p

If you saw it...

You'd not only be let down by the quality of photography, but you'd think less of the mythological Spy.

If you saw it...

You'd not only be let down by the quality of photography, but you'd think less of the mythological Spy.
What is it with Ohio? First Bron gets dunked on and covers up the video and now this.:D

What is it with Ohio? First Bron gets dunked on and covers up the video and now this.:D

Yeah, c'mon Kam...

You KNOW this stuff gets leaked to the press eventually~ :lol:

There MUST be at least a 30 second segment that shows your "good side"~ :what:

What is it with Ohio? First Bron gets dunked on and covers up the video and now this.:D

Ha Ha! Good one. I can appreciate your concerns kamspy, my cousin fights MMA, amateur (official MMA record of 4-1). I love watching those backyard brawls!

Yeah, c'mon Kam...

You KNOW this stuff gets leaked to the press eventually~ :lol:

There MUST be at least a 30 second segment that shows your "good side"~ :what:
And I doubt Kam looks nearly as bad as we think he looks because we can't see the video. Same with Bron, the dunk probably wasn't anything real special other than one of the people was Bron but since we can't see it you have to figure that Bron and the college kid were involved in some soft core porn with Bron on the bad end.:D