Dorian Anthony

[Leverage]

Thanks for the information. It is appreciated.

[Leverage]

Dorian will be active tomorrow night in a show Sponsored by DGBoxing in Long Beach, Ca.

Press-Telegram, local paper, has positive comments on the action.

[indiana's_best]

is he turing pro now.............

[boxmel]

Ths show host is trying to get Dorian a bout for tonight, but it doesn't look hopeful. No, he isn't turning pro.

[Leverage]

Dorian has found an opponent for tonights show.

[Leverage]

Dorians opponent will be Nu Prichardson.

Hasim Rahman Jr. will fight Henry Valdez.

[actionfan]

What was the outcome of the fights? Scoring? video? Thanks

[Leverage]

Dorian was in control and won. Do not have the score.

Hasim also won.

[Leverage]

After a few days recouperating Dorian is back in the woodshed.
He will be in Denver ready to go again.

[Leverage]

The woodshed has proved positive for Dorian. He will be in Denver next week, better than ever.

[Leverage]

Dorian is paired with Siju Shabazz in the first round today. Should be a good one.

[Leverage]

Unless the results are wrong Dorian lost in the first pairing to Shabazz 18-9.

It is with heavy heart that I report this.

[Dennis]

It was a good bout. Dorian started off fairly well, but the Siju progressively got better. Dorian is quick, but he drops his hands too much. Siju keeps his hands up well and boxed well. This bout should not have happened during the first day. It deserved to be a semifinal or finals bout, but that is the luck of the draw.

[Leverage]

Thanks for the commentary.

[!! Shawn]

Its a really disappointing loss because it is a fight that Dorian could have and arguably should have won quite easily. He looked flat, and was tired after the first round.

It appeared as if it would be an easy fight after the first round, but then he got tired, started throwing single punches, and stopped setting punches up with his jab. Siju always started with the jab and always threw more than one punch at a time, and that was the difference in the fight. Dorian was clearly the better boxer, the much quicker of the two, and the more mobile fighter, but the altitude seems to have gotten to him before it got to Siju.

All credit to Siju though, he's not the most athletically gifted fighter, but he knows his limitations and fight within them at all time. He fought a very well.

In my opinion, Dorian clearly lost the fight, but the 18-9 margin is nothing close to how the fight should have been scored.

[Leverage]

Shawn,

Thanks for the commentary. There was a discussion about Dorian training at altitude..(Big Bear) two weeks before the competition.
Unfortunately in hindsight it should have been done.

Denver 5200 ft
Big Bear 6700ft

May have made the difference.

[boxmel]

It may have helped to train at Big Bear, however Dorian has boxed in Colorado Springs on many occasions and is familiar with competing in high altitudes.

[Leverage]

Certanily true, but if one wants to be the best, nothing should be overlooked.
No stone unturned the thought process.

IF, it was altitude then it is a correctable situation.

Not seeing the fight in person makes the judgement a different
perspective. That being said, it would seem to me, as a rank amateur,
that competeing 5-6 days in that enviornment is a difficult task.
Those that have done it prior would have an edge in stamina.

No recriminations, but it could have been done.

[!! Shawn]

Shawn,

Thanks for the commentary. There was a discussion about Dorian training at altitude..(Big Bear) two weeks before the competition.
Unfortunately in hindsight it should have been done.

Denver 5200 ft
Big Bear 6700ft

May have made the difference.

About Big Bear, from what I was told by Dorian, it was decided that since Coach Joe Zanders would have been unable to come with him to Big Bear, that he shouldn't go.

I spoke my piece to Dorian and told him that I thought he should take the Big Bear opportunity, but when they made the decision not to go, I supported them fully.

People can argue that since he has been to altitude before, he should have been able to cope, but any reputable sports scientist will tell you that, an unacclimatized individual will lose at a minimum, 20% of their work capacity. Acclimatization is not something you retain. Once you return from altitude, you have about 2 weeks before your body is back to how it was before you were at altitude, and conversely, it takes about 2 weeks for your body to acclimatize to the change from sea level to 5000 ft.

Boxing is a game that at the level they are competing at can be decided by 1% difference in conditioning, and suffering a 20% hit is devastating. Had Dorian drawn an easier first round, he probably would have gotten by, and in the process give his body more opportunity to adjust to the altitude, but unfortunately, he drew the hardest fight of the competition in the smallest ring.

[boxmel]

Had Dorian drawn an easier first round, he probably would have gotten by, and in the process give his body more opportunity to adjust to the altitude, but unfortunately, he drew the hardest fight of the competition in the smallest ring.

I totally agree with the "drawn an easier first round" comment. I don't know that I agree with the altitude statement. A significant number of boxers do not train at altitude before competing, and doing well, at altitude. Dorian had not been boxing for a significant amount of time - maybe he wasn't 100%, especially for the "luck of the draw."

[Dennis]

The figure mentioned for the decrease in athletic performance is too high. Most sources mention a 3-4% decrease in VO2 max at 5,280 feet.

[!! Shawn]

The figure mentioned for the decrease in athletic performance is too high. Most sources mention a 3-4% decrease in VO2 max at 5,280 feet.

Its 2% for every 300m for VO2 max, but VO2 max is not the only factor that effects work capacity. 1600 meters in a mile = 10% VO2 max hit btw.

[Dennis]

Most things I have read say that VO2 max starts to decrease by about 2-5% at an altitude of 5,000 feet. There is then an additional decrease of about 2-3% for every 1,000 feet above the 5,000 ft. threshold.