I'm going to be a friend of mines corner man in a few weeks, never done it before (obviously seen it done many times) but not sure of what kit I will need.
Its nothing pro, 3 x 2 min rounds. This is his 3rd outing and he has lost the last 2
Have been to a few of these nights and have seen some decent knockouts and cuts ect so I wouldn't mind being prepared for any outcome .
If you're brand new, here's few things you need to practice.
Practice getting his stool very accurately in place immediately upon the bell ending the round. If the fight ends in your corner he shouldn't wait for 5 seconds while you're fumbling with the stool. Having the stool there pronto at the bell will impress the boxer and head trainer. When the chief second asks for water or Vaseline make sure it's in his hands before the words are out of his mouth. Have one of each in your hands.
You obviously won't be the head trainer or go into the ring.. but sometimes in amateur boxing a complete neophyte is the head corner guy or the ONLY corner guy.. In that case, practice running up and down the steps very quickly and athletically, and getting into the ring extremely quickly and smoothly like you've done it 5 million times before.. You'll only need water and Vaseline, which you ask somebody to hand you. Practice barking the order "WATER." Practice giving somebody a small sip of water until it's like tying your shoes. Practice spreading a small amount of Vaseline on somebody's eyebrows, brow, nose and cheeks until you can do it very well. Very light. He doesn't need a gob of grease anywhere.
He almost certainly won't cut...and that's good, because if he does you're SOL if there's nobody with experience with you... If his nose bleeds, pinch it closed with your fingertips for a few seconds and then use a cotton swab with Adrenaline Chloride 1:1000 to swab out the nose and stop the bleeding. For eye cuts use a product called Qwick-Aid cut in strips - or you can just use the whole cloth to press on the cut closed for 50 seconds.. It should stop bleeding., At "Seconds Out" get out quickly.
Kalan wrote:If you're brand new, here's few things you need to practice.
Practice getting his stool very accurately in place immediately upon the bell ending the round. If the fight ends in your corner he shouldn't wait for 5 seconds while you're fumbling with the stool. Having the stool there pronto at the bell will impress the boxer and head trainer. When the chief second asks for water or Vaseline make sure it's in his hands before the words are out of his mouth. Have one of each in your hands.
You obviously won't be the head trainer or go into the ring.. but sometimes in amateur boxing a complete neophyte is the head corner guy or the ONLY corner guy.. In that case, practice running up and down the steps very quickly and athletically, and getting into the ring extremely quickly and smoothly like you've done it 5 million times before.. You'll only need water and Vaseline, which you ask somebody to hand you. Practice barking the order "WATER." Practice giving somebody a small sip of water until it's like tying your shoes. Practice spreading a small amount of Vaseline on somebody's eyebrows, brow, nose and cheeks until you can do it very well. Very light. He doesn't need a gob of grease anywhere.
He almost certainly won't cut...and that's good, because if he does you're SOL if there's nobody with experience with you... If his nose bleeds, pinch it closed with your fingertips for a few seconds and then use a cotton swab with Adrenaline Chloride 1:1000 to swab out the nose and stop the bleeding. For eye cuts use a product called Qwick-Aid cut in strips - or you can just use the whole cloth to press on the cut closed for 50 seconds.. It should stop bleeding., At "Seconds Out" get out quickly.
Great advice, taken on board. The fight is tomorrow so wish us luck.
think we should keep this going for the benefit of anyone else coming for advice.
was very good advice. I've done three shows now, cornered 8 fights total, 2 of them as chief second. The bit I found nerviest was actually helping to warm them up in the dressing room, loads of other people/fighters in there and I didn't want to look a pudendum in there, just kept it nice and simple and fast handed, few rolls and slips but nothing too technical or slow, 2 to 4 moves at a time. you don't want them shooting their load in the dressing room. I did 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for about 5 minutes.
If you're responsible for the corner tote, you want one of them ones with a divide in the middle. Ice in one side, with the compress, enswell, water bottle. dry side should have your swabs, i carry nose plugs too, scissors and tape in case its needed for the gloves, vaseline. put a dob of vas on the back of your weak hand but keep the tub with you. like Kalan said, be johnny-on-the-spot with the water and the stool.
if you're the one doing the talking, keep it simple. the fighter needs to get his breathing back to calm and deep as soon as the bell goes, that way he can listen to you properly. dont give him a complicated thing or too many simple things to understand. one or two things to do better or to introduce, encourage him to stay calm.
Some great advice on here to stop the proverbial getting your dick caught in a zipper moment for a trainer.
It can happen to anyone.
I recall the great trainer and tv commentary man gil clancy in one of his last fights accidentally sticking a big globule of vaseline in gerry cooneys eye screaming shit on camera than seeing his man go down the next round.
Another time in a fight in france a fighter shit down his leg but his skilled trainer scooped it up in the spit bucket before the shit was exposed.wiped his fighters leg down.had it all hygienic the next round
Did two corners last night, both wins and straightforward from a cornering perspective, there was a fella there, his fighter was on two fights after our last one, so I'm watching him work as we'd said hello earlier and he'd never done a corner before, he was just helping his mate out on his own, they'd come from out of the area as the away fighter with no tickets sold, no-one there to support them. That's fine if you're a vet but these boys seemed a little bit morose about it.
Ended up borrowing my scissors to help wrap his hands, I lent him my pads to warm him up, gave him a pair of latex gloves and use of the vas (not like that, obviously), I'm surprised he had a water bottle in fairness. But he was having a good gander at the kit everyone else had bought and was taking all the advice in, so if he does it again I reckon he'll be ok.
