The 2007 National PAL boxing tournament will be held from September 30 to October 6, 2007 in Oxnard, California.
This is the 3rd year in a row that it is being held in Oxnard.
National PAL Tournament
The national PAL tournament is an open invitational - no, you don't have to advance. You must be a U.S. citizen and have at least 5 scored bouts in your passbook. Unless you belong to a PAL club who will pay your way, you will pay for all your own expenses - travel, lodging and food, plus minimal entry fee.
Ok, that's what I figured. Well, we'll see how Ringside goes before anything else, might just be a smart idea to take next season for match bouts and wait until next year to enter GG and what not. it's been a long time, it's going to take a while more for the skills to start clicking in again. That, and I'd like to actually win for once. This has been a rough year thus far.boxmel wrote:The national PAL tournament is an open invitational - no, you don't have to advance. You must be a U.S. citizen and have at least 5 scored bouts in your passbook. Unless you belong to a PAL club who will pay your way, you will pay for all your own expenses - travel, lodging and food, plus minimal entry fee.
Eh, PVA was a good LBC, but they do some serious rule bending out there too. Montana is better than people give it credit for. This year was a pretty busy year, I didn't get to be as active as I could have been but it'll be better next year. Lots and lots of driving though, like to Idaho or elsewhere in Montana (it's a big state). Worst was all the way out to Seattle though, just to get a loss on a sketchy decision if I've ever seen one on regional TV. Like I mentioned, Dominic Wade and I are from quite close to each other; after I fought in 2004 one of the coaches from his gym was interested in talking to me about coming to their gym (Old School) but I stuck with mine, Laurel Boys and Girls (and then Mooney's Academy once we moved there). Damn, I'mm too long winded. Ideally I'd actually like to get back to Europe to at least train, if not compete this year, but I'll need to save money.
We do have, though, a very good JO system up here, in our region at least Montana is very strong with Juniors. Keep an eye out for a kid named Anthony Lapier, he's from Great Falls, MT and is turning into a beast now that he's maturing. He could maybe follow in Junior Caferro's footsteps and be the main boxer from MT in the rankings. I will say another thing about MT-where I live is at high altitude (5,000 feet) and does some good stuff for the stamina.
Edit-Although I should add that I've wanted to get down to SoCal to at least train at the gyms down there and with the trainers down there, definitely would like to be able to do that and learn more and round out my style more. I don't think I could live there, I just escaped PG County, I'll stick with safe, tame Montana for the moment.
Ideally I'd actually like to get back to Europe to at least train, if not compete this year, but I'll need to save money. We do have, though, a very good JO system up here, in our region at least Montana is very strong with Juniors. Keep an eye out for a kid named Anthony Lapier, he's from Great Falls, MT and is turning into a beast now that he's maturing. He could maybe follow in Junior Caferro's footsteps and be the main boxer from MT in the rankings. I will say another thing about MT-where I live is at high altitude (5,000 feet) and does some good stuff for the stamina.
Edit-Although I should add that I've wanted to get down to SoCal to at least train at the gyms down there and with the trainers down there, definitely would like to be able to do that and learn more and round out my style more. I don't think I could live there, I just escaped PG County, I'll stick with safe, tame Montana for the moment.
Kolya - You can attend club shows several times a month and get lucky and get matched at one or more each month. You can also attend the GG, the US Championships and one or two more tournaments each year. If you do well at the tournaments, you can gain 20 - 30 bouts of experience per year. Some elite guys that box at the national and international level can box even more.
If you aren't successful or you take a lot of punches to land yours and sustain punishment, you might not want to compete that often.
If you aren't successful or you take a lot of punches to land yours and sustain punishment, you might not want to compete that often.
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No, I don't really take very much punishment. I get hit but not an absurd amount; I think part of it is the fact that I'm really big for middleweight and can see an opponents punches coming, they tend to get flustered by my size and end up getting a bit wild, and my reflexes are decent. I probably could have gotten around 10 in Montana this year, not including tournaments, but didn't. But with Ringside and maybe going back east or what not for a little bit, I should be able to get a better amount next year. It finally got together at the end of this year for me when I fought two weeks in a row, but it was the end of the season. 
I'm 6'6" and have a long reach (80") and sparring the 165# amazed me at how long his arms were. My son is a 6'3" 201# boxer and has boxed a 6'8", 6'7" and a bunch of 6'4" heavyweighs. He too was amazed at the 165# boxer's reach. You are probably the next tallest 165# that I have known. With your height, I hope you have an excellent jab.Kolya wrote:I'm about 6'4-6'5 (somewhere in between). 6'7, jesus, that's effing enormous. The closest I've seen to my height are Light Heavies like Chris Downs, or a kid we have here in Montana who drops to Light Heavy for tournaments. Glad I never boxed your kid.
Saying that my jab was the first thing every trainer I've ever worked with stressed would be an understatement. When I do throw it it can be good, unfortunately I fell into a bit of a counterpunching role too easily, which is something I've worked on changing now. So hopefully the jab will be in full effect at Ringside. As for what you mentioned in the other thread about body shots; Some opponents have tried to work my body, but they get discouraged or start head-hunting when they don't have success (I'm used to having them go at my body, so I learned how to lock down and cover up the body pretty effectively).Dennis wrote:I'm 6'6" and have a long reach (80") and sparring the 165# amazed me at how long his arms were. My son is a 6'3" 201# boxer and has boxed a 6'8", 6'7" and a bunch of 6'4" heavyweighs. He too was amazed at the 165# boxer's reach. You are probably the next tallest 165# that I have known. With your height, I hope you have an excellent jab.Kolya wrote:I'm about 6'4-6'5 (somewhere in between). 6'7, jesus, that's effing enormous. The closest I've seen to my height are Light Heavies like Chris Downs, or a kid we have here in Montana who drops to Light Heavy for tournaments. Glad I never boxed your kid.