Malik, Mikaela, and Noel came to the Hamlin Park boxing show. Only Malik and Mikaela got fights. Malik fought a lanky, slightly bigger kid out of Hamlin. Mikaela's opponent was a girl from Humboldt Park, who like Mikaela, only had one prior fight. Their fights were number four and five on the show schedule. Alan helped me in the corner with both of them.
Malik hesitated a lot. I had to keep telling him not to wait on the other fighter and be first with his left jab. I liked that Malik kept moving a lot, but we've got to work on him throwing more combinations. Malik fell down once and so did the other guy; both falls were ruled as slips. Malik didn't win, but some in the audience thought he should have.
The girl Mikaela fought kept smothering her against the ropes and in the corners. She was shorter than Mikaela, and she was holding her a lot. I have to work more with Mikaela on slowing down fighters who like to rush in a lot as the other girl was doing. Mikaela did her best, but she didn't win.
Mike, Rojan, Solomon, and Erik from Loyola Park had fights. Erik was the only person from there who won his. William was there too, but he wasn't able to get a fight. Hamlin Park's fighters racked up most of the wins for the evening.
David Diaz was there; it was one of his boys who fought Malik. "You're still hanging in there!" he smiled at me. Fres Oquendo gave me a hug when he saw me. I hadn't seen him for awhile. The announcer at the show mentioned that Fres was cheered during his last fight in Russia.
All in all, it was a pleasant evening. Phil was at the show. He suggested that I get a buffer to help ease the discomfort with my left knee. I will certainly look into that before I have to go see the doctor about it in November.
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