Sparring is the most important aspect of training

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it is, EASILY.
you can do whatever you want onthe pads, whatever on the track, if you can't apply it to your sport, whats the point?

 

Since I usually agree with you I'm curious. WTF are you talking about? Please expand on this some more, because I would have those things in the exact opposite order. Are you saying you think a fighter who's already good gets a lot more out of fitness work than skillwork? Because imo once you get to a certain level fitness should be taken for granted, everyone you fight is going to be extremely fit and if you aren't then you shouldn't fight. The better fighter wins the open class matchup. You rarely see a guy imposing his fitness successfully at higher levels.

 

Well lets put it this way for everyone. First of all everyone has their own training styles and opinions and we cannot judge them, what we can do if give our own training style and share it and honestly say what you thing is good AND bad from this style. Sparring is something which i call "actually playing the sport" but i would only start sparring after i've achieved a certain level not only physically but also mentally where i know what to do in the ring. I see beginners in the gym always sparring but the thing is they have no technique, they throw random punches, no footwork at all, no head movement and now you all will say "but hey they're new" which is exactly why you shouldn't spar at that level. You have to do every other excercise like shadowboxing, punching bag, pads etc. Combine them all together and then use it in the ring. Doing so your grabbing the sport of Boxing, dividing it into pieces and learning piece by piece, this way you can understand much better the reason of things, why and when to throw a jab, what type of defence at what time. The thing i simply love about boxing is the fact that it looks like 2 guys fighting like crazy when in fact its all about whos smarter. Sparring is very good but shouldn't be done all the time especially when your coach isn't watching, simply cause its easy to develop 'silly habits'. Hope it helped

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Im probably gonna get hate mail cause everything i say turns out to be completely ******ed

 

You can be just as good doing everything but sparring.

 

Hook and jab power.

Hook and jab frequency.



Every muscle in the body.

 

True story, but I think we're talking about actual fighters, not newbies. For a guy who has fought/is about ready to fight, you gotta spar. A lot. Not to the point of damaging yourself, but as much as possible up to that point.

Even sparring drills are more important than bagwork etc for beginners. Once you have the mechanics of boxing down and know how to move and punch, partner drills are essential to get ready for sparring.

I fail to see how anyone could say that hitting an inanimate object is better prep for fighting than sparring is. Sure, the amount of rounds you put into the bags and mitts will dwarf the time you spend in the ring, but the time in the ring is where the improvements initiate.

 

Well if its an actual fighter preparing for a fight then his training should be divided, sparring might get you a few injuries so doing sparring 2 weeks before a fight is ok but light, sparring drills are very good, boring but very good.. when you have a coach on to you who is always 1 on 1 then heavybag and pads can be very good, its hard to completely analyse a fighter during sparring especially when they're both close together. Its much easier to see what your fighter is doing wrong on bags and pads. Sparring is very important especially for people who need to "do to learn" things. I personally learn things quickly just by looking with the eye. Only drawback from sparring is when you don't have a big list of people to spar with, when you only have 1-2 sparring partners at first its very good cause you try new things on eachother but later on you get so used to eachothers style that instead of using your head your just predicting each shot, i used to spar 3-4 times a week then i stopped because i have no one to spar with anymore.

 

Nope. Disagree.

You can be a quality fighter without sparring. You can't spar enough to be a quality fighter. It is too damaging.

I do believe it is quite important, but in a whole training spectrum? It isn't the most important. You are right, it is important and you need it all.

 

Remember, I am NOT saying that sparring ISN'T important. I am saying I don't feel it is the MOST important.

I am speaking of layering different aspects of Boxing training as a whole. If I had to leave things out and add them back in layers? I could honestly think of things that I would put above sparring IF a fighter had a certain level of inexperience/experience and I had to choose.

A new guy? I don't think he gets crap out of sparring other than his "Welcome to Boxing" spar. A mid level guy I would rather see him on a bag daily than sparring. An experienced guy I would only like to see him in regular sparring leading up to tournaments/matches. Brains don't heal.

 

Sparring every 2 months? You won't be a good boxer if you do that.

You could be amazing on the pads, have perfect technique when shadow boxing, skip rope like a pro but that doesn't mean **** if you can't apply it in the ring when under pressure. Sparring is where you learn to apply the things you've learned.

Skipping rope more important than sparring? Get real.

 

this.

and all those talking about sparring being damaging. you can do light sparring working on just specific things. i find this very beneficial.

eg one of you is muhamed ali and dances and the other is mike tyson. bobbong weaving, hooks, uppercuts etc trying to get close.

or one of you jabs, the other just looks for counters etc

 

he did he beat up his fat brother in law, in the barn

 

once again.. you being the usual. Listen, everyone has their own training style, i learn things just by looking, i absorb alot of skills in a good 2 months and create a whole new boxing style for myself, its how i train. Dont like it? Good for ****in you, you should go get real and stop thinking that the only way you train is correct, Bhop didnt even have any amateur fights and he went pro and he didn't spar in prison, atleast not legally.

 

All of you go read the Olympic training manual. See what it says. Sparring isn't the most important thing.

That warm head rush. That mild headache. It is brain damage. A fighter can do well without it if he understands the CONCEPTS of fighting. To get those concepts? He must spar. After he gets them? He can train and train hard.

Too much intense sparring = brain damage.