This content is protected Hi guys, this is my most recent light sparring. I haven't sparred for a long time so I'm still getting used to it but I would love to get some tips from you all. I'm the guy with the yellow gloves. I've been boxing for about a year but trained on my own a lot during that time and had breaks from the gym as well. I'm 23 and I want to get a fight this year but as you can see I am not ready
You doing the "rookie mistake" of not letting your hands go because you don't want to get hit. You probably saw it by yourself. Everytime your opponent was doing any offense you were moving backwards and stopping your own offense. And even when he was doing nothing, moving backwards with a high guard and giving you an invite you basically were too afraid of letting your hands go. It's all experience though. I like the way you guys sparred. Very technical. Best way to learn for sure. I can only say...keep your hands higher even if you're not in your opponents range. You need to get a feeling for it. Let him hit your guard. It's normal. I know boxing is all about hit and not getting hit but you can't avoid it at any time. You need to create some confidence in your mind. Not saying you should start fighting a Mexican style and giving a **** about defense but it's OKAY to eat one if you learn how to set up your offense. You will automatically learn to avoid those shots but learning offense is more important. I know a lot of guys who are looking perfectly on the pads or the heavy bag, they have great footwork and head movement but once in a fight they're all about running and moving away. They can't set up any offense. It's very important to learn how to set up offense early on in your "career". Imagine you're fighting a guy who really puts the pressure on you and you just moving backwards throwing nothing. He'd eat you up alive. You really need a confident offense. The defense will develop automatically from time to time. You're looking like a solid athlete so you have that on your side already.
This content is protected I was hoping yall can give some feed back as well, im the guy with the red gloves. This was the 12th round in my entire life of semi hard sparring. Forgive my lack of cardio, ive been cutting weight big time and focusing more on power lifting and resistance training so i havent been running enough lately. Ive been boxing for 3 months now and im planning to fight amateur when i reach around 120lbs, im at 162lbs rn. btw i was originally a southpaw so i tend to switch naturally, but ive been training to cutdown the switching and stick to orthodox. What do you think i should work on the most? things that im decent at, if any?
