Beginning sparring/amateur bouts

about the hard punches is sparring thats really your gym you should ask

dont understand the second question

you should be sparring and doing pads everyday in the gym

 

I spar two or three times a week if possible. How hard I punch depends on the person in front of me. If I know he can take some heat I'll be less inclined to hold back than with someone who's in the ring for the first time, obviously. Or if he's very experienced I also hold back because I don't want him to teach me a lesson in humility. It also depends on what my trainer yells at me at that moment

Keep in mind that he is not your enemy but your sparring partner. In fact he's closer to a friend because he can help you to learn how to box.

 

well RDJ i hate everyone i fight even when i spar as soon as i see them opposite me i hate them. before and after we can be mates but i hate them in the ring so i tend to throw big shots and have to hold back a bit.

 

Hate belongs somewhere else, there are only a few people I really hate and if I shared a ring with them I'd probably attempt to kill them. Aggression yes, hate no.

 

i describe it as hate its like you say not hate like hagler did like blame everything on your opponent so you absouloutly hate them, its like you hit me and im going to box the **** out of you type stuff alot of its hate of my own performance so i spar/box better

 

I spar at least one or two times a week, normally five, three minute rounds or so at a time. Hand pads, me and a bud meet up before fight class several times a week and do them. I dont see why you couldnt do them in the same day. Hell, I do two a days 6 days a week, not necessarily sparring or pads though, I throw in some running and what not.

How hard should you hit? Me and a couple buds normally discuss it before we spar. We normally do full speed at about 50% power, but sometimes we'll slow it down to work on form, or even go all out sometime to work on power or to vent from a stressful day.

As for the hate conversation, IMO thats for competitons not sparring. From my experience a good sparring partner is hard to come by. Hell, about a third of the time in the ring we're communicationg and talking to each other to help each other with our flaws, not kicking each other and spitting.

Hope this helps Headbussa, and keep watching others spar, try to watch fights on TV too. The more exposer the better IMO.

 

Headgear and bigger gloves.

 

The gloves make a big difference, 10 oz feels different than 16 oz.

Pro's get a busted nose every now and then. Just look at the bums that are fed to up and comers, they often leave the ring in a bloody mess. The good boxers learned to avoid it by being defensively sound. That and the fact that their nose is flat on their face because it has been hit hundreds of times before.

 

10 oz is sore 16 oz is a piece of ****

in my gym one of the trainers is an amazing body puncher and KO's someone in sparring evey month with a left hook to the ribs. luckily he hasnt got me yet

 

I've broken my nose five times and its still big and ugly if not more so... damn Jewish ancestry...

I've never seen a KO, so to speak, in any of my amateur bouts. Whenever someone seems to get knocked down, or is about too, the refs just call it 'no contest' or whatever. It counts as a KO on the record but the damn ref step in before I can finish em...

 

In my gym, about 4 months ago, one of my trainers (a pro) sparred one of my buddies on the fight team (an amateur). He broke two of his ribs with a body shot... He's never been back to the gym... I feel thats uncalled for in sparring... Just my opinion though. Ive fought with a broken nose before but if someone hit me hard enough in the body to break a rib, resulting in me missing a competition... I would be pissed.