Ever spar with a pro?

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  1. CHEF

    CHEF Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    dumb post:oops: :oops:
     
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  2. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How many rounds were you able to go without runnin' outta steam, KD?
     
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  3. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Funny you say that, C. I've been with Freddie Roach when he was trainin' Wlad, briefly. Freddie had to get braces for his elbows when he was doin' pads for Wlad.
     
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  4. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Did you expect to be overwhelmed before the bell rang, SW?
     
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  5. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How long ago did you spar with Arroyo? How would you describe the experience? Anything special stand out?
     
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  6. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When you say you "have more of a pro style," 401, do you mean you like to trade and bang to the body?
     
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  7. Suge Green

    Suge Green Boxing Junkie banned

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    No...I knew what to expect.

    I was training with them at the time...and the disparity in talent wasn't as large at the time as it is now.
    Since they've both gone on to fight pro, the edge I had in experience at the time is null (but not many can say they had that when they sparred a pro, which is why I wasn't overwhelmed).

    I was the Pele Reid of nobodies...:yep

    ...if it happened now, my story would be like everybody else's though. One of pain.
     
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  8. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yep. A bunch of them from Jr. MW to HW. I learned how important it is to relax in the ring, invest in body work, and throw unorthodox shots now and then --hard.
     
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  9. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can you remember your reaction, S89, when you first got hit with a good shot?

    Very few good pros get the hang of relaxin'. Did you have a seminal moment that illustrated it to you?
     
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    bump
     
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  11. pit

    pit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    True conditioning ... will tell you every thing you need to know about yourself.
     
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  12. chino2dapiapimp

    chino2dapiapimp WBC Fecarbox champ Full Member

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    i did and i learned i have no respectable conditioning
     
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  13. Rise Above

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    I sparred a guy at my old gym who was pro. He had a pretty bad record but still gave me a beating. Was fun though and I did learn a bit.
     
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  14. Deebo

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    The only one that people may remember is Ernie Chavez. This was back in the late '80's. Pretty tough little scrawny dude. What did I learn? When a guy is an undefeated up and comer even if you outweigh him by 20 lbs remember to protect your damn body.
     
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  15. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Think Chavez comes back to me, D: A gritty, stoic, workman-like-guy, pretty good balance, sort of a busy, straight-ahead plodder with a predictable offense and not much head movement. Think at some point he was on the cusp, but lost track of him.

    Not withstanding your bruised body, was he goin' all out?
     
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