I like getting hit, and I'm going to spar for first time tomorrow. Need advice?

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by Geronimo, Nov 9, 2012.


  1. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    15,628
    30
    Feb 16, 2010
    Based on the information you've provided, you probably want to take it slow and use these sparring sessions to hone your technique and develop your in-ring instincts(translation: how to initiate/anticipate/react). This is assuming , of course, that you've already been taught how to hold your guard/stance and deliver all punches correctly.
     
  2. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

    47,858
    27,818
    Oct 23, 2011
    This content is protected


    Making your opponent miss and countering them is the greatest feeling you can expierance in boxing - I believe.

    Especially when they are aggresive wasting their energy missing wild swings and you hurt them with a simple efficient punch.
     
  3. kmac

    kmac On permanent vacation Full Member

    5,005
    15
    Jul 29, 2010
    get ready to be seriously tired. try to relax in there as much as possible. if you go in there tense and worried about getting hit, you'll be ready to stop about 30 seconds in. the trainer at your gym isn't going to have someone beat the **** out of you. you guys are amateurs trying to work on getting experience in the ring. good luck.
     
  4. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

    17,608
    23
    Oct 25, 2010
    I'm sorry, but anyone who "likes getting hit" is a ****ing moron. Period.
     
  5. ROACH

    ROACH Boxing Addict banned

    3,130
    1
    Sep 27, 2012
    Most likely, you're going to get the **** beat out of you, and then you'll never come back.

    Don't try to convince us. Convince yourself.
     
  6. pejevan

    pejevan inmate No. 1363917 Full Member

    18,163
    2
    May 24, 2006
    One word - xylocaine.
     
  7. JDK

    JDK Well-Known Member Full Member

    1,825
    1
    Sep 29, 2010
    You guys got trolled 3 pages worth.
    And topped it off with a pejevan post.
    Congrats
     
  8. r1p00pk

    r1p00pk Well-Known Member Full Member

    2,554
    1
    Mar 12, 2012

    guy should have put this in the amateur section instead of the gd from the start :-(
     
  9. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    20,112
    7
    Aug 18, 2007
    anyone who doesn't mind getting hit is a fool
     
  10. freddieMaize

    freddieMaize Active Member Full Member

    1,493
    6
    Jun 13, 2011
    You are changing your gym is it? Or you are going to the hit the gym for the first time ever?

    Dont try to prove anything on the first attempt itself.. You might end up getting proven, the other way around..
     
  11. JamieC

    JamieC Active Member Full Member

    607
    0
    Oct 1, 2012
    ye first spar against someone thats already experienced enough to have had a bout, dont kid yourself, he could do you over quick time, no matter how many books youve read. it helps to watch a lot of boxing but as someone else already said, youll have tells you wont read feints, youll get hit as much as he wants to hit you. end of.
     
  12. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

    7,658
    78
    Jan 21, 2006
    No, no no no no no, kid.

    Sparring is a constructive exercise, made for learning and growing.

    You want to impress the coach, man? Pick something and WORK on it. Decide going in: Do you want to try out your jab and how to use it? How about moving your head to dodge punches? Maybe cut the ring and work the body?

    Pick one or two of these things(I usually advise two, as it prevents you from becoming so one dimensional in your exercise that working on something becomes impossible), and drill them. Show the other fighter respect. Hit him only as hard as he's hitting you. DO NOT FOUL. And if you drop him(It should be a fluke, or just an exceptionally well thrown punch, which you likely aren't capable of yet), you help him up and you APOLOGIZE.

    Sparring is an honorable, trusting exercise between two aspiring fighters. Treat it as such, and you'll make friends before anybody even knows your name.
     
  13. Kolya

    Kolya Boxing Addict Full Member

    5,963
    42
    Jul 21, 2004

    :lol::lol: How you doing, big guy?
     
  14. Joe.Boxer

    Joe.Boxer Chinchecker Full Member

    7,605
    1,101
    Jan 8, 2011
    If the op is serious, he needs to see someone.
     
  15. Speechless

    Speechless Well-Known Member Full Member

    2,037
    47
    Mar 7, 2012
    Well he never came back, so I'm guessing he didn't like getting hit THAT much!