Sparred my first time, against a Pro.

I've fought a few the guy sounds like he was taking liberties what a ****

 

I had two experiences like this. One as a ten bout amateur against a reasonably hyped up young pro who decided to completly hammer me, went to work but somehow never took me out. It was a complete mismatch and I clinched a lot, but am still proud of lasting the 3 rounds and landing some. He was a complete **** though.

Other one was fairly regular when I was 17-19. Good journeyman, who actually had a quality am record but never really showed what he could do in the pros. He would bust me up a bit, but he also gave got tips and brought me along a lot. Kind of like what you're describing - a tough but awesome learning experience.

You're a pretty experienced amateur from what I remember though, right? I remember a few years ago you had plans to go pro?

 

Little story from one of my old gyms: a 24 fight undefeated pro came in to spar with the kids once and told the trainer he'd 'take it easy on them'...Well the one kid who wasn't even open class yet got in with him first and dropped him 4 times, with the local news cameras rolling

 

I only have one experience, Its was pretty cool. He had this really good counter Rear Uppercut, I'll throw my Jab and he'll lean to his right and throw the uppercut. I got him a few times. He was a real cool dude, sometimes he'll stop in the middle of the round and correct me or show me a couple of tricks.

He was one of the as. coaches old friend and he said that he coulde'nt stop talking about me when they left.

 

Who was it mate? People make a big deal about the barrier between amateurs and pro's. Its over-rated. I know some class ams who could be top pro's right now.

 

I sparred one active professional and he wasn't better than the amateurs I sparred. He had somewhat heavy hands and was tough but technically it made no real difference to me. A good guy as well but he wasn't the most technical boxer so it did not teach me much.

Sparred a retired pro with a very good amateur record (Reino van der Hoek) as well once, but he was older man and out of shape, I was in fighting shape. Had to hold back a lot because he got gassed, but he showed me a few very nice tricks. By showed tricks I mean punched me in the face, gave me funky angles, countered me when I did not expect it, etc.

 

Sparred a few pro's, best one was a European champ. I find that they hit usually hit a lot harder than amateurs, maybe sit down on their punches more and their timing is very good, like they can read you. Just like ams they vary in skill level of course.

 

Ive sparred a few pros in dofferent gyms over the years. the biggest hammering i have taken is off a world champion kickboxer who was my coach. never enjoyed sparring with him. always beat you up.

the pros ive sparred with inclube
spencer fearon: excellent educational sparring as he teaches you things and works on things.
darren hamilton: very awkward to spar against
larry ekundayo (about to go pro): very hard hitter for his size. has no qualms about hitting you lol
larry olubamiwo: he wasnt throwing back so i managed to land a few good shots on him
franklin egobi: excellent defense. again not really throwing much back apart from the odd jab and working on defense. basically impossible to hit. very talented and would have done much better in prizefighter with a bit of notice
ted bami: not really throwing back until i hurt him wioth a bodyshot when he threw back and put me in my place haha

goes without saying all of them would kill me easily in a real match / fight situation.

 

Okay, I am a smaller guy, so when Derrick Harmon and I were fooling around in the ring he wasn't really hitting me hard, or I'd be in the hospital. Can't count it as sparring, more like working on stuff. Same with Carl Cockerham, who is much better than his record. I guess he didn't really know what he was doing when he started, his wife had died, and he was kind of hoping to get killed in the ring too, but he got better.

Sparred Auggie Sanchez, he was in a DIFFERENT UNIVERSE than anybody else am or pro I'd ever sparred. My speed didn't matter, my strength didn't matter, nothing was effective. He took it easy on me too with the power, I could tell. The difference was palpable and real. Never been so nuetralized.

Sparred a four or five fight professional my size for a few rounds about six years ago, eh, pretty even, I felt a lot stronger but he was sharper. Trying to remember his name. I could swear they called him peewee or something like that, he was fighting at 130.

Maybe because I live in Vegas, there are a ton of good boxers, but there is a HUGE difference between really good pros and amatuers. Carl Cockerham puts it on the olympic captain of guyana or someplace in Africa, Bassti or something is his name, a guy who is like 10-0 now with 10 KOs, and Carl is a journeyman at best with a whole lot of losses, but that guy can't win a minute of a round against him.

 

He's a guy from PA. This was a few years ago, now he's fighting in the golden gloves and looking to turn pro this year (only had like 15 fights though).

Some professionals are just products of good matchmaking lol, l'll say that much.

 

He was asking who the 24-0 pro was....

 

No clue. Wasn't a name I recognized.