Sparring a guy 1 foot taller than you, and 75 more pds...

Alright, I've been training for boxing for a while. I used to have this old pro (he was 86) working with me, he was a damn good trainer, etc. With him I never did that much sparring against people. Mainly hit the mits, bag drills, speed bag, and he passed his knowledge on to me. The people I sparred with at the time were out of my league (like multi time golden glove winners, and people who fought a ton of fights), and though I did very well...Of course they got the best of me. I finally tore my shoulder from overtraining (before I got to fight amatuers), and realized boxing wasn't a career that I wanted.
I want to model/ bodybuild, maybe even powerlift one day, but I box every day still mainly at home (movement, bag work, angles). I'm 5'6, 165 and about 6% body fat so I'm not a skinny little dude. Well, i joined a geen ku doe class (bruce lee's martial arts), and enjoy it. There's some guys that started that wanted to spar me because I have good skill. One of them is 6'6, 242 LOl. So, even though I never got much sparring in I was like "hell yeah." I damn sure outpointed him, and he never hurt me, or anything (he was professional surprisingly), BUT I didn't beat him the way I wanted to.
We started out, and he tryed to keep me at bay with the jab. As soon as I'd see a jab, or straight right, I'd swoop in to the side, and crack his ribs, and then go to work on the body. He'd push me off, clinch, or try to fight back. Back on him again I'd go. That was pretty much my only weapon though. Luckily I was in better shape, he started to tire, drop his hands, and finally I could reach his face to get some headshots in. I was just wondering what the hell else can I do to this guy??? Fighting somebody a foot taller, and MASSIVE i might add (felt like fighting a damn mountain)...I could barely reach his face, and if were skilled enough and fought tall there's no way I could. He did real well though, thank god I lift weights, work my legs and neck like crazy so I can take a punch, or else I damn sure wouldn't have the power to get inside on him.

 

LOL, calm down bud. However it's spelled...and why would I feel warm and fuzzy inside? Because I showed up a guy who's much bigger, but that's only been training for fighting for like 2 months now? I personally don't think I did good enough, and that's why I was asking for pointers. And I'm planning on sparring with this guy a lot, so once he gets use to my attack, and gets some skills himself...There's no chance I could handle him using the same ****. If he'd fight me tall, use his jab more, catch me whenever I duck down, use uppercuts in the inside..He'd beat the **** out of me. I know what he needs to do to beat me...Just wondering what I'd have to do to beat him at that time?
BTW: It's a martial arts class, but we aren't doing any kinds of kicks or anything when we spar. Just straight up boxing.

 

Yeah, were working on martial arts, but when it comes to sparring it's straight up punching. Well, more jeet ku doe boxing (vertical fist, your fastest hand in front, more in-close fighting, etc). That's what I didn't do enough of whenever I went against him. I work a lot of movement, but for some reason when I was up against him I didn't go side to side much, didn't move my head, etc, but then again I haven't sparred in a couple months.
There's others at the gym to spar with. He's just pretty dedicated, and somebody I know that'll always be there to spar with. And since I'm so short for my weight, if I would ever decide to box he's good practice since everybody I'd be fighting would be taller than me.

 

I train the proper (athlete) way. I stretch before, and after every workout so I don't get bulky and slow. I box a little bit each day. One day I'll practice movement (not so much punching), the next day I either do bag work, or shadow box (not much movement). Do cardio about 2-3 times a week, not including the boxing.
My weight training...Have tons of different schedules. I go for both size/ strength (low reps), and more cut/ endurance (high reps). One week I'll do 10 reps of everything, next week 7, next week only 4. I focus a lot on dead lifts, squats, rows, bench (compound exercises, and major muscle groups). Started focusing a lot more on legs cuz if I ever want to bodybuild I'm gonna have to have awesome legs, plus it'll help with boxing. Work my traps (neck) a lot as well so I can take a better punch. Do abs daily. I workout mon-sat about 2-3 hours a day. A bit much, but with summer coming up I want to be in even better shape.
That's pretty much it. Started taking the martial arts class recently, starting to learn how to kick a little. the only 2 kicks jeet kun do has is mule kick, and groin kick...The effective ones. So, that's my workout schedule for right now.

 

I agree with you, and that's why I already chose to not box. Something like toughman, or something like that isn't out of the question to me, but amatuer/ pro is out of the question. I have to much muscle, and not enough height to compete. I mean...By no means am I slow (like I said I stretch properly, have long lean muscle), but being 5'6, and right now I'm 165....And growing quite well I might add. At 165 it'd be hard enough for me to fight a muscular guy who is say 5'11-6' who has skill. I have the power to maybe get a lucky punch, or bull him if I can take his shots, BUT like I said I'm not finished getting the size I want.
That's why I took this Jeet kun do stuff...More self defense stuff, and street fighting. I just like to train for the boxing, stay in good shape for boxing, the physichal contact, and the confidence it brings.

 

Sure do. He's only been boxing for 2 months so I figured he'd hit me pretty stiff. Amazingly, he didn't hit me that stiff. Quite a few times he'd be like "OH sorry" like he hit me hard, but I honestly didn't feel jack ****. Last time I really sparred somebody in a normal match (besides my 5th degree black belt instructor) I was 20 pds of muscle lighter...So, I don't know if I can take a hell of a punch, or he was just thinking he hit me to hard.
Anyways though, I woke up the next day...Touched my chin, and was like Ooooouch! The bones feel tender! So, apparently he must have hit me with some ****, but I just didn't feel it at the time. That's alright though...He was at the gym yesterday, and he was walking around like those ribs were mighty sore :happy