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Originally Posted by Ryan G
hey guys
i took cardio boxing for 2 months, done some light sparring during class, today me and a friend decided to put on gloves and spar at a park.
he's about 6'0, 150 lbs and im around 5'6 weigh 120lbs, thnk he took some boxing before but not for long.
anyway, when we sparred i pretty much jsut tucked my head down, blocking my face most of time. and whenever i tried to get him it just didnt connect, cause he had a longer reach. is there a way around this when facing a taller opponent or how should i approach a different way to train?
please help.
thanks in advance guys, feel free to criticize.
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Learn the fundamentals of boxing first! If you don't have a coach, get one. He will teach you technique and give you some ideas about how to put it all together. If you don't get a coach and try to follow the suggestions we give you from the net, you might do something incorrectly that will actually hurt your sparring ability rather than help.
Here's a few suggestions:
1. Keep your head a moving target. Don't just come straight in, practice moving your head (with gloves up) around, while still keeping your balance.
2. Hit to the body first to drop his guard, then hit upstairs when he drops. Stick that jab into his solar plexus, back out. Do it again but hook off the jab upstairs. Stay close. Fire off a deep shovel hook into his body then fire off a short right at his jaw, then back downstairs with the shovel hook.
3. Use fakes.
4. Get him in a clinch and weigh him down. Make him throw you off then on the separation, fire a quick jab, cross upstairs. Take a short step back to make him miss a counter shot and come right back in with a shot of your own. Clinch again.
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