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Hey guys. I had a 3-round sparring session with a southpaw. The guy is about 6'1" and weighs in the low 200's, so I didn't expect knockdowns from my part (I'm closer to welterweight). His style is more of a brawler, but his defense was so-so. He never once tried to cut me off in the ring in rd1, so I was able to score a lot to the body. I double jabbed and slipped into his right side with an unanswered shovel hooks and bobbed when I sensed his left was coming; sometimes his left never came so I wasted my own energy. I feinted a high jab and jabbed low, which caught him twice. In the last seconds of the round he landed a right hook which shook me up.
Round 2 he was more cautious, so I tried to lead with my r cross to keep the pressure on him. You probably think I'm an idiot for leading with r cross, but it seemed to work. I landed my first head shot (r uppercut) to his chin when he ducked under my jab. The uppercut was allmost inseperable from my jab and it allmost knocked him down. The cool thing is that my defense worked really well, because he was taller so I slipped his straights fairly well, but it was harder to bob his right hook. I ended up blocking it alot and the force still rocked me.
Round 3 we were both tired, but he was visibly gasping. I felt good knowing that my shape was allright. I was glued to his right side and made him move. When he tried to cut me off, I would either jab and shift the other way or would enter with a right cross. My body shots seemed to slow him.
It was a great sparring session. If we had gone another round, I would have also started gasping. I need more bob work on the hooks, especially the southpaws r. hook. You CAN lead with a r. cross against a south paw, but only after mixing it in now and then.
Round 2 he was more cautious, so I tried to lead with my r cross to keep the pressure on him. You probably think I'm an idiot for leading with r cross, but it seemed to work. I landed my first head shot (r uppercut) to his chin when he ducked under my jab. The uppercut was allmost inseperable from my jab and it allmost knocked him down. The cool thing is that my defense worked really well, because he was taller so I slipped his straights fairly well, but it was harder to bob his right hook. I ended up blocking it alot and the force still rocked me.
Round 3 we were both tired, but he was visibly gasping. I felt good knowing that my shape was allright. I was glued to his right side and made him move. When he tried to cut me off, I would either jab and shift the other way or would enter with a right cross. My body shots seemed to slow him.
It was a great sparring session. If we had gone another round, I would have also started gasping. I need more bob work on the hooks, especially the southpaws r. hook. You CAN lead with a r. cross against a south paw, but only after mixing it in now and then.
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