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New found respect for Boxers
Today when I went in for my session, my trainer could not find a partner for me. So he went off into the weight room and tried to find a suitable partner for me. The only person he could find unforunately was a 6'2 200+ black guy that happened to be an avid practioner of Savate and a streetfighter. Dude even had stretch marks all over his shoulders. I did NOT want to fight this guy. He looked like a roided version of Lil Bow Wow....only he wasnt so little. Lucky for me the guy had stated that he was too tight and stiff to fight. So my trainer asked the manager of the fitness club to spar. The catch was.....he was a former canadian pro who had retired 8 years ago.
Damn, he didnt really seem to have ring rust, except for the fact that he was sucking wind...he was rocking my world. My jabs in the first round were touching air, he was like a ghost! He rocked me upstairs and downstairs with hooks and upper cuts. After a direct blow from an overhand right to my nose, I started to get mad. Luckily, he was getting tired. I slowly turned it up and got a couple of shots in, at one point in the second round, I got him against the ropes and kept on giving left and right body hooks against his kidneys. Then finally he was knocked out of the ring. But he got back in. LOL By the third round, I was tired as well and tried to keep him away by circling and jabbing. As he leaded in with a left hook. BAM I got him with a right uppercut. The only shot that really hurt him.
Boxers are really frusterating, especially when its like hitting a ghost. But the guy asked me how much I weighed. and he commented on how I hit pretty damn hard for a small kid. Well that was my afternoon. My f uckin kidneys and ribs KILL!
But I had alot of fun....
Damn, he didnt really seem to have ring rust, except for the fact that he was sucking wind...he was rocking my world. My jabs in the first round were touching air, he was like a ghost! He rocked me upstairs and downstairs with hooks and upper cuts. After a direct blow from an overhand right to my nose, I started to get mad. Luckily, he was getting tired. I slowly turned it up and got a couple of shots in, at one point in the second round, I got him against the ropes and kept on giving left and right body hooks against his kidneys. Then finally he was knocked out of the ring. But he got back in. LOL By the third round, I was tired as well and tried to keep him away by circling and jabbing. As he leaded in with a left hook. BAM I got him with a right uppercut. The only shot that really hurt him.
Boxers are really frusterating, especially when its like hitting a ghost. But the guy asked me how much I weighed. and he commented on how I hit pretty damn hard for a small kid. Well that was my afternoon. My f uckin kidneys and ribs KILL!
But I had alot of fun....
Or maybe he wasn't half a good a boxer as he claimed. Or perhaps he simply got too used to defending against the rhythm of a boxer. Unlike a trained boxer, an untrained brawler throws messy, uncrisp, uncoordinated stiff punches. I know it may sound stupid, but sometimes when you get too used to the refined and precise rhythm of the boxing ring you get thrown off when facing someone who doesn't have that rhythm. You can easily miscalculate the precise moment the punch will land, or the exact angle its coming in from simply because you're defending as if against a boxer. It may not be too difficult to adjust to that and adapt when sparring in the ring, but in a streetfight you might not get the chance. All it takes is one good shot, depending on how much you can take punches. the easiest way to remedy this is probably to get sparring time with as many different kinds of opponents with different rhythms as you can. Sparring against a strong beginner who is untechnical, but not afraid to hit and be hit is especially valuable.
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