hey everyone. On wendesday i have a sparring session with a guy that weights 15 kg more (33 pounds) then me. It's going to be 8 two min rounds. I really dont know what to do, he's taller then me, weights more and got longer reach. I was thinking of maybe tireing him out but i know he got better stamina then me. Im a junior featherweight btw.

Im willing to accept any tips, so thank you.

Speed and outboxing, keep the defense up. Land 2 to 1.

That's a serious weight advantage. If you were a heavyweight yourself, 15 kilos isn't an impossible hurdle (though still a tall order) but for a featherweight thats a gargantuan size difference. Just feel him out and approach him like you would any other tall opponent; I doubt he is going to go very hard on you. Just don't tag him with a hard punch or he may lose control and really hurt you in retaliation.

confuse him, go with speed and combos man. tall people usually stick with defense when there are too many combos flying at them, then they'll go offense with power hits. Just keep getting him with the combos and backing off but this is just my opinion.

Movement, its all about movement, move diagonal, move on angles never keep still and head movement is a must.

you have to move your head on angles so he can't really effectivly hit you and you hit him, the old Tyson in and out tactic.

also see if you can check his chin proper, he might have a glass jaw.

but other than that just move and stick

Don't fight him. 15 kilos up from featherweight makes him a middleweight. No way you should fight him. And he's a f****** coward for even thinking about fighting someone that much smaller. There are weight divisions for a reason...

Don't fight him. 15 kilos up from featherweight makes him a middleweight. No way you should fight him. And he's a f****** coward for even thinking about fighting someone that much smaller. There are weight divisions for a reason...


i agree, who set this session up? u could get seriously hurt, esepcially if ur inexperienced, these sorta sessions can hurt u phyiscally and psychologically.

Don't fight him. 15 kilos up from featherweight makes him a middleweight. No way you should fight him. And he's a f****** coward for even thinking about fighting someone that much smaller. There are weight divisions for a reason...

Sparring won't hurt.

Sparring won't hurt.

I didn't read it properly... I thought they set up a fight, hehe. You're absolutely right, sparring won't hurt, or shouldn't hurt. If they're supervised by a proper trainer, and the other guy has his head screwed on right, it should be okay.

well it is a sparring.. but we treat it like a fight lol.
Thx for tips guys i try to use them as much as i can.

well... i pretty much got my ass handed to me.
instead of 8 he (the other guy) changed it to 4 rounds
I went well the first 2 rounds then my stamina just disapperad and i was standing still, no footwork and those extra 15 kilos blew my guard away with everyshot... now my jaw hurts, head hurts... oh well it's a good experiance...

Hey don't worry man. I fight guys 10-20 kilos or more every week in the gym. Its difficult because not having the same reach or power to boss my opponent means I have to rely on boxing skills alone. But Thats the thing you're boxing skills get really good (timing, footwork, defense, accuracy) cause you can't rely on natural assets then you fight someone your own size and school themhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41207000/jpg/_41207379_hatton_tszyu_203.jpg

if you fight bigger guys, ur speed and reflexes can deterirate, becos u focus your body instinctly focuses on power, to match ur much heavier opponent. for example, if a middleweight spars a heavyweight for most of his boxing career, then jumps in the ring with another middleweight, the speed and number of punches, can be quite a shock. i reckon fighting someone same or one weight division below does more for ur cardio.

Awww, dude.

Too late, but best advice when your fighting someone like 6 weight divisions above you, is to not do it.

:(

I agree that in that situation most people tend to focus on power to try and compete. I did when I was inexperienced. However fighting bigger guys made me less of a brawler and more of a pure boxer who relies more on speed timing defence and genereal boxing skills. However if the guy is much bigger and also has good boxing skills it can be too much of a miss-match and isn't of much benefit.

I only fight big guys because most of the guys in my gym are middleweight or heavyweight