Today I had my first sparring session.

It was two 3 minute rounds since it was my first time.

All I did was jab-straight right or double jab. I was against this guy who was around his 40's who used to box professionally. I'm 6'1'' and he's about 5'6''. My height and reach advantage helped a bit a few times on my jab but he was so quick and obviously had a lot more experience.

This session also showed me that speed is more important than power. My jab was so freakin slow, he picked all of them out.

I got hooked twice on my side and once in the face but he was giving only about 20% effort but they still hurt.

I tried hooks a few times but I missed since he kept backing away.

First round I was a bit tired but middle of second round I was just out. I couldn't keep my arms up and was dying to breathe.

Even though I didn't do that well in my first session and it was only 2 rounds, I feel like I accomplished a lot just getting past my first sparring session.

Hey man, you stepped up and did it. Thats a big step to take. Now just use what your eyes showed you for your next session.

If a guy is easily picking off your jabs remember this, there are 2 spots to touch with the jab. That being the head and the body. Dont just shoot to the head, its predictable.

Aswell, learn to feint abit and then shoot the jab. Feint, watch his reactions and then work off of that.

Im proud to hear that you stepped up, I still remember my first time. Now, keep stepping up and when you get your first bout under your belt post it up for us. So work hard, train hard, fight hard and then it wont be hard at all for us to be proud of ya. Keep those hands rollin'!!!!!

Rockin' :boxing:

Hey man, you stepped up and did it. Thats a big step to take. Now just use what your eyes showed you for your next session.

If a guy is easily picking off your jabs remember this, there are 2 spots to touch with the jab. That being the head and the body. Dont just shoot to the head, its predictable.

Aswell, learn to feint abit and then shoot the jab. Feint, watch his reactions and then work off of that.

Im proud to hear that you stepped up, I still remember my first time. Now, keep stepping up and when you get your first bout under your belt post it up for us. So work hard, train hard, fight hard and then it wont be hard at all for us to be proud of ya. Keep those hands rollin'!!!!!

Rockin' :boxing:yeah, I stopped hitting in the head in the middle of the first round and went to the body, but since he was short and when I bent to jab, he easily hooked me.

My main trainer told me to feint and I did that second round and it worked a few times.

Your right, sparring is a big step. Sitting outside, people might think it's easy, but it's hard to get in the ring no matter how experienced you or the other person is.

Well done man on completing your first sparring session. I got my ass handed to me real bad when I first sparred, it's very tough!
Just learn from the mistakes that you made this time and you will definatly feel the improvement next time you spar.

Good luck and keep ya guard up!

Well done man on completing your first sparring session. I got my ass handed to me real bad when I first sparred, it's very tough!
Just learn from the mistakes that you made this time and you will definatly feel the improvement next time you spar.

Good luck and keep ya guard up!Definately. I found lots of mistakes from only just one session. I talked to the guy later and he said he just wanted to do defense so I work on my offense a lot so I didn't really get whooped as badly as the guy could've done to me. :o

Sounds like u enjoyed urself, u can only get better from today onwards. Sparring isnt easy and the stamina will come the more u spar. It dosnt happen over night. Keep up the hard training

Sounds like u enjoyed urself, u can only get better from today onwards. Sparring isnt easy and the stamina will come the more u spar. It dosnt happen over night. Keep up the hard trainingYeah, I was ready to die in 2 round. Now I actually feel what pro's go through in 12-15 rounds.

Something funny was; when I was sparring with the guy, at times I didn't know whether he was breathing hard and panting or laughing.:(

Yeah, I was ready to die in 2 round. Now I actually feel what pro's go through in 12-15 rounds.

Something funny was; when I was sparring with the guy, at times I didn't know whether he was breathing hard and panting or laughing.:(

lol he was breathing hard of course ;)

great! :) sounds like you had fun too!

This session also showed me that speed is more important than power. My jab was so freakin slow, he picked all of them out.

my trainer has the opposite view. a guy may be able to hit a few times very quickly, but if he's not very strong, it will not do very much besides look fancy. i'd prefer to blast a guy with one good punch rather than 2 or 3 light punches. having said that, speed is important as well. i'm sure that as you progress, you'll pick up some tricks on how to be "faster" without actually increasing your physical speed.

great! :) sounds like you had fun too!



my trainer has the opposite view. a guy may be able to hit a few times very quickly, but if he's not very strong, it will not do very much besides look fancy. i'd prefer to blast a guy with one good punch rather than 2 or 3 light punches. having said that, speed is important as well. i'm sure that as you progress, you'll pick up some tricks on how to be "faster" without actually increasing your physical speed.Yeah, I see what you mean. That's how I am but my speed is too slow; it's below average from my view. For general boxing, I think that power is more important then speed, but for myself in my state now, I should be focusing on my speed.

NJFighter91, just remember, speed is not just how fast you can move your hands.

i first started full contact sparring over 10 years ago. i've learned a lot since then - like those little tips and tricks of the trade. a lot of the seemingly simple basic things that are usually glossed over are the same things that come back to haunt people when the shit hits the fan. just a little tip for ya, pay attention to spacing when you watch fights on tv. and note how much experience and how different fighters use it. it will help bring you up to speed. sorry for the shitty pun!

NJFighter91, just remember, speed is not just how fast you can move your hands.

i first started full contact sparring over 10 years ago. i've learned a lot since then - like those little tips and tricks of the trade. a lot of the seemingly simple basic things that are usually glossed over are the same things that come back to haunt people when the shit hits the fan. just a little tip for ya, pay attention to spacing when you watch fights on tv. and note how much experience and how different fighters use it. it will help bring you up to speed. sorry for the shitty pun!Ok, thanks a lot man.