I sparred a professional tomato can and I got whooped

[JoeKidd]

Went to join up. Saw a guy attacking the heavy bag. Decided to go home.

[DannYankee]

If i ever call anyone a "BUM" that is full well knowing that in boxing terms if he is a bum i am the parasite that eats the Shit of flies after they are done eating shit lol

[Phil Ivey]

He wasn't a heavy puncher, but I just received too many punches period to the point where I was getting angrier and angrier wanting to kill him, but then decided that will make it only worse so I took a knee.



It's just so ridiculous the ego that some people have.

lol the irony. And yes you are correct in people putting other boxers down.

[bose]

You can never have FULL RESPECT for a sport until you actually TRY TO DO IT! One sparring session will change a fans prospective on the sport of boxing instead of sitting on the internet just bashing every fighter you don't like...I sparred a young Amateur and got picked apart, couldn't really land anything because he was Too Quick, this ***in guy even when I cut the ring off and thought I had him cornered when I would let my hands go he would pop me with a jab and be gone I did not know if he went to my left or right and with the head gear your Peripheral Vision is not that great but yeah it does make you respect the sport of boxing even more

These guys WORK HARD and what they do for a living is NOT EASY so when it comes to trying to get the MOST MONEY POSSIBLE even if that means Cherry Picking opponents that you can make the most money with while you can...I UNDERSTAND!

Sure it is some boxers I am not the biggest fan of but I always try to respect them all regardless of how annoying their fans are

I feel the same way. But as a boxing fan especially dedicated boxing fans sooner or later you have to judge them out of habit when you know they are better than their oppeont they are faceing or if they just milking the title which i understand. The way i see it and seen it done in the past. AFter a tough fight you get one or two easy fights than another tough fight.

[mezoomozaa]

I don't know who thinks he can do it better when he comments in a boxing forum ! it is not me for sure !

Who says you should be a boxer to comment on boxing ?!
Yes, a man with such record is a bum boxer , and this thread means you can't box

but what puzzles me , what is the relation between boxing knowledge and boxing abilities ?!

[Los Zetas]

I guess that sleeping on cardboard boxes made you tough, ha. Lol, I've already fought with so many worldclass fighters, you have yet to do **** and you get nervous just demonstrating your infintile skills. That's too funny.......... Rockin'

LOL and what do you think was the truth? Cardboard boxes huh? Too gullible old man LOL.

You got beat up by them LOL. That's why you are in a wheelchair no? You said it yourself LOL.

I would beat you to a pulp.

[low_Bo]

I am sick of seeing ****** comments made by people who think they know it all as far as boxing is concerned and labeling 90% of boxers as bums or no good.

Well, I want to share an experience that I had sparring with a guy who fought as a pro and whose career record was 13-27. He's a great guy too so I won't mention his name to embarrass him. As a matter of fact by creating this thread I am embarrassing myself to all those armchair experts who think they can do it better than the pro fighters.

So just a little info about me. I started training boxing when I was 14 and I trained for a year. I was about average. When I was 15 I injured my back and had to give up the sport. I was in rehabilitation for 2 years and then decided to come back when I was 17, I trained for 5,6 months and I believe I was a little better than before but had to quit, moved to North America.

So at age of 21 weighing roughly 135 pounds at 5 7 I joined a boxing studio at a fitness gym and after a couple of months I asked the trainer, the pro fighter in question, "the tomato can" to spar me. He was about 5 9, a southpaw and a little heavier than me. He took it easy on me but I got overconfident and decided to open up. I landed a few good hard shots then he got upset he tried to get me back. He couldn't at first then he slowed me down with a few precise body shots and he pretty much teed off on me. He wasn't a heavy puncher, but I just received too many punches period to the point where I was getting angrier and angrier wanting to kill him, but then decided that will make it only worse so I took a knee.

So the moral of the story is actually kinda funny. I'm a boxing fan and I talk a lot about boxing. So I've sparred a few guys bigger and stronger but without much or any boxing experience. Sometimes the sparring sessions have been close at other times I've beat up guys boxing who would outweigh me by as much as 85 pounds. So all these guys thought they would be better than me just because of size, they weren't but it's a lot of these same guys that would talk crap about pro boxers and fighters at featherweight. I mean I got beat up by a "tomato can" who campaigned at 135 and 140. It's just so ridiculous the ego that some people have.

Anybody else shared the ring with a pro fighter who was good or bad and how you fared?

Haha u must be a total scrub. I sparred vinny pazienza and held my own. He was beating me to the punch mostly, but I wobbles him a few times and after three rounds he needed a break.

[BoxingFollower]

It's just like basketball, alot of the bench-warmers might be crap or bums compared to the star players on the team but compared to the normal street ball player they would easily beat.

[Gojira]

Even when I was at my physical peak whilst I boxed, I still got the **** beaten out of me me by some of the more experienced guys there. I don't care what anybody says, the vast majority of pro fighters should be given respect.

[wazaa.]

I find Joe Calzaghe a bum.