What style do you emulate while sparring?

[mneronava2k]

Stop trying to be like pro's it took them YEARS of failure to reach that level

I completely agree.
This is a funny thread. It seems everyone is "emulating" the craftiest and most seasoned fighters (Lomo, Rigo, Salido). So, novices trying to operate at genius level--no bueno

My advice is: find your own stance, comfort level, and fight relaxed. Sparring 2 weeks in is pretty soon. Good for you. Find your own way. "Emulating" someone else is no good. The mechanics of a stance is based on a fighters skill set that they built. If you're not a power hitter don't stand in there like you're Babe Ruth. You may be Pete Rose.

I've been boxing since I was a kid. I have my favorite fighters but I can't say I've ever emulated anyone.

[NChristo]

I've started going to the boxing gym for the past 2 weeks & been a hardcore boxing fan for 2 years now......I've recently started sparring..I'm barley starting to get my Grove aka a boxing style .....I started with the peek a boo style but it didn't like it for me...I got hit to much which I don't like....since then I've started fight defensively ...my trainer says I fight scared now lol....I want to emulate my favorite boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux but with more sneaky left hooks to the body.....thoughts ....any suggestions. ....any experiences.... how to stay relaxed while sparring. ...my trainer says I looked to stiff from my back ????any tips.....FYI my trainer(some dude that works at the gym) is not that good so I'm kinda self teaching my self....

Peek a boo style is defensive, if you're getting hit too much it should all be on your arms and elbows, if not you're doing it wrong, fighting with your hands down is not going to help , no one likes getting hit, saying that is just stating the obvious but the more you get hit the more you learn not too look down when you do get hit, you learn to stop blinking when someone is throwing a punch and you'll feel more relaxed when you do feel that something is coming which is gonna let you react much faster, you can definitely tell if someone is stiff from the back and definitely listen to your trainer, teaching yourself is not going to do you any good unless you've got a camera then you can work on little things but you need to listen too him or find another gym.

Stay relaxed, after a few times sparring you should find yourself developing your own style, you can try emulating parts of a style to find things that you like and feel comfortable working with i.e different types of footwork, defense, combinations, traps etc, but if you're not fighting your own way you're not going to be as efficient as you would be otherwise.

For the sake of the thread though when I used to box (****in diseased now so can't box anymore, heartbreak) I'd fight somewhat like Jofre, Napoles and DeJesus, maybe because I've watched so much of them and admire them that subconsciously I just tried to incorporate a lot of what they do into my routines, not sure, but I never forced myself to fight like them, it just kind of came to me naturally.

[mneronava2k]

Peek a boo style is defensive, if you're getting hit too much it should all be on your arms and elbows, if not you're doing it wrong, fighting with your hands down is not going to help , no one likes getting hit, saying that is just stating the obvious but the more you get hit the more you learn not too look down when you do get hit, you learn to stop blinking when someone is throwing a punch and you'll feel more relaxed when you do feel that something is coming which is gonna let you react much faster, you can definitely tell if someone is stiff from the back and definitely listen to your trainer, teaching yourself is not going to do you any good unless you've got a camera then you can work on little things but you need to listen too him or find another gym.

Stay relaxed, after a few times sparring you should find yourself developing your own style, you can try emulating parts of a style to find things that you like and feel comfortable working with i.e different types of footwork, defense, combinations, traps etc, but if you're not fighting your own way you're not going to be as efficient as you would be otherwise.

Good advice. But mostly I wanted to say: that "coming up" gif/signature is killing me! Hahah

[Ahmed_Ismail]

You're getting hit too much cuz u probably still didn't learn the right stance, u r probably trying to use the peekaboo style while standing too square with no head movement which is how Mike Tyson used to get his ass whooped when he got older, this is a very difficult style, the safest style and the style u always need to learn first is the normal conventional stance with a defined center line that u can hide and protect at all times, also ur legs have to be positioned properly and not squared up so that u have good balance, these are the first 2 things u learn, stance and balance.

Once u get that right u learn how to throw punches, then combinations with their footwork, then u learn how to be proactively defensive while mounting ur own offense so that u don't get caught coming in either by blocking, head and foot movement (angles), then u learn how to react to different punches thrown at u, then u learn how to set up ur punches and this is the stage where u actually start sparring, it's basically setting traps for ur opponents, there u will also learn how to feint and how to counter.

Bottom line is without knowing the right stance, without knowing how to throw punches correctly while being defensively responsible, without basic head and foot movement, without knowing how to parry a jab or block a left hook, u can't just get in there and start sparring, even if u get the best of some noobs, u will develop a lot of bad habits, first master the basics then try to improvise, not the other way around.

[SterlingStained]

most people who post on NSB have never been in a fight before forget about sparring.

my style is original.

its a combination of floyd mayweather jr, manny pacquiao, and mickey mantle/ chipper jones.

its never been seen before in boxing history.

trust me.

[boliodogs]

I am too old to spar but when I did spar I never thought of any other boxer. I was the one in the ring and I had to make use of my own skills and do what I do well and what worked for me. I couldn't be somebody else. I did watch other boxers fight and see what they were doing that might work well for me. I would take bits and pieces from them but I never tried to copy their entire fighting style.

[Barn]

Something between Nicolino Locche and Henry Armstrong.

In all seriousness I just boxed very traditionally. Boxer puncher, think Marvin Hagler.

[Mr.Fantastic]

I do something similar to Marquez's style.

[BigAlexSand]

Patience... Don't go in thinking your gonna woop some a**, come in reserved but respectful. Your sparring, nothing used to piss me off more than a new guy not knowing the difference between sparring and the real deal. Those guys get hurt!! As to the question, your style is based of what your trainer says, my trainer was primarily defense, offense always set up with jabs. Every trainers style is different.

[boxinghead530]

I've started going to the boxing gym for the past 2 weeks & been a hardcore boxing fan for 2 years now......I've recently started sparring..I'm barley starting to get my Grove aka a boxing style .....I started with the peek a boo style but it didn't like it for me...I got hit to much which I don't like....since then I've started fight defensively ...my trainer says I fight scared now lol....I want to emulate my favorite boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux but with more sneaky left hooks to the body.....thoughts ....any suggestions. ....any experiences.... how to stay relaxed while sparring. ...my trainer says I looked to stiff from my back ????any tips.....FYI my trainer(some dude that works at the gym) is not that good so I'm kinda self teaching my self....

You must have a ****ty gym. Two weeks and they have you sparring? There must be nobody there. I know most gyms have you train and get a feel for throwing punches before they have you spar. You have two weeks in and you have a boxing style now. If true after two weeks that style cant look pretty.