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After AALLLL these years of training myself, I finally got some sparring today. I have been askin around for sparring alot (especially now since I might be fighting on the 14th)and finally one of the trainers at my gym told me that there was some other heavyweight novice like me that I could spar today around 6:30 or 7:00. I got there at 7:00 and he told me it was too late and I was dissapointed, but kinda relieved because I had just gotten off of work a few hours before and had eaten about an hour before.
Then the trainer came up and asked if I still wanted to spar and I said yeah, then he said something about the guy being maybe too much fast (doesnt really speak english well). I said Id do it anyway. I had my camera but I didnt wanna seem like some kind of idiot asking someone to film me spar. The guy I was gonna spar looked small so I figured I cant go too hard on him since Im a heavyweight, I was planning on just practicing cutting off the ring, I wasnt worried about dodging his punches since he was smaller and I dont think I could be hurt (first mistake) and maybe working the jab. We warmed up and before we started he knelt and did a prayer in the corner which seems kinda weird for a sparring session.
We went 4 rounds. We were supposed to go 3 but the trainer threw another one in at the last minute I think to see If I could make it. The first round I came out and took the center of the ring and he didnt do much, so I started backing him up into the ropes and pitty pat flurries (soft since Im bigger)and cutting him off, he fired some shots off the ropes but I think I took that round even though my nose did start bleeding. The second round was close and could be either guys round, I was the affective aggressor backing him into the ropes and pitty patt shots while he was landing cleaner shots. Toward the end of the round he started landing more. The third round was target practice for him, I was squared up coming straight ahead ignoring his punches and he was nailing me with all kinds of shots, even started landing like 4-5 shot combos, and made me miss acouple times. The 4th I took the first half as I was chasing him around and flurrying, the last half I was kinda tired and his shots werent hurting too much but they were snapping my head around, so I basically ended up eating combos, we started putting eachother into the ropes. He caught me with a nice uppercut and it felt like my brain exploded. He finished the last round strong and I tried a few flurries in the last 30 seconds. It got pretty good, it was a fight. I really took a beating in the third and fourth but overall I had my moments.
Everyone afterwards was giving me props and were asking me how many fights I had, when I told them this was first time sparring they were shocked (even a few pros like Layla McCarter, Friday Ahunya was there he didnt say anything though). It turns out the guy I sparred is a pro at 147 pounds and is 2-6. I think I need alot of work on my defense cause he was landing Mayweather/Gatti type combos on me, but everybody was saying its ok cause hes lighter and faster so its inevitable.
Then the trainer came up and asked if I still wanted to spar and I said yeah, then he said something about the guy being maybe too much fast (doesnt really speak english well). I said Id do it anyway. I had my camera but I didnt wanna seem like some kind of idiot asking someone to film me spar. The guy I was gonna spar looked small so I figured I cant go too hard on him since Im a heavyweight, I was planning on just practicing cutting off the ring, I wasnt worried about dodging his punches since he was smaller and I dont think I could be hurt (first mistake) and maybe working the jab. We warmed up and before we started he knelt and did a prayer in the corner which seems kinda weird for a sparring session.
We went 4 rounds. We were supposed to go 3 but the trainer threw another one in at the last minute I think to see If I could make it. The first round I came out and took the center of the ring and he didnt do much, so I started backing him up into the ropes and pitty pat flurries (soft since Im bigger)and cutting him off, he fired some shots off the ropes but I think I took that round even though my nose did start bleeding. The second round was close and could be either guys round, I was the affective aggressor backing him into the ropes and pitty patt shots while he was landing cleaner shots. Toward the end of the round he started landing more. The third round was target practice for him, I was squared up coming straight ahead ignoring his punches and he was nailing me with all kinds of shots, even started landing like 4-5 shot combos, and made me miss acouple times. The 4th I took the first half as I was chasing him around and flurrying, the last half I was kinda tired and his shots werent hurting too much but they were snapping my head around, so I basically ended up eating combos, we started putting eachother into the ropes. He caught me with a nice uppercut and it felt like my brain exploded. He finished the last round strong and I tried a few flurries in the last 30 seconds. It got pretty good, it was a fight. I really took a beating in the third and fourth but overall I had my moments.
Everyone afterwards was giving me props and were asking me how many fights I had, when I told them this was first time sparring they were shocked (even a few pros like Layla McCarter, Friday Ahunya was there he didnt say anything though). It turns out the guy I sparred is a pro at 147 pounds and is 2-6. I think I need alot of work on my defense cause he was landing Mayweather/Gatti type combos on me, but everybody was saying its ok cause hes lighter and faster so its inevitable.
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