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The first time I had my ass kicked in sparring was my first sparring session, as the first round was ending the mother***er was 10% short of going all out... mostly on my chin. I did not feel like crying, because i discovered I had a good chin (bigger, more experienced guy teeing off your head and not going down...i felt tough), but man did i have a headache that night!
Another time was due to lack of conditioning (had only recently got back to the gym after 1 year of no boxing). I ended up being too tired to throw, it would have been a TKO. Even this one did not really hurt my spirit, although the other guy was less experienced than i was. just told me to go out and run more miles.
The last one did, it was a good session, and I knew the guy was better than me, a bit shorter, same weight (145-150), but I was keeping up, it was close, then I started landing some more shots and got excited, forgot about protecting my torso, the guy was landing his right to my plexus again and again until I had to take a knee. I felt so ****** and arrogant, my partner really made me pay for thinking too high of myself as a boxer. I remember thinking how awesome it was that I was landing 2 punches at a time, and thinking that pain at the stomach was nothing, until i was like wow cant really breathe that easy.. feel like throwing up... Massive humble pie for me, i used my brain much more when sparring since then.
Another time was due to lack of conditioning (had only recently got back to the gym after 1 year of no boxing). I ended up being too tired to throw, it would have been a TKO. Even this one did not really hurt my spirit, although the other guy was less experienced than i was. just told me to go out and run more miles.
The last one did, it was a good session, and I knew the guy was better than me, a bit shorter, same weight (145-150), but I was keeping up, it was close, then I started landing some more shots and got excited, forgot about protecting my torso, the guy was landing his right to my plexus again and again until I had to take a knee. I felt so ****** and arrogant, my partner really made me pay for thinking too high of myself as a boxer. I remember thinking how awesome it was that I was landing 2 punches at a time, and thinking that pain at the stomach was nothing, until i was like wow cant really breathe that easy.. feel like throwing up... Massive humble pie for me, i used my brain much more when sparring since then.
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