First time sparring

[Wood23ard]

This afternoon i sparred for the first time, i've only been going 4 weeks and i sparred with someone who's been doing it for a year. i got battered and was caught with a cracking right hand which busted open my nose. i'm glad that happened as i've always been worried about getting hit in the nose but i was ok.

Then with about 10seconds left he ducked under a left and i caught him with a cracking uppercut and it knocked out a tooth. turns out he didn't have a gum shielf in!!! landing a good punch has to be one of the best feelings in the world.

whats was your first time sparring like? i was so tired and although i landed a good punch i was destroyed, it was like everytime i dropped my hand for just a second i was getting caught.

im just gonna train so hard, what a sport. i love it.

[RightHooker]

That guy is a dumbass for sparring without a mouthpiece.

My first time was against my nearly 60 year old coach. I had already done the 1.5 hour fitness/boxing basics class my gym starts out the new people in, and done a bunch of rounds on the heavy bag. I only got really tired at the end of the third round, but he beat me pretty good. Black eye, bruises on my face lol. By the end he was calling out exactly what punches he was going to throw and I still couldn't block them haha.

I pretty much only threw my jab and straight right. Barely landed anything or blocked anything. The one thing he said I did good was my conditioning.

[mickyward5656]

i got my nose broken my first TWO times sparring but now i break noses lol. seriously keep at it and you will be returning the favor.

[app80]

got dropped with a body shot... that never happened again!
Just relax mate, thats the key to not geting tired , just relax......

[RightHooker]

i got my nose broken my first TWO times sparring but now i break noses lol. seriously keep at it and you will be returning the favor.

Oh man. U broke it, then let it heal for 6 weeks then broke it again?

My nose got nearly broken my 3rd time. Apparently it didn't actually break but it was badly swollen, I ended up with cartilage damage (deviated septum) and it looks kinda flat. I was back in the gym the next day with a gigantic swollen nose and two black eyes. From that point the coaches spent a lot more time with me. Part because they knew that I obvious was serious about boxing and wasn't going to waste their time, and part because they felt bad for me lol.

I second the op's 'what a sport' comment.