Ass whooped really bad during sparring due to learning disability

[Aspiring1]

I got into boxing recently with the prime objective to get into a good shape and build
a great endurance. Stamina wise I am doing fine as I used to run regularly before joining
the gym. However, I have a couple of severe limitations:
1.I am too slow at learning movements and applying them owing to some sort of DCD (though undiagnosed) since early childhood
[I avoided sports that involved use of coordinationand quick reflex all my life in order not to feel embarassed]
2. I am too skinny for my height (weigh less than 130 lbs).
These two factors led me to get my ass kicked really bad in the last
sparring session by someone with less endurance but about 45 lb more muscle mass than me.
During the fight this otherwise friendly guy seemed to be possessed by the ghost of
a long dead heavyweight boxer and I simply couldn't think of and use right defense and offense
technique at all. All I was doing was flinching, use guards in vain and getting beaten.

This has made me dread the sparring altogether and made me reconsider if I'd want to spar at all the next
time. However there is another skinny guy just like me who although joined later than I did
was able to employ right techniques at right time and sparred really well with experienced
and heavier members. So I know that my weight is not the exact issue but combined with my
slow reflex and incapacity to learn and apply the movements (I still struggle to throw a
jab properly while newbies in the gym seem to learn it in a matter of days).

So in this situation what would you suggest that I do in order to save myself from being
severely beaten during the sparring? Also do you have specific suggestions for someone with
coordination-movement-reflex related learning disability who has finally decided to try
boxing despite having avoided sports all his life just in order to save himself from humiliation ?

[Rockin']

So you got your ass handed to you in sparring? So what, **** happens. A future champion would brush himself off and be right back in there the next day looking to do the routine again, looking to improve. I took a knee the first time sparring. But I was right back there looking to get better the very next night and each night that they were open after that. A future champion will take his lumps and then be there the next night looking to do it all again. Then again, you might be in the wrong sport. Only you can decide that. Either way, good luck.

Note: WTF is your coach doing putting a green/beginning featherweieght in with an experienced, and aggressive supermiddle/light heavy weight for sparring? The guy could have/should have held back on you.

Your learning disability is your lack of experience. Get back in there and get your experience. You'll see............Rockin'

[Lomadeaux]

Stop making excuses... Move your head. If you can't throw a jab properly, you're not trying hard enough. Don't be that guy that is told 1,000 times something and can't fix it. Focus on doing exactly what you're coach is telling you.

[OctoberRed]

Your learning disability is your lack of experience. Get back in there and get your experience. You'll see............Rockin'

As Rockin always say, practice makes perfect!

[Cypocryphy]

I got into boxing recently with the prime objective to get into a good shape and build
a great endurance. Stamina wise I am doing fine as I used to run regularly before joining
the gym. However, I have a couple of severe limitations:
1.I am too slow at learning movements and applying them owing to some sort of DCD (though undiagnosed) since early childhood
[I avoided sports that involved use of coordinationand quick reflex all my life in order not to feel embarassed]
2. I am too skinny for my height (weigh less than 130 lbs).
These two factors led me to get my ass kicked really bad in the last
sparring session by someone with less endurance but about 45 lb more muscle mass than me.
During the fight this otherwise friendly guy seemed to be possessed by the ghost of
a long dead heavyweight boxer and I simply couldn't think of and use right defense and offense
technique at all. All I was doing was flinching, use guards in vain and getting beaten.

This has made me dread the sparring altogether and made me reconsider if I'd want to spar at all the next
time. However there is another skinny guy just like me who although joined later than I did
was able to employ right techniques at right time and sparred really well with experienced
and heavier members. So I know that my weight is not the exact issue but combined with my
slow reflex and incapacity to learn and apply the movements (I still struggle to throw a
jab properly while newbies in the gym seem to learn it in a matter of days).

So in this situation what would you suggest that I do in order to save myself from being
severely beaten during the sparring? Also do you have specific suggestions for someone with
coordination-movement-reflex related learning disability who has finally decided to try
boxing despite having avoided sports all his life just in order to save himself from humiliation ?

Start playing other sports for one. I don't know what else you might be interested in, but try to find another sport to get involved in as well. Maybe you have that problem you mentioned. I don't know. But I do know that if you've never played sports or participated in athletics then your coordination is going to be garbage. How could it not be? it's like someone who never reads and then says everyone reads faster than him when he sees to read. You know what I'm saying here? Play basketball. Play tennis. Get involved in some other things that require hand eye coordination.

I don't know how old you are but you should become more physically active in general. Regardless, the more you do something, the better you'll get. That's how it works. So just stick to it and persevere. You will get better. Nonetheless, think about doing some other sports too.

[Rockin']

As Rockin always say, practice makes perfect!

False, perfect practice makes perfect...........Rockin'

[Lucky86]

Welcome to the jungle . Who told you this was an easy sport?

keep working and get yours back one day. Shadow box all the time it will train your reflexes instead of flinching . Imagine yourself boxing remember positions you got hit in a practice doing it better.

[OctoberRed]

False, perfect practice makes perfect...........Rockin'

I apologize, Rockin!

[Rockin']

Welcome to the jungle . Who told you this was an easy sport?

keep working and get yours back one day. Shadow box all the time it will train your reflexes instead of flinching . Imagine yourself boxing remember positions you got hit in a practice doing it better.

Shadowboxing without your coach watching will develop bad habits that are hard to correct. Just sayin'.................Rockin'

[CornerCutman]

If you want great endurance and to be physically fit, you can do that with boxing without sparring. In my view, no need to be in the ring, then. But, if you want to learn the sweet science and compete, or be able to use it, then you gotta dust yourself off like everyone else is saying and get back in. Do 1 thing better next time, that's it. Even if it's taking a punch better, do one thing better each time. It's a hard sport man, I sparred a middleweight two nights ago (I walk around at 147) and took a beating too, but hey I know what I need to work on for next time.