First Sparring of 2010 - Need Criticism

[hateinyaeyes32]

I'm 5' 9" - 5' 10" . Been a while since I last measured but I am between there. Btw, I actually spared with headgear today. You guys are right, it was alot different. I've spar with headgear before but in the video, we just didn't want to go that direction. The guy I was sparring with in the video is not my main sparring partner but I will make it a habit to use them in the future.

I dont look like 135 and I get that alot. I think its my shoulder that make me look bigger than I am. I will definately work on moving more. I can see where my stillness could lead to disaster.

My main question is, being somewhat tall for my weight, should I focus more on jabs and straights rather than hooks? I suppose it's a good idea to work on all punches but I think you mean that I should use my reach to my advantage right? Thanks again for the advice.

Exactly, and when at 5'10 135 if you go into a gym, your trainer is probably going to make you cut down to 120-125 to start you out, the more weight you cut, at your height, the more of an advantage you'll have over alot of opponents. But yes, work on all punches of course, that goes without saying, but in a match, use your reach, jab,jab,straight, move... occasionally throwing in some looping hooks, a few uppercuts too here and there.. but I think your best bet as a fighter, especially to help you in the amateurs, is to train hard to develop stamina, so that way you can move around alot more without getting as tired, and outbox your opponent for the win. And if you get a guy on the ropes, then you explode on him, but you should train yourself to become an outside fighter, go to wikipedia and look up out-fighter, and youll see an explanation of exactly how an out-fighter fights and a list of some of the greats... Muhammad Ali was one, among countless others

[P4PKING_2010]

You should not be sparring at all. Because if you do join a gym and learn the very basics the next time if you get that far to spar with a real boxer would be a real ass kicking and nothing like your used to.

My advice.

Join a gym and learn the basics.

[pervertedlurker]

Exactly, and when at 5'10 135 if you go into a gym, your trainer is probably going to make you cut down to 120-125 to start you out, the more weight you cut, at your height, the more of an advantage you'll have over alot of opponents. But yes, work on all punches of course, that goes without saying, but in a match, use your reach, jab,jab,straight, move... occasionally throwing in some looping hooks, a few uppercuts too here and there.. but I think your best bet as a fighter, especially to help you in the amateurs, is to train hard to develop stamina, so that way you can move around alot more without getting as tired, and outbox your opponent for the win. And if you get a guy on the ropes, then you explode on him, but you should train yourself to become an outside fighter, go to wikipedia and look up out-fighter, and youll see an explanation of exactly how an out-fighter fights and a list of some of the greats... Muhammad Ali was one, among countless others

Thank you, You've given me some good advice.

[rskumm21]

Everything that these dudes said, im not gonna critique hard just because you guys werent doin head shots so I cant say you left your hands down too much because you were only doing body shots, but honestly man, go to a gym and spar there, if youre going to spar with your buddies get some headgears or just dont use them and throw head shots, its only gonna toughen up your face and get you used to taking blows, and sparring without throwing head shots will cause you to pick up alot of bad habbits and does more to hurt you than help you... If you wanna spar, do it the right way! Also, I noticed that you stood still alot, you cant do that, I noticed your partner took advantage of it a few times and came inside with the body shots, it couldve been alot worse if you were throwing head shots and sparring with someone who's properly trained, you seem like a tall lengthy guy for 135 so you should use that to your advantage and keep moving the whole time, when you stand still at your height it becomes a disadvantage and the shorter stockier guy will try to knock you out, so definitely if you take anything ive said into consideration, make it that, and keep moving, keep it to your advantage as much as you can!

Thank you for your helpful post. I've taken everything you said into consideration. I will work on everything you said.

Do yourself a favor and don't listen to hateinyaeyes32. I've seen a video of him hitting the bag and he makes you look like Muhamad Ali. Prime example of someone getting on here not knowing what the heck they're talking about and giving false hope and direction to an unsuspecting beginer. Guys like him just like to hear themselves talk. These people should be banned. Take the advice of everyone else on here... Go to a gym and learn some basics. That's all you should be focused on right now. Once you do that you can ease you way into sparring. Good luck.

[P4PKING_2010]

Do yourself a favor and don't listen to hateinyaeyes32. I've seen a video of him hitting the bag and he makes you look like Muhamad Ali. Prime example of someone getting on here not knowing what the heck they're talking about and giving false hope and direction to an unsuspecting beginer. Guys like him just like to hear themselves talk. These people should be banned. Take the advice of everyone else on here... Go to a gym and learn some basics. That's all you should be focused on right now. Once you do that you can ease you way into sparring. Good luck.

Co-Sign. Its no coincidence he is the only person he has replied too. Don't encourage him he can get seriously hurt if he keeps doing what hes doing. The blind leading the blind.

[pervertedlurker]

Co-Sign. Its no coincidence he is the only person he has replied too. Don't encourage him he can get seriously hurt if he keeps doing what hes doing. The blind leading the blind.

Don't get it twisted. I've listened and taken everyone's comment into consideration. I've replied to him because he elaborated on his posts.

Don't get me wrong. If my best advice would be going to a gym, it will be considered. Thank you p4p king and everyone else.

[thatjamaicanguy]

hey man, i just wanted to put in my two cents

tighten up your stance, tighten up your punches, stick that jab

and get some headgear



and if you're the bigger, taller guy, use your reach, don't trade

[hateinyaeyes32]

Do yourself a favor and don't listen to hateinyaeyes32. I've seen a video of him hitting the bag and he makes you look like Muhamad Ali. Prime example of someone getting on here not knowing what the heck they're talking about and giving false hope and direction to an unsuspecting beginer. Guys like him just like to hear themselves talk. These people should be banned. Take the advice of everyone else on here... Go to a gym and learn some basics. That's all you should be focused on right now. Once you do that you can ease you way into sparring. Good luck.

Co-Sign. Its no coincidence he is the only person he has replied too. Don't encourage him he can get seriously hurt if he keeps doing what hes doing. The blind leading the blind.

Hmmm, you 2 are both suspected of ****riding each other... No on a serious note though I know a whole lot more about boxing than either of you and on another note you guys are bringing up my video like it was for real or somethin when i told you **** already that i was clownin after my workout in that video, **** I still havent put up a new one but I'll get to it, sorry I dont train with the intent to make a video for a bunch of kids on a forum.. And I told him, go to the gym in my posts, did I not? Go back and look at my original post in this thread... And he asked for advice, so I should be banned for giving him some? I told him nothing wrong, and you both know Im right... Im going to get a video of me hitting the heavy bag up tonight just to shut you both the **** up, even though hitting the bag aint what matters, its sparring that matters, but just to prove you 2 ****riders wrong, ima put up a vid later. And yeah, youll probably try and pick it apart, go ahead cuz I really dont give a ****, youll both hate just because youll see i was just joking in my last video, and say I suck still, but just because youre both too ignorant to admit when youre wrong... Sound about right? I think so!

Aha and I bet you both wait up all night to see my video because you have nothing else to do with your time in your empty loser lives!

Nevermind, im not going to be able to put one up tonight I dont have access to a camera, but I will tomorrow morning and then you ****** can watch

[hateinyaeyes32]

Do yourself a favor and don't listen to hateinyaeyes32. I've seen a video of him hitting the bag and he makes you look like Muhamad Ali. Prime example of someone getting on here not knowing what the heck they're talking about and giving false hope and direction to an unsuspecting beginer. Guys like him just like to hear themselves talk. These people should be banned. Take the advice of everyone else on here... Go to a gym and learn some basics. That's all you should be focused on right now. Once you do that you can ease you way into sparring. Good luck.

By the way let me see a video of you hitting the bag you ****ing *****, I havent seen video of you at all, lets see some, come on you ****ing *****, quick to judge on others videos but cant take criticism so wont put up your own? Sounds about right to me!

[rskumm21]

By the way let me see a video of you hitting the bag you ****ing *****, I havent seen video of you at all, lets see some, come on you ****ing *****, quick to judge on others videos but cant take criticism so wont put up your own? Sounds about right to me!

No thanks. The reason I won't put a video up is because I don't need ***tards like you who don't know **** about boxing, to critique me. What matters to me is the opinion of my trainer and the couches at my gym. BTW, I've read some of your posts. I know for sure you haven't been in the game very long because for one you constantly refer to "cutting" weight, when the conversations are about "losing" weight, along with questions in your recent posts like "what's the difference between low cut and mid top boxing shoes, and "what are the best pro boxing gloves". Things like this, brought with the terrible advice you give, along with that crap video, where you were supposedly "clowning around" yet at the same time you said you were "working to the body", can't do anything but lead me to believe that you don't know ****e about boxing. To top it off you said you've been into boxing for 3 years but just recently started going to a gym... In other words you just started boxing. Sorry Kid, but Title instructional DVDs don't count. Brought with that, I could give a *** about P4P_KING 2010 says or weather or not he agrees with me;he's just as much a **** poster as you are.