My trainer let me use his best fighter as a moving bag

[Evil_Meat]

I just starting going to the gym Monday and my trainer let me get in the ring with the best boxer that goes there who is turning pro soon... My trainer told him not to punch back, only catch was i had to wear 18oz gloves. Anyways this guy's defense is phenominal... He never left any holes in his defense EVER. Even when i was throwing fast combos i would never get anything on the head and id hit his elbows when going to the body. In the whole round i hit him with a glancing clubbing right hand to the side of the head and came close (yet so far) to landing a big left uppercut. After the session he told me that he sees a lot of potential in me and that i'll have no problem becoming the canadian amateur champ in a short time(he said a year) and that I'll make money in the pros. He said all i have to do is want it, and that i have all the physical attributes, very wide shoulders, quick hands, long reach, lots of power. I was definetely surprised by his compliments... and im not too sure what to think about it. I love boxing and wish i got going earlier. Im 17 and the guy is in his early 20's. He is one skilled dude, and ill definetely watch his pro fights.

[potatoes]

I just starting going to the gym Monday and my trainer let me get in the ring with the best boxer that goes there who is turning pro soon... My trainer told him not to punch back, only catch was i had to wear 18oz gloves. Anyways this guy's defense is phenominal... He never left any holes in his defense EVER. Even when i was throwing fast combos i would never get anything on the head and id hit his elbows when going to the body. In the whole round i hit him with a glancing clubbing right hand to the side of the head and came close (yet so far) to landing a big left uppercut. After the session he told me that he sees a lot of potential in me and that i'll have no problem becoming the canadian amateur champ in a short time(he said a year) and that I'll make money in the pros. He said all i have to do is want it, and that i have all the physical attributes, very wide shoulders, quick hands, long reach, lots of power. I was definetely surprised by his compliments... and im not too sure what to think about it. I love boxing and wish i got going earlier. Im 17 and the guy is in his early 20's. He is one skilled dude, and ill definetely watch his pro fights.

What you went through is called a ring drill. You practised your offensive skills he practised his defensive skills. The way you learn to mount an offense is to try to hit a superior opponent who is in defensive mode, then watching another novice try to hit him. Your trainer will of course point out any mistakes that are being made. If exercises like this are done properly everybody gains something from the experience.

[Evil_Meat]

yeah it was fun, I thought surely when im flurrying with combos of hooks and uppercuts to the body that head i could hit at least the body, his arms must be really long because his elbows seem to be at his hip while his hands are fully blocking his face, and every time i tried to come up the middle with a quick uppercut his elbows closed as soon as i began to throw it.

[NJFighter91]

haha, i remember i did that once...the guy used to be a pro and he wasnt supposed to hit back...just to be as ******* while i wasnt expecting him to throw a punch, he htis me with a straight right...

[potatoes]

haha, i remember i did that once...the guy used to be a pro and he wasnt supposed to hit back...just to be as ******* while i wasnt expecting him to throw a punch, he htis me with a straight right...

Of course I wasn't there and did not see what happened but I would guess he punished you for making an offensive blunder. Whenever you punch you create an opening, but strictly speaking you shouldn't leave yourself wide-open. That video trailer is a great example of Tyson at his best setting up the lefthook.

[KingDosia]

I just starting going to the gym Monday and my trainer let me get in the ring with the best boxer that goes there who is turning pro soon... My trainer told him not to punch back, only catch was i had to wear 18oz gloves. Anyways this guy's defense is phenominal... He never left any holes in his defense EVER. Even when i was throwing fast combos i would never get anything on the head and id hit his elbows when going to the body. In the whole round i hit him with a glancing clubbing right hand to the side of the head and came close (yet so far) to landing a big left uppercut. After the session he told me that he sees a lot of potential in me and that i'll have no problem becoming the canadian amateur champ in a short time(he said a year) and that I'll make money in the pros. He said all i have to do is want it, and that i have all the physical attributes, very wide shoulders, quick hands, long reach, lots of power. I was definetely surprised by his compliments... and im not too sure what to think about it. I love boxing and wish i got going earlier. Im 17 and the guy is in his early 20's. He is one skilled dude, and ill definetely watch his pro fights.

Fun huh?
I am at the butt end of that exchange all of the time. I like it. I enjoy brushing up on defensive skills and love teaching the more inexperienced fighters. I hope that you take full advantage of every opp to do similiar drills. And good habit to get into is reversing the roll. You go on the defense against the more experienced guy when you get comfortable with your defensive movements. When I started I insisted on getting in the ring with guys way above my level of experience. They had so much to teach, And it seemed though my trainers were very good. I learned better in the ring with the top guys at my gym. Yours sounds like a very positive experience take that for what it is. Keep on keepin on and good luck.

[NJFighter91]

Of course I wasn't there and did not see what happened but I would guess he punished you for making an offensive blunder. Whenever you punch you create an opening, but strictly speaking you shouldn't leave yourself wide-open. That video trailer is a great example of Tyson at his best setting up the lefthook.

no, it wasnt that...i was sparring for my first time...boxing for about 3 weeks so i dont think he wanted to punish me...

[Kid Achilles]

My coach did that for me one of the first times I sparred. This was with an experience amateur heavyweight girl who was my weight and actually had height on me (she was around 5'11" and close to 190 or so pounds). She blocked or slipped almost everything I threw but then I jabbed her hard in the nose and it to start gushing blood. By this time my coach had walked out of the room to use the bathroom and she decided to just **** it all and start tearing me a new one, even though he had told her not to hit back. She pounced on me without warning, throwing alternating hooks to the head and body. Surprised the **** out of me but I adjusted. Actually, I ended up getting the better of her in the three rounds or so of what developed into a full blown sparring war, through brawling and bodypunching and just plain brute strength, but my ears were sore for a few days from those hooks.

Whoever tells you experience female boxers can't hit is full of ****. Both of the female fighters at the gym were easily better punchers than some of the MMAists and other guys who visited our gym on occasion.

Also, when someone does a drill with you like that, don't be a douche like me and try to jab their nose off.

[NJFighter91]

theres one girl at my old gym...shes so freakin sexy...

[potatoes]

My coach did that for me one of the first times I sparred. This was with an experience amateur heavyweight girl who was my weight and actually had height on me (she was around 5'11" and close to 190 or so pounds). She blocked or slipped almost everything I threw but then I jabbed her hard in the nose and it to start gushing blood. By this time my coach had walked out of the room to use the bathroom and she decided to just **** it all and start tearing me a new one, even though he had told her not to hit back. She pounced on me without warning, throwing alternating hooks to the head and body. Surprised the **** out of me but I adjusted. Actually, I ended up getting the better of her in the three rounds or so of what developed into a full blown sparring war, through brawling and bodypunching and just plain brute strength, but my ears were sore for a few days from those hooks.

Whoever tells you experience female boxers can't hit is full of ****. Both of the female fighters at the gym were easily better punchers than some of the MMAists and other guys who visited our gym on occasion.

Also, when someone does a drill with you like that, don't be a douche like me and try to jab their nose off.

We all know that punchers are born they are not made. I see little reason that a women could not be born with the genetic endowment for punching power, although I have never seen nor heard of a female puncher. It is entirely possible there are female boxers who are punchers but don't use their firepower for the same reason that women generally can't seem to box very well. I have concluded over the years that it is a social inhibition that prevents them from fully developing their boxing skills. There has to be a reason female boxers are so bad!