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Boxing in a Street/Bar Fight: Useful, or not?
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Originally posted by LoadedWraps View PostYa, well I agree with everything you say but about the sparring.
In my gym we do light sparring all the time, you don't go 100% to not hurt the guy if he's less experienced or lower weight, or maybe a few of us not so experienced guys get thrown in to give rounds to a more seasoned pro, we are told to do different things, pressure him different ways, for 3 rounds each or so, and he is told to only jab back, or limit his output etc.
Then there is hard sparring, shortly before a fight, or just when you want that work, and then there's gym wars, going all out for pride in the gym.
I'm not at the highest level so I can't speak for people at the top but I have been around plenty pros in my gym and none of them go 100% in sparring every time especially against weaker and/or less experienced guys who might get seriously hurt.
That's not to say it's not effective sparring or less dangerous, I have been hurt more often in sparring than in the amateurs honestly, though that's also because I fool around a lot when I spar guys I can outbox.
And what I should have said is, when preparing for a fight, but my coach promoted going hard all the time to simulate fight, so when the fight comes, it's second nature. Also, you fight in an actual fight the way you soar. If you go light too often, or most of the time, touching gloves, and saying, oh my bad, you alright, you're gonna fight that way. I've learned that in basketball as well. If you Just lightly shoot around, and dribble around, just going light to medium, you're gonna take that to an a real game, and your opponent's gonna have the advantage.
Literally only time we've ever gone light in sparring was my first week. After that, up to you and your partner, and no one was gonna get in your guys way, and tell you to relax. In fact, most of the time when you go hard, your coaches cheer you on, and so do gym members. I wouldn't necessarily say gym wars, but full speed is what I'm trying to say. If you're practicing new stuff, you wanna practice it hard, and fast. Unless you're practicing defneiave drills, and really brand new techniques, you might wanna go a little slower.
I've always heard from coaches in the gym, when 2 guys are going hard, or of a guys going hard in sparring, yeah, you're gonna go somewhere, or, yeah, you're gonna make, or even, you got what it takes, kid. Something along those lines. Basically, going hard and full speed in sparring is actually encouraged. And whenever I've seen 2 adequate guys going slow and soft, ive always heard, cmon you're wasting both of your guys time, or, youre not helping each other by going soft.Last edited by CatchAndShoot; 11-12-2016, 08:29 PM.
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People throw hammer fists and seem to be effective. I've noticed if you can get away from the first punch in a bar/street fight there are usually great opportunities to counter. Depends on how drunk all involved are.
I think having a long reach with a power right hand to land first is probably most useful, or a power left after the jab. FIghts are always going to be short and impulse oriented, so being able to fight round by round is almost useless.
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WELL I'll say this, you should have seen a boxers face I FOUGHT LAST month at a bar when I pulled out my nunchucks.
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