Thread: does everybody have a bad sparring day?

hello i am very dissapionted with myself becuase yesturday i kinda lost to a boxer whos been training for only 7 months and ive been training for like a year. alote of it had to do with my conditioning i stoped training for like 4 months and berly started again about a week ago. but after like half of the first round i was already exhasted. i was trying to get inside were i work best but he knew how to keep me away. ive always beaten guys and after this sparring session i got really dissapionted with myself. is it ok for me to have lost to this guy or is it really embarrising becuase i have more experiance. has anybody else here kinda lost to somebody with slightly less experience?

It's because you've been out for awhile and you just started back; believe me that will take its toll on you. Keep at it and you'll get back in shape.

I haven't been working out myself for the past few months because I've been in truckdriving school. I've got about one more week before I get out, so I know I'm going to catch hell the next time I work out.

Sparring isn't about winning or losing though? Rather trying to work on something you're bad at

yeah i know but im really competetive and i really dont like loseing or thinking i lost cause it just puts my spirit down.

Originally Posted by lynwood1

yeah i know but im really competetive and i really dont like loseing or thinking i lost cause it just puts my spirit down.

As long as you learn from your mistakes it's a good thing to fail at times
so cheer up mate, to quote Michael Jordan

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Originally Posted by Tribax

Sparring isn't about winning or losing though? Rather trying to work on something you're bad at

Our high school weight-training coach used to tell us "Work on your weaknesses and turn them into your strengths".

I think sparring days are like another good or bad days. Sometimes you wake up the sun is sining and the birds are chirping. Sometimes you wake up with a hang over. Still, you get up, do the day, and learn something. In the grand scheme of things it's just another blurr. No one remembers but you, I can promise you that.

OldTownBoxing

Anyone can tell you that sparring is a learning experience. One lesson I learned is don't take anyone lightly even if they're your friend. I remember when I sparred with my buddy I was like a machine slipping, ducking, punching, then I clocked him with a hard right hook. It surprised me just as much as it did him, I was afraid that I hurt him, so I threw a powder-combo and I kept thinking he was hurt, boy did he look shook. Then I made my big mistake, don't let your guard down. His head cleared and right then he ripped me with a wide left hook to the ear that I should have ducked. This is when headgear would've came in handy, now I was the guy with painful ringing in my ear, and that can be distracting especially if you never felt them before.

At this point I just crumbled because my attention was starting to slip. I started backing, ducking a couple wide shots, I threw a right hand sucker punch and boom I get countered with a cheap punch to the back of my head. It nearly knocked the eyeballs out of my head because I can tell you that everything flashed white for a moment. I might as well closed my eyes at that point because I left myself open. Boom, took a shovel hook to the solar plexis. It knocked the wind out of me now I had to take a knee. That was 3 years ago but it left one impression on me protect yourself at all times.

Originally Posted by Tribax

Sparring isn't about winning or losing though? Rather trying to work on something you're bad at

Bingo. but you still wanna Feel that dominence like most guys want to though i guess.

its called being rusty. kind of like riding a bicycle. you never forget how, but your not going to be popping wheelies like you did when it was an everyday event. Over time it will come back, have faith mate.