Feelin depressed after sparring..

**lolzzz** · 02-02-2008 02:39 PM

I got thrashed by someone 40pounds lighter than me today..he hit me with many clean shots duing sparring..i can take his punches but the problem is that i cant seem to land my own because i keep end up just trying to defend. The thing with me is that i sort of get worried when i miss 1 or 2 shots..any advices? Whether i should just trade punches or anything..at the end of a day like this i really feel like a useless piece of crap...ooh yea and hes a southpaw..

**Trainer Monkey** · 02-02-2008 03:46 PM

One thing you might want to do is drive your jab a bit harder,not clobber the guy,its only sparring,but give him a reason to stay away from you

**RozzySean** · 02-02-2008 04:45 PM

If he's been doing it a lot longer, he's going to get the better of you. If he's 40lb lighter, he's probably naturally faster. If you are less experienced and heavier, you should feel good if you land a few clean punches.

At this point in my training, I'm overmatched everytime I get into the ring. I'm often in the ring with a guy 20 lbs lighter than me, but with 20 amatuer fights and his father is his trainer. We spar with certain rules and limitation so that I don't get killed, but I'm encouraged to throw hard at the kid, because he is getting ready to compete. Trust me, I might be 190 to his 170, but that weight don't mean crap compared to experience and skill. Nothing lets you know the things you need to work on like getting hit. After the sessions, I talk and think about things did right and wrong, and I feel successful to land a few clean ones on a kid 15 years younger with 10x the experience.

**lolzzz** · 02-02-2008 05:31 PM

Honestly i think i deserve it..i admit i was overconfident before sparring and i DID NOT even throw a proper jab i was just waiting for oppurtunities and therefore i got hit so many times..later on when i still did not hit him i panicked and started getting hit even more. Btw hes abt 150 im abt 190, he has been training for about 2years i have been training for about 7months he has had a couple o fights, and i havent fought yet..

Thanks guys i think the next time i spar with him i'll jab hard and keep him away, he hit me with CLEAN body shots like 10-20times, i don't think i'll clobber him up though as i got nothing against him i'll just keep him away like trainer monkey said

One more thing, should i jab or throw lead rights since hes lefty? What about left hooks too?

**Trainer Monkey** · 02-02-2008 05:35 PM

Jab out while stepping to your right,itll keep his jab off you

**AdamGB** · 02-03-2008 12:22 AM

on the plus side if you find sparring easy and 'win' it all the time then you're not learning anything.

**Trainer Monkey** · 02-03-2008 04:43 AM

Originally Posted by AdamGB

on the plus side if you find sparring easy and 'win' it all the time then you're not learning anything.

This is actually a very good point,when I have a fighter who is just nuking people,Ive learned to worry about what Im not seeing,and what they arent learning

**lolzzz** · 02-03-2008 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by AdamGB

on the plus side if you find sparring easy and 'win' it all the time then you're not learning anything.

Thanks man that made me feel a lot better..to know that at least i am learning, anyway my coach knows that i got good power and therefore he always lets me spar with people more experienced than me..to think of it i haven't sparred anyone whom i could just handle easily..

The last time i sparred with a guy he had also trained for more than a year and i trained for only about 3months and it was even worse than this..

I guess its just for my own good..and to think of it i did improve quite a lot after those 'whooping' sessions i received in total...lol

**Lords Gym** · 02-05-2008 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by lolzzz

I got thrashed by someone 40pounds lighter than me today..he hit me with many clean shots duing sparring..i can take his punches but the problem is that i cant seem to land my own because i keep end up just trying to defend. The thing with me is that i sort of get worried when i miss 1 or 2 shots..any advices? Whether i should just trade punches or anything..at the end of a day like this i really feel like a useless piece of crap...ooh yea and hes a southpaw..

Well mate, you need to keep you head high. These things happen from time to time . Switch up on a sparring partner that is more at your pace. You want to get something positive out of sparring , if your left feeling depressed your defeating the purpose of the action.. You should leave a sparring session feeling like you have learned something. Feeling good , some days your not going to get the best of it, but you should be left with the feeling that you gained something positive from the experience . When my sessions are full on, my sparring partner is aware of this going in , so he knows what coming
when I am in with a novice type , I am patient , there to help , not to kick shit out of , this I say.. Talk it over with you sparring mate., no shame in learning !

**donnydarkoIRL** · 02-05-2008 09:24 AM

With a guy so much more expierienced than you, you should only be engaging in conditional sparring.
However, being a son of a trainer he may well get priveleges. I know this from expierience. However, I feel getting beat on only inspires me to come back harder so just get your head right and look at every second in the ring with him as an opportunity for revenge.