Hi,

I go to a whitecollar boxing type gym and I'm hoping to step up my training and move on to sparring,
I have done bits of boxing training over the yrs and know the basics, last yr I did quite a bit of weights and this year I have been focusing more on boxing, I've been doing the heavy bag just under my own guidance the last couple of months and I'm starting to get a bit bored now and want to step up my stamina and defence and do a bit of sparring. I've tried to keep this in mind when hitting the bags but
Weird thing is I find the jab tiring to throw, I'm not sure if this just a bad habit built up from nrly all my boxing training being on the heavy bags, I love throwing hooks and combinations (don't we all!) and I have some pretty good speed and power in my hooks and straight right, but my jab is limp and find it really tiring and boring and run out of motivation and go back to what I know.

I did fairly recently change my gloves from 14oz to 16oz but which made me a bit slower but I thought I'd be used to it by now.

Should I just bite the bullet and go for the sparring ? I am a bit worried my stamina and jab are going to let me down but can't seem to improve these on my own and need the motivation of training with other ppl.

Also anyone have any recommendations on headgear/gum shield for sparring ?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Andy