A Boxing Moral Dilemma

[Dizaster]

My primary problem is that sparring isn't as challenging as fighting. Not because of the opposition but because of myself. I'm tireer after fighting because I let it all out and when I punch at oprimum output I end up far tireder than I do after a sparring session in which I hold back.

I think that would be true in a lot of cases though, and very hard to simulate the intensity and a lot of other aspects of a real fight during sparring.. I always found it interesting when big fighters are getting ready for a big fight, they'll spa for 12 to 16 rounds, but will have a fresh guy come in every 3 rounds, to help bring the average intensity up to that of a real fight...

I suppose it depends on who your sparring and how much your trainer aims for it to simulate a real fight.. It wouldn't be very productive to go at it full on during to many sparring sessions and could end up overtraining or injuries...

But I completely understand where your coming from and it feels a little off that you spend so much time sparring in a certain way maybe 50 times, for 1 fight where the circumstances are completely different. Different intensity, different intent of your opponent, different mindset needed by you.

I see why you call it a dilemma now, and the more I think about it, the more I have to wrestle with it..

Most other sports, during training you try to simulate the 'real time' event as closely as possible... With sparring though, you're a little like, "okay, he's hitting me like this now, but if this was real he'd be hitting harder, so i'd probalby want to be doing this, and if this was the real fight i'd be going for this shot a little harder" so yeah... hmmm