Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny View Post
Thats a good poin5 Dizaster, when one thinks about it, Floyd could quite possibly have gone down the same road as RJJ.
He has super-speed and power at super feather, but he concentrated on skills instead and that choice is still paying dividends for him....
Great point.

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.
Thats why Im suggesting utilizing what you've got by being comfortable enough in there to be able to get them from any position into your prefered power distance so your practicing being more of a balanced fighter in both the zones you've just mentioned.

That way they come into your power zone by your craft,not just floating in and out at random as is the case in 99% of most fights.

You dont see many fighters step back out from a huddle or any close distance on an opponents certain move or in a certain way that gets them the upper hand on distance within a safe position for themselves.
We see turn abouts on body movement off the ropes ,dragging them in and changing places , but what about arm movement an its effects on balance as the starting point? Their foot placement in relation to yours and how it stopsone of their arms reaching you for that split second .
Not just for finding new angles to see what happens ,but creating new positions and distance off their movments that you know are comming and you moving to your prefered power distance off of that trigger.
Knowing exactly what others limits are when you are either in a certain postion foot wise (on angles ) or creating them by putting pressure on them in some way; Maybe pressure an elbow from the outside as you move forward and then heading out the same way, or shoving then pulling in straight away so it brings them further in on their initial reaction to the shove etc, then side stepping to distance your self to where you can nail them on their reaction is all stuff that opens up alot of new areas to be in so that you can fight in both of the modes you talk about.
Its sparring that gets you used to their reactions to your visual movement and their reactions to feeling you heading somewhere, getting tapped or nailed, pushed , shoved,bluffed or manhandled.

So if your comfortable, thats the time to practice going that one stage further than what you know will happen and you bring them into it on their reaction.