Can Sparring make you stronger?

[Trainer Monkey]

There are plusses and minuses to having everybody spar everybody.
Ill use some of Feurs sparring as an example
Keeping in mind Feur is 6'0" 160

The one gym Im hooked up with,had this girl that came in to spar with her,Feur decked her in twice in a minute,I mean flat out decked her. But she stuck with it,realised this isnt a game,and there is no room for error in this,learned to let her hands go for power,and try not to get bulled. She ended up winning Rough N Rowdy

The downside,you occaisionally discourage the little guys,I used to send her to this gym in Welch to spar,she beat a guy there so consistently who was about 5'5",nobodies seen the guy in forever

[donnydarkoIRL]

Yeah mentality has a lot ot do with it.

But I've seen some huge physical improvements since I started roughing it with the pros.

[Scrap]

Its the finest conditioning exercise there is end off. I had 7 champs in the gym and mixing them up under control was awesome they got everything. Had the feather spar the middle and play games like Cowboys and Indians.

[Youngblood]

Its the finest conditioning exercise there is end off. I had 7 champs in the gym and mixing them up under control was awesome they got everything. Had the feather spar the middle and play games like Cowboys and Indians.

Ya Scrap. Since I moved gyms where no one was sparring, to a gym where we spar 2-3 times a week, usually 10 + rounds at a time, everything has improved for me. A lot.

The only thing I wish is we had more depth and variation in partners so I could learn more.

[Scrap]

That youngun is where the coach has to be inventive, my lot didnt start as champions. You can lead a horse to water but before you do just think how a wet Horse smells.

[Von Milash]

you might be stronger for a number of reasons as people have said, but it aint from sparring bigger guys. In that regard, you just feel stronger because they are stronger that the smaller guys you're working with now.


Spar with bigger guys to learn to deal with strength and power. Spar with smaller guys to learn to deal with speed. Because come the real thing, you'll encounter both types of opponents.

Rep me for this. Now that's some insight.

[iceman]

i have noticed that i get tasked with sparring everything from younger kids(13plus) to new heavyweights despite the fact i sit at lt heavy mostly...when i spar with the young kids i play tag, never really let loose with power, as i will hurt them provided i hit. as for the heavys, i could care less if they start crying cause they can take a light tag...and yes i have seen newbies cry. they get tired and yet their brain says keep going...ha they feel it would be better to get hit than raise a hand they get so tired but part of learning to pace yourself. when they hit hard i up the pressure but don't do so as much on the lighter weights. maybe you got used to beating on big guys and well the punch was still there when you went back to your weight class..

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Its the finest conditioning exercise there is end off. I had 7 champs in the gym and mixing them up under control was awesome they got everything. Had the feather spar the middle and play games like Cowboys and Indians.

Have to agree, nothing I've tried comes close.

[Chris Nagel]

This is something that I read that really sticks, "Sparring is rehearsed perfection under pressure".

[Scrap]

Fighters should by being in a gym improve. I remember a fighter, I told him twhen I lived in London that I was going away for 2 weeks and to run 8 miles a day till I got back. When I got back I got a phone call from Him asking whether I could pick him up in Manchester 130 miles away

[Scrap]

I think it was to much Sparring

[Trainer Monkey]

Yeah mentality has a lot ot do with it.

But I've seen some huge physical improvements since I started roughing it with the pros.

See thats were I was going,if your going well and not respecting your opponents power,all boxers do this,you get a tendency to sod off and not throw your shots exactly correctly.
Theres a reason trainers will get up your bum about proper form on your punches,the power is completely different,as is the speed.