Can Sparring make you stronger?

[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..

[ICB]

I think it does i mean i've come along way since i first stepped into boxing gym, i can react much better to taking a shot, my technique has sharpened up greatly and my confidence level has gone way up amongst other things. I also have the same sort of measurements as you Donny being 154 and just a tad under 6'2, i can normally bully a lot of my opponents on the inside but i have come accross a few really strong guys who were too strong on the outside and i was forced to stick and move.