LOL. If you can find my first post I had very similar experience to your's. The gym ,owner after me asking to learn how to spar, put me up against someone heavier, taller, faster, stronger and experienced. Needless to say I got my butt served. He then proceeded to tell me I wasn't ready for Heavy Sparring (I can't remember asking for heavy sparring?)and then walked away. At the end of the class I asked him if that was it and he did sort me out to train with someone a similar size and go from a really light spar (him not hitting me at all) and got heavier each round. It p****d me off so bad.

My gym sounds similar to yours. Part fitness and part real boxing gym. I haven't sparred since the second guy I went with as I've talked to some of the boxers that do go to the gym and they've all had one on ones with the gym owner. I'm going to organise a couple of one on ones (finance dictates when) and then will hopefully get into sparring again. Just keep at it dude. Keep turning up, train hard, show your dedication and keep getting back up. It does get noticed.