If you take someone from another sport & put them in the ring of course they are going to react differently to a pro its just logical as they do not train for that sort of thing.

When I fought I used sparring to work on certain tactics & timing, work it out on the pads 1st then into sparring.

I used to spar heaps as a kid following my brother to the gym but it seemed to me that you could get set in that sort of mind frame.

To call someone an idiot just because you disagree with there opinion is just disrespectful. My brother was one of NZ's best ever lightweights & I fought for the commonwealth light-welterweight title & I can tell you we both did very little sparring!

But your entitled to your opinion & thats fine, just as I'm entitled to mine...