Padwork

[Scrap]

Its interesting how often the Pads get used when the camaras arnt there

[God.in.my.corner]

I like jab only sparring as an alternative. Jab to the head, body, shoulders, gloves with head movement, parrying/blocking, and footwork as defense.

I also like in-fighting only. 50% but the whole round you must be touching. Shoulder to shoulder. Alternate being against the ropes and trapped in a corner.

[Scrap]

God, Ive even tide them together with Elastic Rope

[Chris Nagel]

Hey Scrap, I remember you telling me before that russian coaches in the 30's were turning their gloves backwards for their pupils to hit long before the advent of punch pads. It caught on, as I found a picture of Sammy Goldstein doing the same thing:

[Scrap]

Chris I heard the 1st time Pads were seen in Britain, they were being used by the Hungarian Coaches. They were the round flat ones. Id love to know where they originate from

[Chris Nagel]

I don't know of anyone using them before Charlie Goldman. Hitting someone's hands has probably been around since the beginning of fist fighting. I can imagine that some boxing trainer had someone puncher hit his hands and thought, "This fooking hurts!" Thus out of necessity, the punch pads were born.

[shafty85]

I enjoy using the pads. In my very inexperienced opinion they seem to build up the muscle memory for combinations so I don't have to think about hitting, instinct just throws a 2-3 shot combo. That being said, it definitely is very different than sparring.