roadwork will give you an edge, especially on the street. like yuzo said, sparring lets you gain some comfort with having someone come at you
roadwork will give you an edge, especially on the street. like yuzo said, sparring lets you gain some comfort with having someone come at you
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
that is true, but before you start sparring, you will just want to have a person standing in front of you throwing punches. you can get your trainer or one of the guys at the gym to help you with that.
that is what will get you used to punches coming at you.
good padwork gets you not just used to throwing punches but it should also get you used to punches coming at you.
Last edited by Yuzo; 07-07-2019 at 11:30 AM.
Shall do mate, might even get the camera out to record a bit of my progress.
You know, I never thought about it like that. This is definatly the way to go. Would make me more fluid and help me build up muscle memory etc. I like this. cheers guys.
This as well. Cheers for the advice.
I might buy a bag for home to practice on but yeah, I will focus a lot on sparing for sure.
i was watching an old clip of floyd mayweather doing pad work with his dad. its an old clip i wish i could find it again. he was just a kid. had to be around maybe 11 years old i guess. they were up in the ring and his dad starts throwing shots at him. the kind of stuff that, if it hit him, you could tell it would hurt pretty bad. he, very calmly, made all of that miss. is something like that child abuse? i realized that floyd mayweather, from a very young age, probably younger than he was there, was totally at peace with punches flying by his head. if you can get it into your head that the other guys punches arent a bad thing and they are actually a good thing that you get to use to your advantage, then you can really start boxing.
Last edited by Yuzo; 07-08-2019 at 06:31 AM.
I had an extensive look myself and couldn't find it. I did however spend the rest of the afternoon looking at Mayweather Sr clips of him doing padwork.
@Master, now I see what you mean about people on the street not lasting 3 mins against an armature boxer.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
any updates on this thread? I would like to see some of his sparring videos like he was talking about. This was a great thread lettuce continuous now updates
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