Sparring at Dream Team: Pick Your Poison VI

Now for the bigger guys. Sometimes the best sparring is in your own gym. On any given day, this is what you get when your dealing with boxers that have hundreds of fights and almost two decades of experience between them. This is only two of the rounds from a typical sparring session for two talented young boxers, who have recently turned open.

Sparring at Dream Team: Pick Your Poison V

Some controlled sparring to help out two vets and a new boxer. Teaching defense is key to opening up offensive options and this is some old video of some slip drills. If you are interested in details about training, leave a comment or message this account.

Sparring at Dream Team: Pick Your Poison IV

Another installment of sparring between boxers from two different gym. All these boxers are training for an upcoming competition. If you are interested in details about training, leave a comment or message this account.

Sparring at Dream Team: Pick Your Poison III

Another installment of sparring demonstrating the value of sparring with boxers from other gyms. Sometimes in sparring sessions, trainers match boxers that are older and heavier with boxers that are more experienced but younger and smaller. Sometimes sparring is used to help work on particular techniques and trainers handicap boxers-- like instructing them to use only jabs. Sometimes, trainers may want to give boxers different looks against a boxer who is much taller, has an opposite stance (righty, or convention stance vs. lefty or southpaw stance) or just a different style than the boxer is used to. The goal of this type sparring is to give each boxer valuable real-world training and to prepare for competition. It's often said in the sport of boxing that "Bags don't hit back." meaning a boxer must practice what he or she has learned on an actual opponent who will fight back. That is the only way that they can learn to do it in competition. Because of this, sparring is an integral part of developing a boxer. This video shows a sparring session between boxers from two different gyms. None of the sparring involves teammates facing each other. If you are interested in details about training, leave a comment or message this account.

Sparring at Dream Team: Pick Your Poison II

Another installment of teammates sparring with each other and with a boxer from another gym--all getting ready for competition. If you are interested in details about training, leave a comment or message this account.

2004 DC Golden Gloves Alantez Fox vs. Marcos Galvin

12 year old 85lbs. Alantex Fox (Beech Road) vs. Marcos Galvin (Old School) in the 2004 DC Golden Glove Tournament.

2008 East Central Region Junior Olympics Elijah vs. Jerry

Elijah Mack (Potomac Valley) vs. Jerry Green (Mid Atlantic) in the 13-14 year old 110lbs. division in the 2008 East Central Regional Junior Olympics from Wilmington, DE. Elijah is in the blue corner.

2008 East Central Region Junior Olympics Zimmie vs. Tarryl

Zimmie Dickinson (Potomac Valley) vs. Tarryl Robinson (Potomac Valley) in the 11-12 year old 70/75lbs. division from the 2008 East Central Regional Junior Olympics in Wilimington, DE.

2008 East Central Region Junior Olympics Mykal vs. Nicholas

Mykal Fox (Potomoc Valley) vs. Nicholas Palmer (Mid Atlantic) in the 11-12 year old 85lbs. division from the 2008 East Central Regional Junior Olympics from Wilmington, DE.

2008 East Central Region Junior Olympics Alantez vs. Arturo

Alantez Fox (Potomac Valley) vs. Arturo Trujillo (Mid Atlantic) in the 15-16 year old 138lbs. division from the 2008 East Central Region Junior Olympics in Wilmington, DE.

2008 East Central Region Junior Olympics Alantez vs. Ronald

Alantez Fox (Potomac Valley) vs. Ronald Gibbs (South Atlantic) in the 15-16 year old 138lbs division in the 2008 East Central Regional Junior Olympics in Wilimington, DE.

2008 DC Junior Olymics Alantez Fox vs. Nate Davis

April/2008. 15-16 year old 138lbs. division Championship bout between Alantez Fox (Dream Team) vs. Nate Davis (Old School). Fox is in the blue corner.

2008 DC Junior Olympics Tyree Randolph vs. Denardo Johnson

April/2008. 8/9/10 year old 75lbs. division Championship bout between Tyree Randolph (Dream Team) vs. Denardo Johnson (SRL). Randolph is in the blue corner.

2008 DC Junior Olympics Tyric Turner vs. Gregory Burton

April/2008. 8/9/10 year old 60lbs. division Championship bout between Tyric Turner (Dream Team) and Gregory Burton (Langdon Rec). Turner is in the blue corner.