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.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
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.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Super Sparring Part 3 at Sugar Ray Leonard
December/2007. Sparring at Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing featuring boxers from Sugar Ray Leonard,Headbangers,Nomis and Benning Park as they all prepare for East Coast Silver Gloves Regionals. No audio, so find out who's who in Georgia. Good luck to all the boxers! Comments Welcome. This is Part 3 of 7.
Super Sparring Part 1 at Sugar Ray Leonard
Super Sparring Part 2 at Sugar Ray Leonard
December/2007. Sparring at Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing featuring boxers from Sugar Ray Leonard,Headbangers,Nomis and Benning Park as they all prepare for East Coast Silver Gloves Regionals. No audio, so find out who's who in Georgia. Good luck to all the boxers! Comments Welcome. This is Part 2 of 7.
Super Sparring Part 4 at Sugar Ray Leonard
Super Sparring Part 5 at Sugar Ray Leonard
December/2007. Sparring at Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing featuring boxers from Sugar Ray Leonard,Headbangers,Nomis and Benning Park as they all prepare for East Coast Silver Gloves Regionals. No audio, so find out who's who in Georgia. Good luck to all the boxers! Comments Welcome. This is Part 5 of 7.
Super Sparring Part 6 at Sugar Ray Leonard
December/2007. Sparring at Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing featuring boxers from Sugar Ray Leonard,Headbangers,Nomis and Benning Park as they all prepare for East Coast Silver Gloves Regionals. No audio, so find out who's who in Georgia. Good luck to all the boxers! Comments Welcome. This is Part 6 of 7.
Super Sparring Part 7 at Sugar Ray Leonard
December/2007. Sparring at Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing featuring boxers from Sugar Ray Leonard,Headbangers,Nomis and Benning Park as they all prepare for East Coast Silver Gloves Regionals. No audio, so find out who's who in Georgia. Good luck to all the boxers! Comments Welcome. This is Part 7 of 7.
