My running buddy, who is also a coach at the boxing gym, and I took a few fighters down to a gym in Indy on Saturday for a sparring session. A couple of the guys looked real good, a couple need a lot of work, especially since they are planning on competing in the Golden Gloves which will be starting in March. Our Open Division state champ sparred with several fighters, one of which was a former state champ himself, and is currently fighting pro. He's a slick fighter and an excellent boxer. He worked really well with our guy and the others he sparred with. A couple of the fighters from other gyms weren't really all that good as sparring partners. They were blasting away, rather than pulling their punches a bit, not just with our guys, but with whomever they were in the ring with.
Getting quality sparring is always a problem, especially at our gym. We're located out in the sticks, so most of the sparring is with in-house guys. To improve, they need to spar a variety of styles and be able to work on various techniques without having to worry about the other guy taking their head off. However, the gym in Indy will be having two more sessions before the Gloves. Hopefully we can get our guys down there again for those sessions.
A good day for all of us. We've got some specific things to work on with each of our boxers now. Hopefully it'll pay off when the fights start in March.
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