Page 182 - Fighting Fit: Boxing, Workouts, Techniques, and Sparring

Chapter 13

13 Sparring

Sparring Drills
Perform rounds at 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and full speed.

Hard and fast
The bag doesn’t punch back.A sparring partner is
required for you to learn true action and reaction.Your
boxing education at this stage comes hard and fast.
Make sure you’re ready for it and that you do it right.

Coach
The wild-ass nature of combat requires supervision.
Somebody needs to control your efforts and it should
be a coach. Or spar with your coach. Find a good one
and listen to him.Your coach is your boxing education.

Safety first
Spar with pro-
tective gear.
Spar with
proper super-
vision. Spar
with intent to
learn.

Initial
training
Sparring is
intense. It’s an
adrenaline-
drenched,
crashing,

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