Well i joined this forum with some questions early on and you guys were helpful. I'm 39 and started a boxing for fitness type class. About 6 months ago I ended up going to a real boxing gym and training with a trainer as well. Mitts, heavy bag, medicine balls, rope, sparring etc.
Well now I've been in there with a bunch of different guys. Here is my question? At first I started just sparring with my trainer and he would definitely hit me but I still felt like I was getting better.
Then I was sparring guys my age but that were heavier (I'm 6' and since I started this I went from 187 to 157) and I stilll felt pretty good but it definitely was not as controlled.
Now lately I have been going against 20 year olds with experience and now I'm getting discouraged. I'm having trouble getting close to pull off my combinations and I'm getting counterpunched what feels like at will. Friday night I took two huge (well they felt huge) straight rights right into my face. Yukk!! THe week before I fought a 19 year old who was lighter than me but is 5-0 as an amateur and he hit me with a left hook and my legs stopped working for a second. I'm not a ***** and I don't mind getting cracked once in a while but what kind of copmetition should I be sparring against? Being that I own my own business and not looking to compete I don't need to be getting wallopped 3x a week.
I guess my question is, do you guys go through discouraging times. My trainer says I'm doing great and he is giving me better and better competition. He says if I fought inexperienced guys my own weight all the time it would be a cakewalk and I wouldn't learn anything. I believe him but getting beat up is frigging discouraging.
Mike
Well now I've been in there with a bunch of different guys. Here is my question? At first I started just sparring with my trainer and he would definitely hit me but I still felt like I was getting better.
Then I was sparring guys my age but that were heavier (I'm 6' and since I started this I went from 187 to 157) and I stilll felt pretty good but it definitely was not as controlled.
Now lately I have been going against 20 year olds with experience and now I'm getting discouraged. I'm having trouble getting close to pull off my combinations and I'm getting counterpunched what feels like at will. Friday night I took two huge (well they felt huge) straight rights right into my face. Yukk!! THe week before I fought a 19 year old who was lighter than me but is 5-0 as an amateur and he hit me with a left hook and my legs stopped working for a second. I'm not a ***** and I don't mind getting cracked once in a while but what kind of copmetition should I be sparring against? Being that I own my own business and not looking to compete I don't need to be getting wallopped 3x a week.
I guess my question is, do you guys go through discouraging times. My trainer says I'm doing great and he is giving me better and better competition. He says if I fought inexperienced guys my own weight all the time it would be a cakewalk and I wouldn't learn anything. I believe him but getting beat up is frigging discouraging.
Mike
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