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Greetings everyone,
I am currently an amateur boxer training in a gym residing in Washington state. This is my first post and thread. I signed up to Sherdog due to mass variety of users in different disciplines of martial arts, in hope for an answer to my question.
About 3 months ago, head coach of my gym brought in a 16 year old kid that just came from Japan to our gym and have been personally training him for the time being. Last week, coach ask if I was willing to be that kid's first sparring partner, in which I gladly obliged. I am an amateur boxer with 3-1 record, as well as bigger in height, reach, and weight. Long story short, I was annihilated from start to end. He would always put me in awkward angles and especially every time I wanted to clinch, I would be punished for it.
After the sparring match, I asked him for his experience in boxing and he replied "I have never boxing before coming here, not even a brawl. But the competitive Kendo and Judo experience carried over pretty well." I have been thinking about this every day since. I have never had experience with either, but I have seen people in the gym from karate and kickboxing, they have never done too well.
Is this a prank from head coach bringing an established amateur boxer from Japan or is there really such carry over? There are a few reasons why I think it is the former rather than the later.
1. During our sparring match, he was too calm and focused. He only punched hard when I tried brute force my way out of a corner. Most people sparring for first time will be tense and trying to lay bombs all the time. I have never seen someone like him.
2. Head coach was not only putting all focus on that kid 5 days a week. But I found out our head coach was paying for his gym membership and a strength and conditioning coach. That is too much of an investment, especially when there is no way of knowing if that kid is talent before the sparring match.
3. What really prompt me for this thread was that just yesterday, a pro boxer that have a really good amateur record was literally humiliated in their sparring match. The pro boxer also told me how impossible it would be that this is his 4th sparring session.
So I would like to hear the people from this forum. I admit I am a bit butt hurt but this is more of satisfying my curiosity.
Thank you guys much.
I am currently an amateur boxer training in a gym residing in Washington state. This is my first post and thread. I signed up to Sherdog due to mass variety of users in different disciplines of martial arts, in hope for an answer to my question.
About 3 months ago, head coach of my gym brought in a 16 year old kid that just came from Japan to our gym and have been personally training him for the time being. Last week, coach ask if I was willing to be that kid's first sparring partner, in which I gladly obliged. I am an amateur boxer with 3-1 record, as well as bigger in height, reach, and weight. Long story short, I was annihilated from start to end. He would always put me in awkward angles and especially every time I wanted to clinch, I would be punished for it.
After the sparring match, I asked him for his experience in boxing and he replied "I have never boxing before coming here, not even a brawl. But the competitive Kendo and Judo experience carried over pretty well." I have been thinking about this every day since. I have never had experience with either, but I have seen people in the gym from karate and kickboxing, they have never done too well.
Is this a prank from head coach bringing an established amateur boxer from Japan or is there really such carry over? There are a few reasons why I think it is the former rather than the later.
1. During our sparring match, he was too calm and focused. He only punched hard when I tried brute force my way out of a corner. Most people sparring for first time will be tense and trying to lay bombs all the time. I have never seen someone like him.
2. Head coach was not only putting all focus on that kid 5 days a week. But I found out our head coach was paying for his gym membership and a strength and conditioning coach. That is too much of an investment, especially when there is no way of knowing if that kid is talent before the sparring match.
3. What really prompt me for this thread was that just yesterday, a pro boxer that have a really good amateur record was literally humiliated in their sparring match. The pro boxer also told me how impossible it would be that this is his 4th sparring session.
So I would like to hear the people from this forum. I admit I am a bit butt hurt but this is more of satisfying my curiosity.
Thank you guys much.
