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Sano - thing about that is the fights are not and never were the source of the real damage. Like sword-craft, the strength is forged in the tempering. Temper correctly, sword is much less likely to break. Over or under temper, sword is brittle.
I only disagree with you on placement of the danger. Aside from aesthetics, fighters encounter much more danger in the gym. Sparring bigger fighters, older fighters, more experienced fighters who could put them in compromising positions and they're fully under-skilled to handle it. Now, we're not talking about purposely getting kids knocked out, but I cannot support giving them the impression that it cannot or should not happen as a habit.
Sadaam Ali comes to mind. A fighter I trained worked out at the same gym he did. He said they always treated him gingerly in the gym. He was never under much threat in sparring, never had to battle a lot of adversity. He fought world level Amateurs, but that's a system and you can get by a bit easier with 3 rounds. Well:
It cannot be avoided fully if this is what you do, and either you can handle it...or everyone learns you can't. This kid does everything wrong under pressure and he's not being trained to correct it.
P.S. - Jessie was supposed to lose to Ali. He was the opponent coming off a loss to Bradley. One of my fighters had Jessie on his ass in sparring for that fight, albeit by a defensive move. 3 weeks later I saw Jessie drop 2 sparring partners (paid guys) and knew he'd stop Ali.
I only disagree with you on placement of the danger. Aside from aesthetics, fighters encounter much more danger in the gym. Sparring bigger fighters, older fighters, more experienced fighters who could put them in compromising positions and they're fully under-skilled to handle it. Now, we're not talking about purposely getting kids knocked out, but I cannot support giving them the impression that it cannot or should not happen as a habit.
Sadaam Ali comes to mind. A fighter I trained worked out at the same gym he did. He said they always treated him gingerly in the gym. He was never under much threat in sparring, never had to battle a lot of adversity. He fought world level Amateurs, but that's a system and you can get by a bit easier with 3 rounds. Well:
It cannot be avoided fully if this is what you do, and either you can handle it...or everyone learns you can't. This kid does everything wrong under pressure and he's not being trained to correct it.
P.S. - Jessie was supposed to lose to Ali. He was the opponent coming off a loss to Bradley. One of my fighters had Jessie on his ass in sparring for that fight, albeit by a defensive move. 3 weeks later I saw Jessie drop 2 sparring partners (paid guys) and knew he'd stop Ali.
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