Sparring Doing boxing-illegal things in mma gym boxing sparring?

[wolffanghameha]

There are boxing-illegal things I want to be practicing but sometimes I'm unsure about doing them in boxing sparring (in an mma gym).

Eg
Pushing people away for distance like a lot of MT fighters do (I've had people in boxing sparring in a non-mma gym say this isn't allowed)
Holding an arm eg taking the two-one to get an angle and hit the body (seen this in pro boxing)
Pushing the hands or arms in ways maybe illegal in boxing
Taking a collar tie to punch after ducking the LH, like Gaethje

I'll do the first two occasionally, but where do you draw the line?

 

[cade187]

Really just comes down to what you are sparring for. If you’re sparring in a boxing environment, don’t do those things, but if you’re in an MMA gym, it should be fine. It’s also easy enough to have that conversation before sparring.

We would always shoot takedowns during sparring. It wasn’t fully effective because you were wearing boxing gloves, but keeps you on your toes and ready to defend the takedown.

 

[shunyata]

Discuss it with your sparring partner and coaches ahead of time and it's fine. If your coaches are against it, it's not fine.