Sparring at Dream Team: Pick Your Poison III

Another installment of sparring demonstrating the value of sparring with boxers from other gyms. Sometimes in sparring sessions, trainers match boxers that are older and heavier with boxers that are more experienced but younger and smaller. Sometimes sparring is used to help work on particular techniques and trainers handicap boxers-- like instructing them to use only jabs. Sometimes, trainers may want to give boxers different looks against a boxer who is much taller, has an opposite stance (righty, or convention stance vs. lefty or southpaw stance) or just a different style than the boxer is used to.

The goal of this type sparring is to give each boxer valuable real-world training and to prepare for competition. It's often said in the sport of boxing that "Bags don't hit back." meaning a boxer must practice what he or she has learned on an actual opponent who will fight back. That is the only way that they can learn to do it in competition. Because of this, sparring is an integral part of developing a boxer.

This video shows a sparring session between boxers from two different gyms. None of the sparring involves teammates facing each other. If you are interested in details about training, leave a comment or message this account.

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• DC Amateur Boxing

[feeteyeshands]

Good sparring led to a good victory!! Congrats to the kid in the black headgear. He won his first round Silver Glove match!! Good luck next week!!!

[elvietnamito]

wow these lil guys are good!

[MrRayhdez]

id love to train here...ima try to contact it......

[poncekid56]

Kid in the black did a good job at staying tight and safe

[feeteyeshands]

It's not your fault!!!!

[123icecoldbeer]

That first fight, the dude with the white headgear was putting in crazy! body work, he's learn from young age to make that investment, he fought like a mexican lol. His opponent tucked up real well stuck to the basics and fundementals he was a lil inactive but when them hooks touch your elbows you can run your ish up the middle with an uppercut.

This is great footage.

[NathanSears121]

good stuff.

That lad in the black helmets needs to learn how to throw short upercuts when he's taking wide, looping hooks to the body.

His hands were in the right position but he just shelled up.

Good training though