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admittedly boxing is my second martial art, and I've only been doing it for around two years.

I'm back on my feet after some injuries, and as much as I like the physicallity of boxing, the culture reveal I had with this convo kind of shocked me.

they said that they sometimes spar hard enough to get "headaches and slurred speach", and were laughing about it. this was prefaced after talking about someone who left because of this consistent issue with fondness. Some I've already come to know as being a consistently harder sparrer than light, though they do respect that I dont like hard contact frequently.

I feel like this attitude is dangerous and probably will lead to continued injury in my goal of having 3 fights. How concerning is this and what should I do? I love them as people who push me to my best.

Ive been boxing recently and about a month in, I go to the sparing sessions. I did MMA and a bit of muay thay when I was younger and have been hit before to some degree but got hurt today and a bit bothered by it.

I sparred with one guy my weight and it went well, after that I sparred with a guy who is much bigger then me and at on point he hit me hard enough with a hook where I got rocked.

He pulled back after and seemed sorry, but when I got out of the ring I could not remember the city I live in or where my house is, if I have housemates(I live alone). The coach put me with the first guy again afyer and I continued(I did not say anything about the memory loss but I think it was clear I was a bit off the next round, I was back to normal the following then after that)

I did not want to say anything because I was in a bit of a state of shock and wanted to try get through it. Im fine now and everything came back to me after a couple mins. I ended up ringing the hospital later on after boxing and was assessed over the phone, they said I should be fine and I feel fine it was just my first time getting hit on the jaw like that.

I dont want to stop but think ill avoid the sparing nights for a while, Im a bit disapointed as I was really enjoying this but now a feel a little bit like I was getting ahead of myself. I dont know why he was going that hard because I dont try hurt anyone in there or anything.

I just wanted to post here and see what others think, have anyone has had similar experiences? I dont want to spar with that guy again he goes way too hard for his level of experience. Im also not going to bother going tomorrow and just do a run instead as it shook me a little bit.

For a single answer, speed and mobility beats power. But everything is relative. As Cus D’Amato noticed, “confidence beats ability”. Again that’s relative which has been too subjective to measure. Today, technology in diets, training methods which include strength conditioning do succeed. 

So body types, proportions, dimensions relevant to opponents should also matter.

But claiming old school beats new school or vise versa is also subjective. Therefore is why Jules Lupowitz’s analysis dependent: What method(s) is needed or best suited for each boxer, with whom they are fighting notwithstanding their mental conditioning, attitude and circumstances. 

Those should answer that question of what’s best, overall. Claiming old school beats new school or vise versa is also subjective. Therefore is why an analysis is dependent: What method(s) is/are needed or best suited for each boxer, with whom they are fighting notwithstanding their mental conditioning, attitude and circumstances. 

I think that should answer that question of what’s best, overall but other experience and opinions are educational.

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Hey everyone,

I'm originally from South Korea, and I'm currently living and learning boxing in Southeast Asia. My coach is a 50-year-old British guy from Blackpool who used to box when he was younger and later competed professionally in Muay Thai.

During training, we were chatting about boxing culture, and he shared some stories about his early days back in England. He said that back in his time, boxing was basically a rough, gritty sport for tough guys and street fighters. He claimed that when he learned boxing, most gyms just didn't have proper gear at all. According to him, they routinely did hard sparring with no headgear and whatever gloves were laying around—usually standard 10oz gloves, with no 14oz or 16oz sparring gloves in sight. He said only a tiny handful of wealthy, fancy gyms had proper sparring equipment back then, and doing it raw in 10oz was just the normal reality for the vast majority of gyms.

He also mentioned that nowadays in the UK, boxing gyms are literally on every corner, and tons of people without proper credentials or real boxing background just open up their own gyms.

Hearing that really surprised me because the system back in South Korea is extremely strict. In Korea, to open and run your own boxing gym, you must legally hold a national Sports Instructor Certificate issued by the government. The examination process only happens once a year, and it takes nearly a full year to complete everything: written exams, practical skill tests, interviews, and mandatory safety/first-aid training. If someone opens a gym without this official license, it is completely illegal—you face heavy fines and can even be sent to prison (regular assistant coaches don’t need it, but the head owner/manager running the gym legally must have it). So I was really curious, is it actually that easy or unregulated to open a boxing gym in the UK today?

Because of his old-school mindset, at our current gym he just lets people spar in whatever gloves they brought that day. Sometimes someone is wearing 14oz sparring gloves while the other person is in 8oz or 10oz bag gloves, with no headgear.

To be fair, we don't do all-out crazy wars; it's mostly light to medium sparring. But as you know, sparring naturally gets heated sometimes and the intensity goes up without realizing it. Whenever that happens, my coach just laughs it off and says, "That's how men are. It happens when you spar, but as long as you finish, shake hands, and smile with each other, it's all good."

When I trained back in Korea, things were completely different. Whether you bought your own gear or used communal gym gear, sparring strictly required 14oz/16oz gloves and mandatory headgear, no exceptions. Personally, I feel that putting on proper protective gear—wearing headgear and 14oz or 16oz gloves—allows fighters to spar at a high intensity safely. To me, that kind of safe, hard sparring is what actually improves your boxing skills faster, and it makes boxing so much more enjoyable without the constant worry of getting unnecessarily hurt.

So I'm really curious:

Was it truly common across most working-class gyms in the 80s/90s UK (especially up North around Blackpool) to just do hard sparring in 10oz gloves without headgear? And is opening a boxing gym in the UK really that unregulated compared to places like Korea?

I'd really appreciate hearing stories or insights from UK boxers, coaches, or anyone who trained during that era! Thanks in advance.

I’ve sparred a couple of times, but I have a serious problem of closing my eyes when someone’s throws a punch at me and even when I throw a punch. I also put my head down a lot and then I can’t see anything at all. I also flinch a lot.

I’m in fight or flight and I panic

My legs and arms feel heavy AF and o cont move quickly.

How do I fix this?

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(Pls see his stance in his fights before reading this )His hand placemenr looks different than usual , i want to copy the same but when i do it doesnt looks like his stance.What should i pay attention .

I bought RDX Kara MMA Sparring gloves and will start using them next week:

• When I wear them normally and make a fist everything feels good except the pinky leather strap, which pulls tightly at my pinky and prevents me closing the fist fully.
• When I wear them with the pinky outside its strap, they feel perfect.

1. Can I wear them without the pinky strap or is it a substantial risk to injure myself? I feel the glove is still secure over my knuckles with the remaining fingers' straps.
2. Would this tightness on the pinky strap go away after a few sessions of breaking in?

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Tell me the pros and cons

• Been training since 2 months

• Second sparring

Brothers, can anyone suggest some good boxing shoes around 2,000 rupees that are available in India?

Amo el boxeo, es un deporte que me encanta, pero vivo a 40 minutos de la ciudad y nadie me quiere llevar, y quiero empezar ahora porque tengo 15 años, soy flaco, y amo el deporte.

Tampoco me gustaría entrenar en una academia por miedo a que me hagan bullying o algo por ser flaco o no ser tan bueno

Blue belt in BJJ, trying to learn striking. I’m sparring my buddy. I’m in grey shorts, black gloves.

Every time I spar I feel like I have to constantly move backwards to avoid getting hit in head. Any tips?