Sparring looked like mutual intensity to me. Pull counter was very fast and nice.
Defensively you looked very good.
Some critique:
-You need to pressure and take some risks out there. Constantly looking for prefect spot to throw but you either need to make something happen with some pressure and take some risks out there.
-It’s not a fight, it’s sparring. You’re going to hit and you’re going to get hit. I would be perfectly fine if you fought like this but you aren’t improving sparring wise. You have the ability to make some major changes on how you approach these sparring sessions because of how much better you are than these guys. Fuck it! Take some risks about running into punches or getting and staying in range.
-Just face it you’re a gym warrior bro. Lol
Being better and being more naturally gifted are 2 different things, I really can't say I'm that much better than this particular guy. He has a good jab, good fundamentals, he's able to disrupt my rhythm, he does some things that do indeed give me some trouble, and I don't "let" him do it, so I can't say I'm just way better. I am faster than he is, and for that reason do more damage to him than he does to me with similar punches.
I feel like I am improving - granted you have to understand this is my 4th time in the gym (not sparring, in the gym training period) in over a year and a half. But I am establishing my jab more, establishing my counters again. Watch my first day back, and you will see me apply pressure and take risks because I was itching to get back into it and see if I still got it. I used to literally sit on the ropes for rounds and let people throw at me so I could learn the crab well. I want every technique I do to be to prepare for fights - If I throw a hook one way in sparring, but another way in a fight, whats the point? Need to practice exactly how you plan to execute I believe.
I'm a warrior period, I've survived shit most people wouldn't believe, a fight warrior a gym warrior a warrior of god a game of thrones warrior. Team Targaryen warrior
On a serious note though: I really really really am not even coming close to trying to "beat" these guys. I'm a gym warrior thats out of shape doesn't train and has been on the shelf for years. What I did to him with the hook to the body, I am aware I could do that immediately, and set up my hook to the head using it, and they will be very painful shots. I'm aware I can sit down on my pull counter more, and when I land a good shot, I'm very aware I could just overwhelm them with my speed and throw ridiculous combinations. I don't do any of these things because I am not trying to hurt my sparring partners unless I need to try and hurt them to give them good work.
Speaking of Sinister - I started and came up in his gym, if you didn't know. me and Sinister know each other well and I'm pretty sure he will back up the claims that I am not at all using my full ability in the sparring sessions I've posted, it is very clear I'm trying to work on things. Esp if u seen the last 3 I've posted, I feel me working on different things and getting things back in my arsenal are very clear.
There is me sparring one of Sinisters guys shortly before I fell off the face of the planet crippled with injuries among other things. Once again, me and bleu are just working with each other, it is good work. He throws his punches correct which means they are hard, I throw my punches correct which means they have snap aswell, and we are both working on our own stuff, it is mutual and good work. I'm not some gym bully or "warrior". Sinister is one of the coaches who is helping me and has helped me from day one.
Last thing, I know in boxing you need to know ur going to get hit, its a risk I take. - but after seeing first hand what happens when your brain is being damaged or shut down, and the symptoms of it, it is nothing at all to play with and under no circumstance will I ever put myself in a willing position to receive more punishment than necessary. My risks are calculated and will always be calculated especially after that hell of a mind I went through before surgery. (if you want an idea, there was times I was floating in space with full blown hallucinations of feeling and everything on my body, it was torturous and scary beyond belief.) I won't be a walking punching bag just to "try it out", I'm going to do what my coach tells me to do in the corner, which since I don't have one in the corner right now, I'm doing what I want to do and that is chill and play around with my tricks, but at the same time keep the intensity hard so I keep my defense sharp.