We’d had several incidents of blood and rounds paused because of knockout punching, and even a minor brawl when one young man let his anger at being bested get control of him. Very polite and easy to talk to, but massively powerful in the ring. We had some fighters visiting from another gym, and they were incredibly good. I had already been in the ring for four intense rounds, but had been out while a couple of others got some work in. I had one of my hardest ever single rounds of sparring recently. Jay, who hits hard and holds back little, also works with me on this. Periodically when Bonnie would rock me hard she would coach me through the resulting fog, reminding me to breathe, keep on my feet, and not show how bad I was really feeling. The trick is to convince yourself, with whatever wits you can scrape up, that you must and will keep fighting. But this is important information to consider if you are going to pursue boxing with any kind of seriousness. Once upon a time I would have been horrified to think about - much less experience - a knockout punch. With enough preparation and practice you can actually manage pretty well in an incredibly adverse situation. It’s actually pretty important to experience a knockout-strength punch during sparring because you need to be somewhat familiar with how it feels and what happens to your body. In an actual fight, your opponent would swing again and you would go down, without a doubt. The only reason they haven’t been knockouts is because when you get hit hard enough to stumble dizzily around or hang off the ropes with a head full of stars, a sparring session will pause until you can recover. I haven’t been knocked out yet, but I’ve been rocked hard plenty of times in the boxing ring. By Lisa Creech Bledsoe in Boxing, Fear, Sparring 11
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