Why Sparring Anthony Joshua Was Bad For Me
Summary
TLDRIn this reflective video, the speaker discusses the impact of sparring with Anthony Joshua on their boxing career. Initially beneficial, the constant sparring against a rapidly improving Joshua led to a shift from a competitive stance to mere survival, affecting their fighting style and confidence. The speaker emphasizes the importance of recognizing when sparring becomes counterproductive and advises young boxers to return to competitive sparring to maintain growth and avoid becoming a mere 'spar partner.'
Takeaways
- 🥊 The speaker emphasizes the importance of sparring with skilled opponents to improve as a boxer but warns against the pitfalls of excessive sparring with superior fighters.
- 🏅 The speaker recounts his experience sparring with Anthony Joshua and how it initially helped him improve, but later became detrimental to his development.
- 🔄 The speaker describes a transformation in his boxing style from being competitive and winning to merely surviving rounds, due to the constant sparring with Joshua.
- 💡 He suggests that if he had been coaching himself, he would have recognized the need to stop sparring when it stopped being beneficial and started being damaging.
- 🤔 The speaker reflects on his boxing style, which has been criticized for being passive and not throwing many punches, attributing this to his sparring experiences.
- 🚫 He advises young boxers and coaches to avoid sparring situations where they are consistently losing and not gaining any advantage, as it can hinder growth.
- 🔄 The speaker discusses the psychological impact of going from being a winner to a survivor in the ring and how it affected his approach to fights.
- 🛑 He shares his realization that continuous sparring with top-level fighters like Joshua led to a shift in his mentality and tactics, making him more defensive.
- 🥇 The speaker expresses pride in his past sparring sessions with Joshua but acknowledges that it was a double-edged sword for his own boxing career.
- 🔄 He explains that his current strategy in sparring is to ensure competitiveness and to avoid the role of a mere 'spar partner' that doesn't contribute to his development.
- 📚 The video serves as an insight into the world of sparring partners and the complex dynamics of growth and survival in the boxing ring.
Q & A
What was the main purpose of the video?
-The main purpose of the video was to discuss the speaker's experience with sparring, particularly with Anthony Joshua, and how it negatively impacted his boxing career.
How did the speaker initially feel about sparring with Anthony Joshua?
-The speaker initially felt that sparring with Anthony Joshua was amazing and that it helped him improve significantly as a boxer.
What mistake did the speaker believe he made regarding sparring?
-The speaker believed he made a mistake by continuing to spar excessively with Anthony Joshua, which led to him taking a lot of damage and becoming more of a survivor than a winner.
How did the speaker's boxing style change as a result of excessive sparring with Joshua?
-The speaker's boxing style changed from being competitive and focused on winning to becoming more defensive and focused on survival, which he attributes to the excessive sparring.
What advice does the speaker give to young boxers and coaches about sparring?
-The speaker advises young boxers and coaches to avoid excessive sparring where they are consistently losing or just surviving, and to return to competitive sparring where they can maintain their winning mentality.
Why does the speaker believe his style became more negative and less active?
-The speaker believes his style became more negative and less active because of the constant need to defend and survive during the long sparring sessions with Anthony Joshua.
How did the speaker's physical condition change over time due to sparring?
-The speaker's physical condition worsened over time due to the excessive and intense sparring sessions, which led to him taking a lot of damage.
What impact did the speaker's sparring experience have on his career ambitions?
-The speaker's sparring experience with Anthony Joshua affected his career ambitions negatively, as he felt it hindered his growth and potential to go further in his boxing career.
What is the speaker's current approach to sparring moving forward?
-The speaker's current approach to sparring is to engage in more competitive sessions where he is on top and winning rounds, and to avoid excessive sparring that does not benefit his development.
How does the speaker feel about his past sparring with Anthony Joshua now?
-While the speaker is proud of having sparred with Anthony Joshua and acknowledges his growth as a fighter, he feels that for his own growth as a boxer, it was the worst thing he ever did.
What is the speaker's perspective on the role of a sparring partner?
-The speaker acknowledges that he became a sparring partner over time and that it was not beneficial for his own boxing career, as it led to a shift in his style and mentality.
Outlines
🥊 The Impact of Sparring with Anthony Joshua
The speaker reflects on their experience sparring with Anthony Joshua, noting the initial benefits of improving by facing strong competition. However, they express regret for continuing the practice as it led to a decline in their own boxing performance and physical condition. The speaker emphasizes the importance of recognizing when sparring is no longer beneficial and advises young boxers and coaches to seek competitive sparring that allows for growth and development rather than mere survival in the ring.
📉 From Winner to Survivor: The Downside of Sparring
This paragraph delves into the negative effects of excessive sparring, particularly when it becomes one-sided. The speaker shares their personal journey from being a winning boxer to someone who was merely surviving in the ring against Joshua. They discuss the impact on their fighting style, which became more defensive and less active, and the struggle to revert to their previous, more aggressive form. The speaker also addresses the misconceptions about their fighting style and the importance of moving forward with competitive sparring to regain their winning spirit.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Sparing
💡Improvement
💡Survivor
💡Physical Strength
💡Competitive
💡Second Best
💡Style
💡Coaching
💡Damage
💡Ambitions
💡Insight
Highlights
The speaker reflects on their boxing career, particularly the impact of sparring with Anthony Joshua.
Initially, sparring with Joshua was seen as a significant improvement opportunity for the speaker.
The speaker recalls a shift from being competitive to merely surviving in the ring against Joshua as his skills improved.
The physical toll of constant sparring, including damage to the speaker's nose, is mentioned.
A change in the speaker's boxing style from being a winner to a 'spoiler' due to the sparring sessions is highlighted.
The speaker expresses regret for not managing their boxing development better during their early career.
The negative impact of continuous sparring without winning rounds is discussed, suggesting it's detrimental to growth.
The speaker's advice to young boxers and coaches about the importance of competitive sparring is emphasized.
The speaker's pride in sparring with Anthony Joshua, despite the personal cost to their boxing career, is noted.
The speaker's change in approach to sparring, moving towards more competitive sessions, is shared.
The speaker's realization of becoming a 'spar mate' and the implications for their boxing identity is revealed.
The struggle to break free from a defensive boxing style ingrained during sparring with Joshua is discussed.
The speaker's current efforts to spar with opponents where they can be more dominant are outlined.
The video's intent to provide insight into the life of a sparring partner and its effects on a boxer's career is clarified.
The speaker's ongoing journey to overcome the legacy of their sparring days and return to a more offensive style is shared.
Transcripts
hello everyone today's video is about um
not so much spy answering Joshua but why
that spying wasn't good for me um a lot
of people that watch this like the want
to a lot of people are like getting into
the box and getting into the coaching
and I remember when I started Joshua I
just remember thinking right if I keep
sparing this
fell I'm going to improve like you can't
not improve sparing good Fighters or or
great fighs and I made I made a huge
mistake in thinking that um sping for me
is is is the second best thing you can
do for boxing for for proving as a boxer
but with Anthony Joshua I remember
sparing him before the Olympics and I
reckon we did maybe four rounds five or
six
times um that was amazing for me like I
remember thinking wow
i' really improved off the back of it I
got so much out of it and if I could go
back in time now that would have been
that would have been it finished like
that was it
um that was it that that that was enough
that's what I needed that was that was
the that was it so what I should have
done is done that sparring you know
there was competitive rounds at the time
I was in good I was in better A lot
better shape you know I was young hungry
I was I was boxing s much at the time
and
yeah it was the right sparring but the
problem is I just kept going and going
and going and as he turned Pro the four
rounds turned into
six8 and
10 my
shape
worsened and you know what more than
that not making no
excuses cuz I I I was I was still our
fix it was around yeah I was still I
just turned Pro but he just improved you
know
and I just kept sparing 68 10 Rounds I
was up there two or three times a week
sometimes and the Damage I took inpiring
of course that's bad of course it is but
that's not what this video is about
really took a lot of damage took a lot
of
fist look at me nose that was from all
that sping but I turned into a Survivor
when I first started spying anony Josh
I was a winner you know I tell fights I
won nine not a lot of fights but I was a
winner all all I did really were win the
fight I lost I F I won all had will win
every time I sparred I won the spars
that's what I was I was knocking you out
all of a sudden I spaning Joshua two or
three times a
week and I've gone from being
competitive to now he's
improved and I'm second best I'm not
winning a single round really and that's
going on for a couple of weeks maybe a
couple of month and then he's improving
again and now I've gone from not winning
a round to just surviving the rounds
and and if I was if I was coaching me at
the time i' would been like look this is
a waste of time I wasn't getting paid I
wasn't getting nothing out of it and you
know I was unbeaten Pro I wasn't I
wasn't looking to to make a career out
of surviving in the a corner I I wanted
to be a winner
B and people always go on me all the
time like you don't throw many punches
you know uh you're a negative uh spoil
style and you know what it is it's it's
it's the sparing it's was sparing him
not so much not so much fury because
when I was young I didn't do massive
amount of rounds with him it was all all
aspiring with probably and Joyce
probably Joshua and Joyce um and since
that I start winning rounds even even
against the the kids that weren't
weren't that good I'd be a spoiler um
and it didn't make me gunshot like it
didn't make me scared of thr punches
there were no fear in me but it just
took when you sping two or three times a
week doing 18 24 30 rounds a week and
you know and I Wen thinking about
punching there was no thought of
punching hardly ever would I even I
would throw punches but they' be like go
away from me punches out of distance
punches and I'll be focused on how I'm
going to knock how I'm going to knock
his jab down to step into distance just
to shut him down completely how can I
get closer to use my physical strength
to have a rest really so in the space of
12 month I've gone from a winner given a
competitive
spars and look that that's not cuz I've
gone backwards he just improved so much
and I wish I just I wish I was there to
look after myself at the time just to go
right look if you want to keep being a
winner I don't think I ever had World
title ambitions or ability but I did
have ability to go a lot further than I
have but that that really that really
knock me back so when people always ask
why don't you throw loads of punches why
don't why aren't you more why aren't you
more uh why aren't you busy or there's
more activity I just got to put in me
box at that at that in in that stage of
my career very early on and it's just
been a a real struggle to get out of it
so my advice to any coaches out there or
young boxers if you're spying all the
time and you're coming second best to
the point where you're not getting any
work off and you're just surviving get
out of it and go back to go back to
doing what you do go back to competitive
spiring go back to when you're on top
sometimes and sometimes you're not but
it's competitive um so I was always very
proud of sparing anony Joshua I knew he'
going to be a great fighter in the ass
very proud of the rounds I shared with
him but for me and my growth as a boxer
I think it was the worst thing I ever
did to be honest I want to do this video
video for a few reasons one just to
highlight cuz people always say the
number one thing that gets asked to me
is why don't you throw more punches why
aren't you busy when you fight why are
you so negative um and you know what it
is it's just I don't even do it on
purpose I I want to throw more punches
but where some Fighters think how am I
going to land this punch you know like
some box go right I'm going to I'm going
to R this right hand how am I going to
Le this right hand I'm thinking how can
I KN that job down can I how can I slip
to the outside and then have a walk
that's just how it is I still want to
win I still want to win more than
anything but um but it's been a very
very hard thing to get out of and that's
why if you got my box wreck my last two
fights were on points cuz the
competition has dropped massively but I
are either losing or or knocking them
out because you know the spoiler tactics
do do work to a to a degree at a level
against certain like the Clark fight it
was working cuz he was he would he was
struggling before the low blows and it
worked against Webb and a few others
when you boing the top class Fighters
you know you're all teasers and
that it doesn't so moving forward I am
trying to
SP with kids that it's more competitive
and you know what where I'm where I'm On
Top um I'm winning the rounds you know
but um I spawn a couple of times and I
let them move on because I know it's no
good for them so this video today
hopefully it's um it makes sense to
people uh anyone that's watching this
you know boxes or coaches it makes sense
and uh hopefully it's just an Insight
again to the world of of a sparing
partner really I I did become a sparing
partner people said you're just a
sparing partner and over
time I wouldn't disagree with it you
know I'm I'm still trying to get out of
it now at 32 but hopefully that was an
insightful video anyway thank you
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