Nerdcore Boxing

I got in 3 rounds of sparring with my trainer. My face is marked up with a few abrasions, good thing I’m working from home tomorrow. Some observers said I improved over last time but I think they were trying to cheer me up after seeing how dejected I looked.

Some thoughts:

1. My conditioning is terrible, I was sucking wind at the end of the 2nd round and the whole 3rd round. I’m rethinking my 30 minutes on the elliptical walking machine. I need to crank up the tension and intensity big time.
2. I know a normal punch landing percentage is about 30%. It felt like I landed 10-15%. I don’t recall landing any really solid punches, which I think was the most discouraging.
3. I need to see the punches coming and work on slipping them better. If I spar with somebody really good, then when they come in attacking I spaz out, bob/weave, v-slip and/or pivot out. During this process sometimes I get hit, but I rarely see punches coming or know why I got hit.
4. The headgear I use looks like it gives a lot of protection, but it also inhibits my vision. Trading vision for more padding isn’t smart. I’m going with thinner more minimal headgear on Friday.
5. I’m not Pernell Whitaker. Right now I get discouraged as if getting hit is a testimate to my defensive ineptitude. I need to accept the fact that I will get hit as a normal course of sparring.
6. I need to come in with authority and follow my jab with a straight right. On the sidelines they kept telling me the right was there, but I kept hesitating.