Spar With a Professional Boxer

“PJ thought to himself, ‘I like sparring, I’m good at this.’ Little did he know that the man he was about to spar with was no other than, Gabriel Rosado, a former title contender with fights against the likes of Gennady Golovkin (GGG). During their first round of sparring, PJ noticed that they were both just moving around a bit, as PJ was throwing a couple of jabs here and there, while his opponent was not really throwing anything back at him. His opponent was taking his time, mostly making PJ miss pretty easily. Slightly frustrated, PJ threw more jabs, and eventually tried to move inside, but it did not go well. After all this movement, as soon as Coach PJ closed the distance, Gabe decided to unload with a quick jab, landing home right on PJ’s nose. This was the first time PJ had ever been struck by a professional fighter. [...] It was after that session, that PJ learned there are different levels to this sport.”

“I recently moved to a new area a few months back. I saw an ad for an open spar, so I signed up, thinking it would be some sort of group sparring session where new guys get to spar with pros. I ended up facing a professional boxer in front of an entire crowd of around 30 people, and I got knocked out in the first minute. Now I regularly train at the gym, and people respect me for taking the loss on the chin.”