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A lot of these seem personal. I've noticed that gyms that have a lot of egos have less talent and more hard sparring/gym fights and gyms that are full of killers are fairly chill yet almost militant. Personally I'm just glad to have only been dropped by my friends so far lol

5:29 If your partner shells up like that in sparring, stop punching them. You're *not* in a fight, you don't gain anything from "winning" a sparring match or even practicing punching someone not prepared to punch back. Ask them "What are you doing that for?" and *help them*, because what they're doing will get them hurt in a real boxing match or, god forbid, a real fight.

What really gets me about these guys that treat sparring like a fight. These guys know damn well what they're doing. They're clearly skilled and capable of setting up powerful punches/combos, they know they can knock people out, they know they can hurt someone. Save that level of bullshit for the ring or self-defence

Tony, I've been training the last seven months and gotta say, you really are great for putting out so much information for free. I train at wildcard and usually watch a video of yours before I go in to give my workout direction. Hope to see you there one day!

Love the video Tony! A sad story. Yesterday, I witnessed a young 20-so year old male die of a heart attack in our boxing gym. No hard sparring, just light cardio. I watched as they did chest compressions for one hour, shocked him, and finally drove him off to the hospital, where he shortly died. This video reminds me that safety is utmost important. Not only is sparring etiquette important, but also train when you are well rested, healthy, and not in starvation mode. RIP my friend 😢

Love these sort of videos Tony! My coach never lets us spar at full blast, always says "Go easy guys".

2:20 Thats borderline assault. if that was me, i would have made sure that this person got a real reprimand or get kicked out of the club

Tony is correct about boxing etiquette in the ring during sparring sessions. Yes, it is a contact sport, but there are rules and ways to treat our sparring partners. Don't become the guy; no one wants to spar with

Shannon briggs came into my boxing club in the KENT area, hes so kind and respectful, took photos with everyone and had a move around with all of us, came across as a gentle giant and was really eager to help people get better

Having someone whos able to kick your ass watch out for you is one of the best feelings in this world. I know its goofy but i feel so much love from the guys at my gym who can kill me if they tried but I can feel them watching out for my best interest when it comes to health and safety. You're defending yourself but being in a gym like that with great ppl- your guard is never truly up cause you know ya'll love eachother as a fam.

I've fallen in love with boxing over the past couple years, and it's been tough in my mid-30's but I love your channel and I love hearing you break this stuff down. Super helpful, thank you!

Hi Tony, great videos you put up and your commentary is spot on! I used to be an ABA England coach (would have to do a refresher course to be one again) and very much dislike the attitude between opponents/gym mates at times. Good coach's like you with a strong presents are vital in educating individual's and moulding them into better boxers and people outside of the gym ❤❤🥊🥊

6:15 there's plenty of coaches in boxing that are just plain crooks who dont know what theyre doing. really sad

It's always nice to see respect between opponents, thank you for spreading this mentality

Wish I was close to your gym. Love how you respect the art of boxing. And understand the difference between learning and just ego.

Hard sparring destroys the weak brain cells, which leaves only the strong ones, making your brain work better. (SARCASM)

Heard you on Paul Morts podcast and subscribed straight away. I've only just started boxing training at 50 years old and this is full of useful content for me watch and learn. Brilliant work, cheers Tony.

Tony, respect... À class gentleman. Just did my first ever proper sparing tonight at age 34. Loved it! Still just unsure how hard each other should go. And as some one who has never had a street fight in my life and is not generally agro. It's a new world to me so your videos help a lot.

Happened to me about a week and a half ago. The gym had issues with this one guy because of his recklessness. Well I decided to spar him, give him the benefit of the doubt. Well I said light spar, lightly tapped him with a jab and a cross so I sent the tone. He responded with a heavy overhand to the face. I’m ok you did it now, and I ramped up. He got banned from open mats and got put on supervised spars. He also had a spar. What does he do, kicks the training partner during a boxing spar.

Love your channel! I just started watching this week, and a lot of your tips are already helping me improve my punches/footwork at the gym 🙏🏻

4:00 tells u what a man this guy is. He’s a humble one.

At my gym the sparring was super controlled, hard sparring wasn't allowed unless it was the experienced adults or it was the purpose of the session. It allowed the very experienced fighters to get in the ring with far less or smaller fighters and have a technical sparr.

Tony I've watched a few of your videos and would like to say they are great. Each video is very engaging, concise but informative. Thanks so much for uploading!

What I love about Tony's video's, apart from the amazing and surprisingly generous tution he offers the RU-vid community in terms of true and invaluable boxing tution, is his consistent example of practice what you preach. He loads Mal practice among sparring partners and encourages good sportsmanship practices among sparring partners. Whilst I've never been a boxer of any sort, tbh, I once found myself sparring a very green and young fellow who was paired with me for that session because of his promising talent, on his side, and my not shying away from the challenge, my side. There was an unfortunate moment where his youthful skill wasn't enough to prevent a lean body shot I had landed on him, and truth be told out of spite for the schooling I was receiving Infront of the gym from such a young lad, but after seeing he required a moment of recovery I decided to remove that option from the rest of the rounds despite the trainer asking me to repeat again as to teach the boy about holes in one's game and perseverance. I felt I would have negated my opportunity to learn about my weakness of being bested in the other areas as a much older man, against a kid(though better skilled still a kid in age ya dig?) And so in the end I feel I made the nature decision to test myself and while allowing a developing young boxing mind feel their own progress without inhibition. To prove this correct, I've done nothing ever in boxing but that kid has since gone on to be a pro. He still contacts me once in a while but I'm not credited for his success. And rightly so, I'm nothing in what became his journey through ranks and other gyms. I'm just glad I wasn't a force for bad in his development and I credit that for why we can still catch up when he is back in town. Treat sparring as the opportunity it's supposed to be. Practice for development and not practice of your best

Your Channel is gold man! Super humble too. Ive grown a lot as a boxer from your training videos these past 8 months, thanks for everything Coach 🤝👊

2:35 That must have been some street beef that was brought into the ring. I cant belive that was a legit sparring match

That feint from Briggs the overhand right is absolutely sublime, it's what allowed the shot. Really nice

"No, I''m sorry. I hope you're okay! I probably smashed your ribs, though." Made me laugh a lot

Awesome video Tony , keep them coming id watch all day if only i had the time , u are the man LEGEND

Can't wait to spar knowing the most High will guide me through them. 🙌🏿. Great reaction bro lol.

One of the best, albeit low res sparring sessions on RU-vid is James Toney sparring Danny Green. It's gold. Jeff Fenech in Greens corner a nice touch.

Good learning material; new subscriber here and good to see Shannon Briggs showing great sportsmanship conduct in a sparring session

I love how you also teach us good manners

Totally agree with you Tony. Sparring is designed to help and improve boxing skills and conditioning. Not to beat down a less skilled boxer. It’s sad that some boxers and coaches use sparring for wrong intentions. ✝️🇺🇸🥊 Coach Mando from the Alamo City.

Yea the first guy just got completely humbled.

Too many egos. "No man is free who is not master of himself." - Epictetus

Thanks! This was fun and educational. I appreciate that you emphasize sportsmanship, too.

Sparring hard all the time like a r-word will prep you like nothing else for the fights themselves. But it's also the main reason why so many fighters have brain damage. They took most of that damage in the gym, sparring, not in the fights themselves. Especially guys like James Toney.

Hey Tony love u from India🇮🇳 u r one of the most humble person I ever saw & thank u for all tips of boxing

The guy in yellow was Alain Ngalani an MMA fighter in ONE FC

Tony speaks the truth .

Why are most of the boxers so humble outside the ring ? Absolutely amazing. Ali from London uk

Thank you Tony for The Professional / Human Intel. Excellent in-your-face information. Really a fine line between sparring and deliberately hurting people.

Damo in the first clip performed what we like to call a rodtang gone wrong

3:40 It was actually Alain Ngalani, a professional MMA fighter & kickboxer signed in ONE Championship, and he's a heavyweight... so going hard against him was pretty dumb imo

love the insight on these reactions!

Great video Great coach much love to the UK

You are such a gentle coach i am from Pakistan my coach used to beat us with sticks good on you 👍

lovin these clip vids Tony, actually entertaining AND informative, your channel is a belter fella!

Much respect to you Champ.

Thank you for the content. I would have to agree with you on everything that you said throughout the video always keep your head and hands up and facing your opponent. And sparing is to learn you can go hard but it definitely depends on the situation. Respect to Shannon Briggs for checking on his opponent and making sure he was ok

You're the best respect to you! The first boxing YT I started watching!

I like your attitude Tony

Great vid, Even better mentality. Much respect

What a great video m8. Your insight into these clips is fantastic. More!

Love the content and the energy champ! Keep it comin!

sparring truely taught me my lessons… I was sparring with one of my friends in our dojo and she punched me in my nose, I was like “okay.. it doesnt hurt” but immediately after she right hooked my cheek and I was flabbergasted 😂😂 taught me to keep my guard up

Actually left my previous boxing gym because they were sparring each training session like really hard. Now luckily found a good gym in which sparring is for learning!

when he said "finish it" he meant the round! thats Rollie's trainer & Rollie that was Rollie with his shirt off too when the crowd was yelling in Vegas

Tony Jeffries you da man.

6:12 coach is playing too much mortal combat

Tony your videos rules!!

Exactly, sparring is for learning. Not brutalizing each other for no pay.

You are right, one time i knocked some out during sparing, that person never come back at training, never learn how to protect yourself and its bad for a business too.

The truth is that boxing is raw enough without people flexing. Let your hands do the talking, not your ego. And always agree beforehand if you're going light or heavy.

That big guy in the yellow shirt in minute 3:24 is actually a pro MMA fighter from One championship. His name is Alan Ngailani

my coaches: "get in there, move around with him, work on your defense, don't go hard on him or he's gonna go hard on you. get in there and learn"

At 3.22 the big Black guy we with a yellow sleeves t-shirt is Alain Ngalani, a MMA fighter with a very low record more dedicated to his physique than to fighting.

Love your passion Tony👍👍 Cheers mate. Preston U.K. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

5:16 The guy who landed the big shot is Robin Krasniqi former IBO Light HeavyWeight champion from Republic of Kosovo. That guy is a beast. He represents Germany.

love your channel

People think boxing is easy. It's one of the most counterintuitive things you'll ever do. Leaning into punches, relaxing while someone is trying to hit you. If you want to spar, make sure your trainer has your best interests at heart and doesn't throw you in as 'fresh meat'.

6:07 Rolando Romero and his pos dad lol

This is the one thing I always worry about sparring, where I might be pitted against somebody who gets angry too easily, or doesn't know how to dial it back 😥 In any case, major congrats on 800k, Tony! So happy to see you grow so much! 👏🥰

Thanks

The "big guy with the yellow t shirt" is the predator from one FC mma. He was preparing for a fight I think in this video. He's a high level pro.

really love these reactions

1:48 I thought this was the second version of Kane from WWE 🤣

Guy in yellow Shirt is ONE Championship Alain Ngalani

Gentle reminder to lets bring the RU-vid algorithm up by liking Tony's video!

I hate when I spar people and they go all out for 30 seconds and then want to stop because they're gassed out. That's not any way to get better because obviously in any fight you're gonna keep going and get rocked. Although I feel that's something the coach should bring attention to as well.

Where I go, guys that go hard in sparring they get put in their place right away. Learning is the main goal of sparring

I love this guy

I like your reactions, Tonyyy, make more!!

*That coach who said " finish it " was a coach of Rollando Romero. And guy in the ring who knocked the guy out, was Rolly Romero.. No class at all.*

I've been sparring against guys when they're coaches are there in their corner and I've never seen so many rules made up in the middle of a sparring round when they see their fighter not doing well. I got called for wrestling and told "you ever wrestle against one of my guys again I'll kick you out of the gym," when I did a simple position switch when the guy had me backed into the corner. Lightly touched his shoulders and turned around him to switch our positions and turned the tide. Coach was piiiissed

I have a karate and boxing back ground. I wanted to learn how to throw leg kicks so I joined an MMA gym. Before getting into the scenario let me explain I am extremely flexible and throw a lot of different types of kicks in sparring, all of which have an extreme amount of control when thrown to the body / head. First night I join the sparring session I have 2 rounds where i constantly get swept by thai fighters, I loved it because it made me adjust. I got paired with another individual, I threw a jab followed by a question mark kick to the head with 5% power. It was in front of the coach and he started laughing. At that moment the guy I was sparring lost it, he rushed in with a leg kicked clipped me with a solid right and i fell to my knees, wobbled. My ego got in the way and we started throwing blows like it was a fire fight. After the sparring session finished it turns out he had 5 professional fights. I asked the coach "do you always let your pros lose control like that?" and he said "it's a fight gym. I want fighters." That day I cancelled my 150$/month membership and never went back again. Sparring should be controlled unless you know the person well enough to pick up the intensity. I have seen fighters career aspirations crushed in the gym because of uncontrolled sparring. Moral of the story PLEASE SPAR CORRECTLY!

06:14 Someone like Johnny Kreese, Cobra Kai Never Dies.

The guy in yellow mid video is Alan the Panther Ngalani fighting with ONE Championship, four time Muay Thai World Champion, the footage is from his Hong Kong based gym named Impakt. Pretty good guy, again we are not sure what happened before the video.

I love your channel Tony. I'm new to fighting but after 2 week of watching your videos for 2+ hours each day. Tomorrow I am going to confront my bully that has been harassing me for 3 years. He is about 40kg bigger but I am feeling confident because I am faster. I will know you how it goes.

Love your accent, love your videos

I have 15 years and my coach have kd me 2 Times in the liver in one round of sparring, he has the physique like mike tyson and is very powerful so i'm going to leave this bad club

Many guys don't want apologies or to be shown care from someone who just dropped them. It may seem like a silly ego thing, but it's the same in life. - If interviewing for a job, but someone else gets it, you want that guy checking up on you making sure you're okay? - If trying to date a girl, but another man gets her, you want an apology from him? When embarrassed or hurt, opponents apologizing can add insult to injury.

you have inspired me to start working out and runing

"You wouldn't play football and let someone score a goal for free" I dunno, bud. When was the last time you watched Barnsley play?

Hi Tony, I appreciate the value of your videos, I am trying them at the gym. Just wanted to add you seem like a decent person too, that also matters to me. I have not been able to find anything bad about your reputation, cheers!

If you knock your buddy out in sparring, he’s gonna forget what he was supposed to learn sparring!

The last coach has been playing too much mortal kombat

After getting hit HARD multiple times, it's more painful to watch than before