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how many rounds does he actually do in a training camp

I'm pretty sure he said 16 on that 24/7 show.

do any other fighter do hardly any sparring?? whats people take on this?? do u need lots of sparring?

I believe Martinez said he had done 60 rounds of sparring. Nigel Benn claimed to do very little, or sometimes no, sparring when training for fights.

Teddy's Toupee wrote:I believe Martinez said he had done 60 rounds of sparring. Nigel Benn claimed to do very little, or sometimes no, sparring when training for fights.

Ah right that makes sense, thought it was pretty odd

kells wrote:do any other fighter do hardly any sparring?? whats people take on this?? do u need lots of sparring?

David Starie never sparred before fights

The fighters that don't do sparring or alot of it seem to still hav success, is as much needed as people do?

kells wrote:The fighters that don't do sparring or alot of it seem to still hav success, is as much needed as people do?

probably depends on personal preference and your fighting style to be honest, if youre going to want to counter punch alot or be more elusive then i guess sparring is more important, so you can be sharp and get your timing on. but alot of come forward pressure fighters may want to do a bit less sparring so they take less damage in training and are fresher come fight night!

but im no boxing trainer

Calzaghe was another one who reportedly didn't spar much before fights

suppose everybodys different.theres no set rule as were all individuals and every body has things that work for them and things that dont.