A great night in comparison to a week ago where I was comprehensively beaten up by Ash. For the first time in a while my rib pains had gone and I felt on top form. Straight into the ring and Dave right hooked me on my weakest rib winding me.
Continuous sparring with Nick, Rich and Dave was excellent and I found a huge difference in keeping my distance although as Nick said I was still inclined to move into the danger zone which I know I do because I miss the action skirting around the edge.
Half way through I could taste blood - my gum shield had a sharp edge and it had cut large chunks of skin from the inside of my upper lip. I spat it out and angrily kicked it out of the ring and carried on without it in much less pain. I feel I'm improving, although Jas says I should maintain my stance (and hence balance), and use more combinations. All trainers say this (listen to Enzo Calzaghe between rounds!) but when you are tired it's like being drunk and your mental to physical coordination becomes detached.
2 weeks time we are going to Steve Robinson's gym to spar - not long and Jason says we have to get fit, so he punished us to finish off with 3 sets of shuttle runs the length of the gym - never been so out of breath.
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