After Dave's punishment the other week the bridge of my nose phased through all the colours between black and yellow before going back to normal.
Monday's session was much better, two new guys Ricky and Yaz did some technique with Jason so Ash and I did some sparring practice. Ash gave me a lot of tips and at least explained how he kept breaking through my jabs and delivering some clean body shots making it feel impossible to go near him without being hit.
Another thing is I hate being hit in the eyes - it feels as if my eyeballs are going to burst - yet another reason to keep my guard up!
At the end of the third round I heard the bell go so walked away but did not notice that Ash was in the middle of delivering a hard right hook which connected with my left ear. Jason looked up just in time to see me crash into the ropes in a bemused kind of way.
Wednesday was just me and the two youngsters Ricky and Yaz who had new gloves. Did non-stop block practice alternating between being the boxer and fighter and on one occasion I lost my concentration so one of Yaz's jabs got through square on my still sore nose which really pissed me off. There's no middle ground in boxing. Got my own back by tiring him out until his arms dropped and then left them both for dust in fitness coming in first after all the sets of pressups, squats and running laps of the gym.
