We all have heard about the battles at Miletich and Chute Boxe and we all know the reasons to spar. But how crucial would you guys say sparring is, for example a guy like Sergio Martinez may only spar 2-3 per camp but then other guys may spar once or even twice a week.
What do you guys feel is a smart amount to spar?
Depends if you are sparring Chute Boxe/MFS style or not
Bootsy Collins - Depends if you are sparring Chute Boxe/MFS style or notLet's say you're not. But generally people do atleast one hard sparring session a week. Is that necessary?
3 days a week , but only one day is hard sparring
StocktonStickerSlap - Once a week hard with 4 oz gloves
Interesting.
We would never have sparred hard with 4 oz bar in the run up to a fight. And even then it wasn't 100%
4 tines a week full contact
Jk
Once a week hard.
Muay thai 2x a week pretty hard
I spar about 4 times a week. Mostly light to medium. Saturday MMA is generally very fast and light. If you include BJJ rolling as sparring then double my answer.