Need advice, started taking boxing classes and I've been wanting to focus on my 1-2 with a heavy bag, jump roping...

Need advice, started taking boxing classes and I've been wanting to focus on my 1-2 with a heavy bag, jump roping, and footwork but they keep wanting to advance me forward to sparring. Should I do what they tell me or just tell them I feel like I need a lot more work at just punching? I feel like I will just get wrecked when sparring.

Also, I almost made it bros. I have a group date with a Stacey this weekend. I'm a pro at one-on-one dates but the last time I did a group date I fucking sported and she never talked to me again. What advice can you offer? Do I just focus on her? Do I chat up her friends? Do I offer to buy a round of drinks? This chick is legit and I'm in my own head already. I feel like this is my final exam before she will start meeting me one on one where I can crush it.

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Depends.
Some boxers swear on technique work and avoid over sparring like a plague
Some prefer sparring over bag work etc

If you want to learn how to fight you have to spar.
Ask a decent guy in your gym to go light with you and to give you room try out a bit.

I def feel like I still can't throw a good punch. Im trying to get my feet and my hands to coordinate

I'm thinking a pro with patience would be lit, but they want me to pair up with newbies like me and they're always overzealous. It's a small gym so my options are limited

Any advice on getting my feet and hands to work together? My timing is turrible

If there is no decent sparring partner then wait.
To learn hand foot coordination, do the Boxring walk at home.
Jab and small step with the left foot, cross and small step With the right foot

I hadn't heard of the boxing walk, that's something I can do to help. Thanks bro

go fucking spar you pussy

tyson at 15 was sparrin big grown mofos and knockem down you fuckin sissy go spar boi

u wanna go pro but dont gonna spar u gotta be kididin rite boi ? u a joke man

Low quality bait.
Go be a noob somewhere else

Take your whoopin' and learn from the experience. Sparring and bag work are a night and day difference. If you're serious about boxing, you'll get no better experience than in the ring. Learning to take the hear and push forward even when you're scared is a huge part of the game. If your coach isn't a complete asshat, he'll match you up with a partner that is also trying to help you improve while working their own kit.

Thanks bud. Im too old for pro. Using it for cardio and always wanted to learn. Feel like it's embarrassing not knowing how to throw a real punch.

If anyone is curious about boxing it's a lot of fucking fun. Def do it.

there is no age limit for going pro at any sport if you have a solid fitness background, just go for it

Go spar dude. You can punch the bag all you want but actually boxing is the best way to improve. Right now I'm just punching my bag for 30 mins and I would love to have a sparring partner to box with since there's no gyms in my hometown. If you've got people ready to spar on a daily basis take it as a gift because you'll just get better

IAM boxing for over 10 years so I tell you this. Working the bag allows you to improve your technique. You have time to evaluate what went good what were bad etc. Sparring is testing want you already practice. It also allows you to train ring control. Other big thing it's learning how to work your opponents. Bag will not hit you back or try to fool you. I had to take a long break on some stage for over a year and when I came back I knew that my punch wasent up to standard I wanted it. Spend first 8 months just practicing punches and combinations and not doing any sparing.when I started sparing I got rekt 3 maybe 4 times but after I found what was working for me.

Dude, going to the gym and not sparring for 8 months would make me lose my mind. Good on you putting in the work.

Fuck, you are stupid. The reason you pay your gym money is your trainers know better than you. Be grateful they are investing energy in you, shut up, listen, and work hard.

t. muay thai fag

I don't get how some people don't want to jump in there to spar. Back when I was a kid doing taekwondo my dad forced me to do sparring would be my favorite day of the week because I'd be reking nerds left and right. The bag work and technique was the most boring thing I ever did

Guess different mentality. I love the footwork and technique. Reking is only secondary to my passion for getting the timing perfect. Im just as stoked hitting a bag perfect as I am sparring.

I'm not in there just to wreck people, personally. I mean, coming out on top and having a good sparring day is always a nice little ego boost, but I really just enjoy the fight. Getting hit has never really bothered me, and I think that's something that keeps a lot of people from getting in the ring.

That's because you're American.

Disclaimer: I sparred good amateur fighter (around national/Euro champ level) before, so I know what I am talking about.

Basically, it is like this: The American system is a huge meat grinder. The training consist of bags + sparring, which is completely different to anywhere else. You don't really "learn" boxing in America, you just get thrown into cold water and whoever floats on top has a future in boxing. The other guys are just shit out of luck and will be thrown away. The American system takes someone who's naturally good at boxing and feeds him hundreds of guys who are not as good. It's like that old Chinese Kung Fu thing where you put several poisonous animals into a bag and wait who comes out on top. If you are that guy, then yeah, you may become really good.

Everywhere else, it's mostly partner drills and shadow boxing, to make you "learn" boxing even if you have no talent. People outside the US don't do much sparring and if they do, it's light sparring, not the typical US "gym wars".

It works in the US because you have so many people who want to box, there always more than enough meat to go into the grinder.

Thanks for the replies guys. It sounds like it's okay to stick with bag and footwork for a while. I want to spar but I want to feel like I am settled before I do. Use sparring as a way to tweak my shadow boxing and bag work.

Muay Thai? Every day is sparring day.

Ever seen sparring in Thailand?

You're American, aren't you?

Sure have.
Sure am.

Do you think everyone just goes ham every round over here?