Comedic Sparring

Friday night sparring included a few rounds between Jordan and a new guy in the gym named Pete. Steve reminded Jordan that he had to listen to him while he was in the ring. However, once the bell rang, Jordan fancied himself to be Roy Jones Jr., trying to do a lot of moves. It looked sloppy. At the end of the first round, Steve warned him. "Do you want me to stop this right now?" he asked him. Jordan shook his head no, but continued his nutty behavior. Steve kept telling him to keep his hands up.

Pete had sparred a couple of times before, but he looked unsure against Jordan. Jordan caught him up against the ropes a few times, and got off some hard hits.

The rest of the guys in the gym stopped to watch what was going to happen next. Suddenly, we all were yelling out instructions to Pete. "Head movement!" "Work your jab!" "Keep going forward!" Pete caught Jordan in the fact a few times, mainly because Jordan kept dropping his hands. The other guys were falling out laughing at Jordan's attempts at trying to look cool in the ring. "This is comedic sparring right here!" JJ exclaimed.

Pete hung in until the end, even though he wasn't putting up much of a defense. When Steve took his headgear off after the last round, Pete was bleeding from his nose. I was surprised that Jordan managed to get a hit on him like that.

Jermaine told Jordan, "Roy Jones Jr. was boxing for 15 or 16 years before he started doing fancy moves. He can do them because he knows how to get out of them. You can't start off doing that stuff right away. You have to learn the basics first." It was sound advice, but I doubt that Jordan heard any of it.