“It wasn’t that bad”
We had a call with our nephew who has just had his first boxing sparring session, against a professional too.
He then started to described his experience. He said the straight punches to the face didn’t hurt as much as expected. But the hooks to the side of the head caused him to want to just “lie down and sleep”.
Another unexpected thing was the reflex and instinct to turn away from oncoming punches. Of course this just takes the attention away from the opponent and lets them hit whatever they want. He said he ducked once too low and earned a hard punch to the rib that almost knocked him off balance.
The next time he spars, he will have his girlfriend film it for us. That will be entertaining for us… since we’re not the ones being punched in the face.