Myth Buster: They ONLY Spar Light in Thailand

Get ready to be enlightened. All sparring in Thailand is not light. I did get some light rounds and was very happy to work a chill moderate pace but that was less than 50% of the sparring I did over there.
Have you trained in Thailand? Was the sparring chill or fairly hard?
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[@linussvedberg486]

I agree they do spar hard in thailand but in my expirience gyms like to test ”their” own fighters to new guys they see have skills.

[@5ifth]

They probably saw that you were good and since they knew you weren’t going to be there long they wanted their guys to get the experience of getting outclassed in boxing.

[@1Invinc]

I think what was happening is that they recognized that you were a far superior boxer, and they wanted to use you to train up their Thai fighters who'd rarely experience good hands at the same level with the usual sparring partners.

[@viktorracz7399]

I never thought I could watch a dude talking about sparring for 12 minutes, but now I wish it was a longer video. I didn’t know you until today, but I’m really excited about your videos now. Very informative and different from the other channels. Cool cool cool

[@paulsantiago9626]

2 years living training and fighting all over Thailand from issan to the islands and i will say that Thais dont spar hard with each other very often. They love to swing off on farang who are there for a few weeks to a month lol 😂. Also hands do not really score at all in Thailand unless they are damaging and move the opponent out of there base so they intensionally spar hard with hands to develop that attribute. They have no interest in pitter patter hands. Waste of time

[@chamudapeiris2872]

I just sparred today in the muay thai gym and watching the video with a swolen eyelid .Yep they don't sparr light

[@treyz7847]

I agree. Hard sparring is fine once in a while, but if you are going home feeling dizzy from taking shots everytime, then you probably need to get out of that gym as soon as you can. That's just no good in the long run in my opinion

[@zvuho]

They spar from 8 years old.

[@pedrokenzo4670]

Sparring in Thailand seems awful... You are either much better than them or you'll get knocked out

[@GerlardTheSeaLion]

Went so Sinbi last year, remember watching a foreigner and one of the trainers trying to take eachothers heads of in the ring while all thai fighters of the gym were standing around yelling "oweeeee" ahaha. good times

[@GabrielVargaOfficial]

At least clinch work over in Thailand is a more controlled pace because the sparring was crazy.

[@InimitaPaul]

Thai’s: White man in the house, time to step it up 😉

[@koan7144]

Amazing "Bangkok ready" story! Trainers cheering while outclassing Thai fighters reminded me of Bas Rutten's story how he was surprised that people idolized and praised him in Japan after beating "their" fighter since in Holland the other guy would need bodyguards to save him from a crowd after beating him. I love that philosophy of striving for better and appreciating the best in other humans 🙏

[@MEXTHAIBOXER]

Defense goes a long ways. And so does what you say about combos. I sent my fighter to Thailand last year and he said the same thing you do in this video. He was able to get the better of the sparring partners out there with superior boxing defense , counters and combinations.

[@caleb4369]

Take a shot every time gabriel says “touch”

[@skyline2282]

Your personal, tried and honest insight is invaluable. Thank you!

[@joed2525]

I got stiches sparring in Thailand. The guy I was sparing couldn't handle my hands like you said. (i've been doing just boxing most my life) and he got upset and started throwing hard kicks to the head and body, and he fainted a body kick, went high after awhile and then bam! cut my eye brow.

[@dsww9641]

Yes he’s right. That Fairtex gym was in Bangphli at Soi Boontamamuson. A lot of foreigners but as a beginner then I had a lot of fun training there. Apart from the gym, they had a fairtex factory, pro shop, guest accommodation and even the Boss’s summer house at the back which was filled with exotic animals. Sadly, the gym has been closed for several years.

[@Hero38210]

Hey maybe it's because the some of the Thais are a little bit racist and want a piece of the white Farang Tiger man. I'm asian and have seen this attitude towards foreigners before. But it's nice that you are a humble man. Very respected!!

[@joshuajamias7648]

I just discovered your channel two weeks ago and love your content! I didn't take my first boxing match until I turned 30. Your insights have been really helpful.