Why do men get so wound up sometimes?

[Anonymous]

Went to my weekly boxing class last night. We were only two, and our coach asked us to spar a bit.

I'm not that good, I still a lot of training, especially cardio, but I landed a couple hits.

After one of the hits, the guy starts yelling and complaint that I was hitting too hard...

I tried telling him I'm sorry if I said and that I'm not trying to, and he kept whining.

The guy isn't as tall as me but he's well built.

What does he expect in boxing?

[EmbraceThePain]

Well, if you’re hitting too hard people can get injured. This is training, not an actual fight, so you wouldn’t want to get injured if you can help it. Yes, it’s a combat sport, but again within reason you don’t want to get injured. This case you bring up is a perfect example, where you’re boxing but you are training and don’t want to seriously punch someone like you would in an actual fight or competition. So, I would get quite angry or irritated if my training partner punched me harder than what was expected or understood. I probably wouldn’t want to train with him anymore, until I was certain he wouldn’t punch me like that again. It’s respect, safety, etc.

[Asker]

I didn't punch him remotely hard. We have gloves on too and we were told how to layout our punches, so his guard was up all the time.

[EmbraceThePain]

If you say so.

[Anonymous]

Lol he needs to stfu!!! It’s boxing!!! I do Thain boxing, that’s worse w the kicks to the legs. It’s obvious if you hit someone hard or kick them hard that’s one thing. But if you got him good cause he forgot to check it that’s on him. Maybe establish what is considered sparring? Like what is the definition of light or medium sparring. Your light compared to his may be different. Either way it’s a contact sport.

[Asker]

Our coach told us what combo to do... left right left uppercut. It's on the right that he complained, I think...

Twice him, twice me.

I firmly believe he overreacted.

[Anonymous]

I’m unsure of the boxing rules of a spar. It could be possible that the rules were to pull your punches. If so he could have legitimate reason. However, it’s still boxing. The rule is to protect yourself at all times. He should be more angry his defense wasn’t better.

[ArtemisSilver]

I'd have apologized and then hit him with proper match strength before asking him if he's actually there to box. I am however admittedly something of an asshole LoL

[Asker]

He even said, "Do you want me to hit you full strength?" I told him he could hit harder because I couldn't feel anything.

[ArtemisSilver]

LoL 😅

[Anonymous]

"Why did that guy get so wound up?

There ^ , I fixed it for you"