Sparring yesterday went was fun, but opponent was out-of-shape. Big guy who could hit hard, but his strikes were slow. Corner coach told me before the match that he drops his hand after jabbing so counter with my right. Did that a lot, but also found I could land my right almost everytime without using it to counter. My jab had a near 100% success rate, as well. Practiced throwing more body shots than before, but I should throw those harder. They made contact but not as solidly as a body shot should. There were several left hooks and overhand rights I landed that seemed to stun him so I eased up, and in the last round he was very noticeably tired. After getting hit, he would slap his forehead and go "OOOORGH!" several times. His cornerman shouted not to do that and stay calm.

Had a chat with him afterwards while we watched the others go; nice guy. He asked me "You're one of the coaches, right?" and I found out he was confusing me with the Tuesday night coach, who went on to spar after us. That was a cool compliment.

In unrelated news, I'm going to LA on Friday for my niece's birthday and will be returning Sunday, so no boxing this Friday. Will see if I have time to hit up Muscle Beach in Venice again.