>joined my local boxing gym
>was there for maybe 4-6 months before i started sparring
>i don't fight, and have no intention of fighting, really
>the majority of the guys i spar with have either fought before, or fight semi-regularly
>it's hard as shit
>i'm fairly sure that at least one or two of the hits i landed were only because they let me hit them
>the more 'legitimate' hits i landed i had to work really fucking hard for
>i'd usually take at least half a dozen punches myself just to land one on them
>talk to them about sparring the coach and fighting local amateur bouts
>they find that sparring our coach is much harder than the fights they've had
>they have the same problem against our coach that i have against them
How long does it take to get past this stage? I haven't trained in a while because our gym closed down. But I felt as helpless as a child fighting a grown man.