Awareness

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I'm curious how you guys take in the guy your sparrring with.
I seem to be missing things partly because my boxing gloves are covering
the area the kicks are being launched from.

[Tim Tackett]

You may be letting him get too close to you.

[brentlance]

I agree with Tim. I notice I have much more success landing kicks inside the fighting measure. It is harder, I think, for the opponent to see them and usually if he has his hands up, esp. with gloves on, he has even more limited vision. Also, it would be hard to kick effectively against you if you're working a good offensive.

And since you don't want to drop your hands at that range, work on either keeping him at the distance you want to by either nailing him when he tries to enter or using distance creating footwork to maintain the measure. Then combine the two to keep him confused. And follow up from as many angles as you can.