Protective equipment for sparring and competition includes boxing gloves and headgear. The film opens with two men in boxing gloves and trunks sparring vigorously. In Olympic Taekwondo competition, however, only sparring (using WT competition rules) is performed. The International Olympic Committee recognized the WT and Taekwondo sparring in 1980. Chisora was originally scheduled to fight Arnold Gjergjaj, who broke his ribs in sparring. During the sparring training he beats Peter. Bootney is lanky boxer that is overwhelmed in the initial sparring matches. During the sparring training, he unwillingly defeats Will. Sykes prepared for the fight with three weeks of sparring with Leon Spinks in Michigan. Kyokushin training consists of three main elements&colon; technique, forms, and sparring. Harrison was sparring regularly with experienced world class Heavyweights like Vaughn Bean. It teaches a curriculum that emphasizes aliveness, physical toughness, and full contact sparring. The traditionalists therefore argue that there is no benefit to sparring with more forceful strikes. Rourke claims to have received a concussion from his sparring match with Rodriguez. He would later employ McCarter as a sparring partner.