A training partner chosen to replicate the physical or stylistic characteristics of the upcoming opponent, in order to prepare the fighter for the specific problems he will need to solve on fight night.
« the sparring partners, you see, they bring in specific sparring partners like I was a bit of a specific partner for Pad Pimbled. Then when he prepared for Toporia, they brought in a specific sparring partner, a guy who was more of a stocky, well-rounded English fighter. »
