No athlete works harder than Floyd!

You cant be serious with this outlook. This is a conservative joke right?

 

Name another athlete in any other sport who can take a yr off then come back to compete against lesser opponents .The only person that I can think of that could do something like that was ....:think The Honky Tonk man !
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I think Floyd is one of the hardest workers no doubt about it, but he should realize he has been able to choose his path many times and who to fight unlike many athletes in boxing or in any other sport were tournaments are norm and playoffs and things like that are schedule.

 

Yes I do. I was a Bio major in college before switching. Phelps intake isn't uncommon for world class swimmers. Even if you take into consideration Phelps size, Floyd doesn't come close to what Phelps burns off.

Calories burned is a fair assessment of how hard an athlete works. It doesn't apply to all sports like golf for example. But boxing and swimming involve endurance training.

So when Floyd or his fans claim as fact that Floyd is the hardest working athlete in the world, I have some facts to show that it isn't the case.

Can Floyd or any of his fans show some proof that he is the hardest working athlete in the world? Is there a chart of what he does and what others do for him to make this unfounded claim?

 

I would say that most professional athletes work harder than Floyd. Most athletes dont have the luxury of being able to take long breaks away from there sport so they have to stay in top condition all the time.

 

First thing I want to address is these absurd caloric intake claims. I am 6'1 245 lbs at about 7-9% bf. I do one intense weight training workout a day. My caloric intake is about 3500 calories. People that claim 7000-12000 calories a day are crazy. While I will concede it is possible to consume that many calories I would be hard pressed to believe that you would be able to endure the intense training that boxers go through. 7000 calories is A LOT of food. You would be so bloated and lethargic. It would require near constant eating which would in turn ramp up the metabolic turn over of the food. Meaning that by constantly eating you would most likely be relieving yourself constantly throughout the day which in turn would deprive you of the nutrients in the food. Complete digestion is a slow process, and if you are constantly introducing more food into your body you are going to expel it before it can be properly digested. So basically they are wasted meals.
My next point will be on these training claims. training hard is great... we all know that, but training smart is even better. You can only train so hard before the training becomes detrimental to your ability to perform... OVER TRAINING! The act of training itself actually breaks the body down... it is proper rest and nutrition that allows for the training cycle to come full circle. The answer to improved performance at the elite level of sports is rarely train harder... it's train smarter.
As for Floyd... none of us know what his real training routine consists of. What I do know from watching his fights is that Floyd is a master of slowing down the pace of a fight, and fight on his own terms. To illustrate my point I will use the example of people often say Floyd gives away the early rounds. WRONG. That is all part of the plan, and it relies heavily on his shoulder roll defense. A defense which allows his opponent to make constant contact with his punches there by giving him the impression he is getting the better in Floyd. In actuality all that is happening is Floyd is setting the stage for his victory by conserving his energy, and allowing his opponent to wear himself out. Then what happens? Floyd starts to take over the fight from his worn out opponent. Is Floyd in great shape? ABSOLUTELY! But, it's his brain that beats his opponents more then anything else.
I have said this in our gym for a long time, and Oscar proved it right. The key to beating Floyd is a long, accurate, and busy jab. That along with a fighter willing to be disciplined enough to be satisfied with using the jab consistently over the course of there fight, and not getting suckered into Floyds game.

 

and "laughs all the way to the bank"? I swear some of these Floyd fans care even more about his ****ing money than he does.:hat

 

Cyclists spend 5 hours a day riding up a damn mountain in rain and wind with 2 mm worth of cloth keeping them warm.

Being in a heated gym with family and friends supporing you all the way through makes it alot more bearable.

 

OK so when I was training Kermit he ran outside in the dead of winter. 36 minutes of interval sprint work. Running 4-8 miles in the mountains of Deer Lake PA. As for mocking the training a fighter does in the gym... try working out for 2 hrs. in a hot gym, with the majority of your training being in the anaerobic thresh hold, and oh yeah lets not forget that a majority of this training consists of sparring. So do all that training, and then get in the ring with someone trying to knock your head off.
There is no greater athlete then a professional fighter. A fight requires a tremendous physical expenditure, and intense mental pressure and stress.
I have seen many a great athlete in great physical condition get in a boxing ring and be totally exhausted in one or two rounds because they can not deal with the tremendous mental pressure that fighting puts on a human being.

 

K2 work harder. No extended vacations, no trips to county... K2 train constantly, all year long.

 

You're a big dude....my best friend is a strength & conditioning coach for some of the Washington redskins and a handful of the Baltimore ravens. I asked him about mike phelps and manny consuming 7000 & 12000 calories respectively and said that while It's definitely not common its absolutely possible considering their professions and the level at which they operate. So while it is crazy to think a small guy like manny and a lanky guy like Michael consume 2 or 3 times more than a big guy like yourself.......everything has to be kept in the proper perspective. Their training and conditioning routine vastly differs from someone in the NFL or NBA.....

 

If you believe someone like pac consumes that much calories you are dreaming :rofl

 

Unless you're there with these athletes all the time, which is impossible, how are you going to answer this question with any confidence?

 

well for some, it's enough that floyd said it to them.

 

No BOXER works harder than Floyd I agree with, but the no ATHLETE bit I'm not so sure...