General fitness: Which atheletes are better conditioned than top boxers?

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  1. zetsui

    zetsui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What sport comes to mind? Obviously conditoning has a lot to do with end goal/sport, but int terms of overall fitness, I doubt anything else comes close to boxing as far as fitness.

    Swimmers for example as pretty well conditioned, however after making weight, technique is often the key to timing, not conditioning.
     
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  2. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    i heard the hardest working atheletes in sport were gymnasts followed closely by boxers
     
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  3. lepinthehood

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    Triathletes maybe.
     
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  4. The General

    The General Boxing Addict Full Member

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    american football players, morbidly obese lads in full body padding who have to go of for oxygen after playing for 5 seconds, they must be in serious shape
     
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  5. boxing_master

    boxing_master Loyal Member banned

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    soccer players need a shout out as well.......................
     
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  6. miketysonko

    miketysonko Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boxers and swimmers
     
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  7. zetsui

    zetsui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I've trained with gymnasts at university. NO offense, but their cardio wasn't nearly as good as boxers. 220lb guys running 2 miles every two or three times a week was the norm.
     
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  8. zetsui

    zetsui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ESPN Frontline had a documentary on Football palyesr. 60% develop demensia. That is far worse than even boxers. Also lots of ligand, joint and shin problems later in life due to the upper body weight in many of them.
     
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  9. zetsui

    zetsui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Soccer is the closest in my eyes. Not as much conditioning when it coems to power or stregnth, they are built more like runners; but very much the same ability as far as sport/drills/reflexes. A running back half back in football a close 2nd for me.
     
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  10. Jack Kollin

    Jack Kollin Say my name? Full Member

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    golf :lol:
     
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  11. The General

    The General Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ya prime athletes:lol: basically fat bast.ards pretending to be athletes
     
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  12. The General

    The General Boxing Addict Full Member

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    hurlers are incredible athletes
     
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  13. Jack Kollin

    Jack Kollin Say my name? Full Member

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    tennis looks like a tiring sport running left and right
     
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  14. retriever

    retriever Boxing Addict Full Member

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    None.
     
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  15. big moose

    big moose Active Member Full Member

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    I reckon tennis is one of the best all-round: sprinting, endurance, power and concentration are all tested for up to 5 hours - with no team-mates to take the burden when you need a breather. Incredibly competitive too - huge pool of talent across the world (not like some minority sports where only one or two nations take them seriously).
     
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