Best conditioned boxer ever?

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  1. alexthegreatmc

    alexthegreatmc Sound logic and reason. You're welcome! Full Member

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    I'd dispute Mayweather and Hopkins, I think they preserve energy very well to fight strong by the 12th. Their activity is low so I wouldn't consider them the most conditioned, won't know for sure until someone makes them work more but they're greatly conditioned either way.
     
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    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    In the Hopkins-Trinidad fight we got to see how incredibly conditioned Hopkins was. Remember that Trinidad had ensless stamina and is how he won many of his fights towards the latter part of fights....

    ...Hopkins however was fresher and had outworked Trinidad throughout the entire fight.
     
  3. alexthegreatmc

    alexthegreatmc Sound logic and reason. You're welcome! Full Member

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    Good point, I guess my mistake for only thinking about the current state of these guys.
     
  4. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Jack Johnson
    Floyd Mayweather
    Carlos Monzon
    Ray Robinson

    Stamina is such a huge, even underrated, part of boxing. No coincidence that this list will comprise of absolute legends.
     
  5. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hopkins is the guy as far as I'm concerned.
     
  6. Jim Jeffries

    Jim Jeffries Ring General banned Full Member

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    Kovalev has good conditioning.



    Hopkins is probably the best one, though. He's had years to improve.
     
  7. Ducklerr

    Ducklerr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You forgot Zaggers :huh
     
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    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano. He had ridiculous stamina and work rate. The best ever imo.
     
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  9. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Pacquiao
     
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    Benitom3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Marciano, ya bums lol
     
  11. TheExpertboxer

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    Jeanneatte.
     
  12. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Sal Sanchez by far had the best lungs who you never saw gasp or pause for air, Marciano, Hagler, and Calzaghe.
     
  13. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Guys with low workrate need to be automatically taken out of the question. As are guys who don't sit down on their punches.

    The answer to this question has to be a hard volume puncher.

    Guys like Hagler or Pacquiao.
     
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    Henry Armstrong and Aaron Pryor
     
  15. kiwi_boxer

    kiwi_boxer nighty night, ellerbe ☠ ☠ ☠ banned Full Member

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    Im sorry, but no.

    The video's of him "weightlifting" are cringeworthy. His 200kg "deadlift" I was waiting for his back to go ping. Terrible form through out a majority of his training.

    There are multiple videos of his training that do him more bad than good.

    He cannot be compared to someone like Floyd, Bradley, Pacquiao, Zaggers and Hopkins (to name a few). Regardless of his size.
     
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