Why are many Heavyweight boxers fat if you have to do a lot of cardio to be a good boxer ?

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  1. rapscalion

    rapscalion Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Because this generation is trash
     
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    Aydamn Dillian Da Dissappointment Full Member

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    It's expensive isn't, having to eat as much food as you can... 4000 calories a day, stuffing down chocolate, pasta anything before midnight
     
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  3. Boxcel

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    Super easy to get fat eating junk. Hard to get fat eating clean.
     
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  4. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ask your boyfriend where got his jerk chicken from......
     
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  5. DavidBarnes

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    Calorie surplus
     
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  6. Aydamn

    Aydamn Dillian Da Dissappointment Full Member

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    same place he stores his VADA pass results
     
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  7. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    The same reason some atheletes with under 10% body fat gas out quickly. They really aren't as related as you would think
     
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    The weight is a big advantage when it comes to punch resistance and strength. It will also give you sligthly more power by the added mass.

    But the biggest advantage is the overall toughness it has over your opponent in Clinches and close range. Just look at Pulev, Miller, Kownacki, Ruiz, Whyte, Arreola, Chisora etc. They walk their opponents down and drain them.

    Functional weight is a talent in hw boxing. Just like height, reach, reaction time, explosive muscle fibres, chin, power, IQ etc.
     
    SmackDaBum, Dec 10, 2019
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  9. bruce_keyes

    bruce_keyes Well-Known Member Full Member

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    it's simple mathematics really. fighters like Ruiz are consuming more calories than they are burning off... Ruiz probably eats 4000-6000 calories a day, but even with the most intense hardcore training, a human can only burn 3000 calories per session...
     
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    The ferocious one el feroz Fernando Vargas said every fighters weight is heavy weight when they don't train. The great Vernon Forrest (God bless) said after a long layoff that he couldn't make any kind of weight. also feroz said he had to take NyQuil to help him sleep so he wouldn't think of food. Also Marcos maidana is basically 300 lbs right now if you've seen him in videos. Clarence bones Adams said it right: with success the reward is food. So the more one wins the more great he eats!
     
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  11. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    has to be diet. They dont have to really make weight so they train hard but eat like pigs.
     
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