Boxers who never did the road work?

Now, I imagine some of the old timers probably passed on road work from time to time. I mean how much running does a man have to do If he is fighting so often. But It has got me thinking about specificity In a lot of sports the best guys at there sport are usually purists- real single minded guys like James Toney who breathed easy against Jirov a well known machine and at that time in his life he was meant to have just been sparring and lifting weights when he felt like it.

It isn't a question of morals either that the man who spars often would get brain damage it is a matter of wouldn't the man who spars more often have the better sport specific stamina?

Anyway who didn't do there road work?

 

Wlad did the same thing. I think it's the best choice for the big guys. I read somewhere this might need correcting but anything past 84?kgs on any knee being supported everyday increase the rate of degradation by a frightening amount those big guys especially in the off season running on cement, pavement and road could not be healthy.

Though some guys had it a bit better and ran on golf courses for the soft grass I know Foreman did.

 

Maybe sustained intense effort for 3minutes is best. Sprints, fast paced running all in mini circuits with 1 minute jogs for "rest" would be a good substitute long distance running is good if you wanna keep that kind of pace in a fight. Do the circuit for as many rounds as you are gonna fight.

 

I like to do the same thing with three KG dumbbells for slow shadow boxing. Keeps me throwin all round long.

 

lmao- It'd be scary sh1t to catch Monzon smoking at 6 in the morning during his road work on the way to your job or something just a tall champion boxer known for being violent outside the ring drenched in sweat glaring at you.

 

Oh Richard