Lastarza Said He Was Overtrained for Marciano 2

Personally I think during training you reach a point where you're ready and a good trainer will recognize that , though Ray Arcel once said ,there's no such thing as being over trained.

 

LaStarza wasn't a novice; surely he could have trained properly. Or if he didn't, that's on him.

Sounds like an excuse to me.

 

Probably bull****, LaStarza was around the weight he was always at, and looked in good shape while not overly lean or deficient in any way. His face and muscle bellies were full.

Its a good mindset of an athlete to have to say they werent at their best, it helps maintain confidence

 

6lbs is legit nothing and being less light and mobile against marciano wouldve just been a further death sentence, LaStarza was never going to match marciano in strength even if he came in at 200lbs. He died in that ring when his feet stopped moving.

 

He knew he was going to get hammered this time and didn't he just.

 

I’m torn, LaStarza may have been 189-190 in the years following the Marciano fight but maybe this was not his optimal weight due to the competition? He went down in weight against Dan Bucceroni in both of their fights so maybe he felt it was necessary to go down for his bigger fights? Is there a source for the quote?

 

@mcvey fighters used to come in lighter for certain opponents all the time, after his first bout with the Rock maybe he fought a more nimble approach would benefit him? and this is a convenient BS excuse, yeah 6lbs is nothing if you're training for the fight of your life.

 

Bull s*** lol it’s not about Marciano but every fighters always got some reason they lost… Ali’s jaw was broken in the 2nd round vs Norton, Duran had the runs against Leonard and Liston took a dive! - Foreman’s water was bad, Roy Jones lost too much muscle it’s RUBBISH most of the time, just like here - “I trained too hard” = I lost despite being in good shape lol now stop being a wind up merchant, takes one to know one.