Overtrained?!?!

Over training is extremely hard to do, it is just the excuse of choice these days.

 

'I had trained hard for this fight, but at the end of the day, i still wasn't good enough'.

 

I think it has to do with not giving your body enough rest. It is not so much if you train for 12 weeks or 20, but training too much in tha period. You shouldn't train 7 days a week, you need to give your body time to recover. Some boxers probably train for way too long in a day too.

 

The only way to really overtrain "too much" is to past the point in training where you have peaked.

 

In Hatton's case he had to lose something like 40 lbs. to get in shape for the fight with Manny, he was so busy losing weight he wasn't eating properly, depleting his body of nutrients. He also said that he didn't fight his game-plan and that he was fighting with his heart and not his head yep). This isn't to say that he wasn't going to lose the fight anyway.

Overtraining means exhausting yourself more then your body is capable of recovering from, but you can be sure that when a fighter says that after a fight he's just using it as an excuse..

 

Have you ever burned out at work?

That is basically it means. When you train (work) you push your mind and body so it can improve and be more efficient. However, you can end up pushing it too hard that eventually your body and mind will need to slow down (burned out) in order to recuperate.

Your body is a machine. It has peaks and valleys in regards to performance. Every sport have atheletes in a controlled cycle of work and training in order to time their peak for big games and valleys for days off. Golfers skips certain tournaments to rest, soccer players are rotated in the roster, basketball players are given reduce minutes, etc. Every athelete is different and there is really no hard science to say when we burned out. All we know is that it happens during intense physical and/or mental stress.

Boxers are no different. Hatton could have burned out a little that he physically peaked BEFORE the fight with Pacquiao.

Was it an excuse? Maybe.

 

Thank you! :thumbsup

 

it does exist...though i doubt it really plays as much of a factor in fight outcomes as some losing fighters would have you believe. its actually the trainer's responsibility. the fighter is going to want to train all day and night but the trainer has to reign the guy in and make sure that training is a build up to where you are at your peak right on fight night. just going balls to the wall the entire camp will burn you out.

 

Hatton did overtrain for the Pacquiao fight - mainly because he wasn't working with a strength and conditioning coach to manage his weight safely and properly.... instead a crackhead trainer who was only interested in $$$.

Billy Graham did say that he had to hold Hatton back a bit later on in the Mayweather camp because he was too intense too early, he was in great shape for that one I remember.

 

very good post:good

old or not, i look at shane mosley who went right from training for berto to training for mayweather. he had virtually no rest and his old ass body probably was damaged by such sustained exertion. not that he would have won anyway...

 

Overtrained my ass! Hatton getting hit with that punch was just bad fundamentals on his part.

 

It's the easiest excuse to make in boxing.

 

Crimson summed it up nicely!

I first heard of the concept in reference to athletics runners peaking at a certain time of year. eg the indoors championships could be in february while the outdoors in Summer. All the top dogs were training to peak for the outdoors and generally anyone that won medals at the indoors were succesful come Summer time.

 

I agree with most here.

It does exist. It is a valid reason for a given performance.

Hatton could have over trained. Half the responsibility is with your trainer and coaches. They are paid to control your work. They should have done a better job IMHO.

HOWEVER, Hatton got hit by a punch that could have KO'd anyone at 147 and below. If he lost by SD or UD then his excuse is a lot more valid. But he lost mostly based on skill and bad habits - less about efficiency, endurance and etc. Even it he did not over trained that punch would have still KO'd him. He would have still not got up by 10, or at least would have staggered badly that the ref would have called it off anyway (remember he was already down once prior to that KO punch - "Right hook and roll under").

Also you noticed I said half only falls on the trainers and coaches. It is the responsibility of the fighter to stay in reasonable shape between fights. He does not have to be gym rat like PBF but don't be no Arreola. At least attempt to be able to see your own toes and *****. When you have to drop so much weight, it can take a lot physically and mentally.