Anyone know or ever heard of Walcott's training routine? I'm curious about his cardio work the ability to dance and shuffle around the ring like he did must have took some conditioning. Anyone have anything? How many rounds of ropework? How he was taught such footwork? Let's discuss :bbb
I don't know what his regimen was, and I'm sure someone will post something about it. But I have heard that for much of his career he had a full time day job and used to do a lot of his training at night. That must have been hard as hell.
My old man saw him knock out Olle Tandberg in Sweden. Dad told me Walcott was reported to do 500 pushups a day.
once he was able to train, eat right and sleep he became an animal for condition. I met him when he was in his 60's and he was a scary built guy,add that strength to some excellent pin-point power and a good pair of legs and he was formidable but he did have some erratic spots in his career. I still rate him high because on a good night he had the goods to upset many of the top 5. He was a late bloomer but unique
I don't know exactly how he trained either but I'll wager it was pretty basic....Morning roadwork followed by his boxing and gym work later on in the day...It's not so much doing anything "secret" or "scientific" so much as it is plugging away at the basics. Putting in the effort. Heavy bag, speed bag, sparring, rope skipping, endless calisthenics, chopping wood, rowing a boat...or a rowing machine. No need to get fancy...just get busy. No fat on those old timers.
In Nat Fleischer's Training For Boxers book, there are a couple pictures of Jersey Joe training. One shows him dressed warmly in a sweatshirt, wool cap doing some shadow boxing while outside doing road work. Another shows him behind a hand-pushed lawnmower with a caption stating that Jersey Joe enjoyed the little workout of mowing the lawn.
