I'm very interested in how fighters from yesteryear were able to fight so many rounds without tiring out. Does anyone have insight into boxers from the early 1900's and their conditioning regiment? Thanks.
Nellie Bly's classic article on Sullivan's preparation for Kilrain is as good a place as any to start. http://www.bareknuckleboxinghalloffame.com/id2.html
Good point. Those clinches give people a little "break" and were very beneficial especially when people had to go I dunno..... like 20 rounds! I don't know why some people crucify clinching now it's just apart of the sport and can help to not only regain abit of stamina but to slow down the pace of the fight and to turn your opponent, stop a pressure fighter from trying to corner you, etc.
Second winds. Once you get it, you can go a long time. I think fighters factored this onto their training.
What the hell never knew "Nellie Bly" was a person, that the name of a kid's amusement park in Brooklyn.
Not all the long fights were "clinchfests" though, see Wolgast vs Nelson. Just two well-conditioned and extremely tough battlers. This content is protected
good read. interesting that he had a recipe that he put on his body in order to "harden" himslef. and long long runs iguess will do it. di tullio, good point about the clinching. it's hard not to notice how much clinching was done in the footage available.
Nellie Bly was the first prominent female reporter of her time...They even wrote a song in her honor...
Good point. You also reminded me that in the past, just like today, some men were more conditioned than others. Off topic, that is a seriously jacked leg.
well conditioned and willpower that was almost impossible to break. someone had said in another post that tough times make tough men.