Being fit or being strong, which one would you choose? Me personally is being fit, it is one of the worst feelings in the ring when ur tired. So if you had to pick one what is important to you????
This x9000 If I was forced to choose, I'd go with fitness, simply because I like the feeling of being in shape (although, I have no idea what it's like to feel strong ) Fitness has never been an issue for me, since if I had the choice of lifting weights or going for a run, I'd always run. But strength has always been a glaring weakness of mine. I train with some guys who are seriously big units, and they can pretty much shove me around at will. Fitness didn't mean much, because they were all relatively fit as well, they were just miles stronger than me. Recently I've spent time wotking on my strength, and although I'm still weak as **** I certainly feel the difference.
I think it really starts with fitness. When I'm not winded I can punch through a wall. When my legs and lungs are tired, my power is sapped. It's probably more of a personal thing, but I always felt that boxing requires incredible physical fitness as a basis for success.
You mean endurance or strength? Being fit means a good balance of both to me. I don't think a long distance runner is necessarily "fit" if he can't do a single pull up but can run far.
I have been lucky enough to never have to fight long enough to get REALLY winded, but I KNOW if I had to fight nine or twelve against a decent opponent it would be bad news for me. Strength can only bail you out if you can still pull the trigger, and you have to be able to "explode" with it or it does no good at all in fighting. This balance is so tenuous. But I would much rather be someone like Tyson who gasses a bit later (or sooner - his last few fights he was kind of mostly done after three or four rounds) but has explosive death dealing power early than a guy like Malignaggi or Wayne Mcculluch who probably does not get tired from the fight, just from getting hit too many times because he can't keep the best guys off him if they don't respect his power. I'd rather go home early. But there is a big difference between strength and having a sure fire knock out punch, so I'll take the punch over the general fitness and go home early like Julian Jackson, one way or the other.
