Alex Ariza

Anyone see the behind the ropes footage where they had Khan doing sprints, then shadow boxing in a sandpit?

It's little things like that which made a massive difference to Khan's ability to recover from big punches and his fitness and endurance last night was immense and a credit to the hard work from Alex Ariza and Amir himself.

Nothing against the likes of Oliver Harrison and Dean Powell and some of the other top trainers we have in Britain but going to LA with Roach and getting the sparring that he has is levels beyond and will have improved Khan no doubt.

 

it all in the legs and neck

 

Ariza's been around for a long time, see him and his wonderful leather jacket, when he worked for Diego Corrales, after the Mayweather loss.

Start from about 3:25

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It was Roach that told Ariza to reduce his upper body mass and work on Khan's legs.
Roach was also shocked at some of the conditioning stuff Khan was doing with that Rugby S&C trainer!

 

I forgot about that Foreman segmennt. "Nobodies pound-for-pound until they beat Page".