Could the change in roadwork be behind the emergence of SHWs?

When I am sober, I will attempt to dignify your thread with a resonse. But I have 7 strong beers in me and it's not possible right now.
'Til later...adios.

 

Strange how?

 

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Only 7?

F*ckin'lightweight.

 

Good Lord, a sensible post on the subject.

 

I'm not saying Ali used steroids.
I'm saying he used drugs that were supposed to aid his training or enhance his performance, ie. PEDs. He certainly used the thyroid stuff before Holmes. He certainly used painkiller shots in his hands. We don't know what else doctors might have given him on other occassions. I doubt he would even know. The same would be true of many boxers of that era.

Holyfield, yes, almost 100% certain. And the same for his contemporaries and most HW fighters since.

 

Like I said, boxers have always done something similar.
You can go back to boxing manuals of the 1890s or 1920s or look for snippets in the press about training regimes of the old timers. Sprint intervals come up regularly in the old school training.

My opinion is that the worth of the training is proven in the event itself, so I don't think eschewing "intervals" would border on the ridiculous. The proof is in the pudding. If a man can go the distance strong and fit, he's done the right training, and there are a multitude of ways to train for that. It makes no sense to criticize the dogma and orthodoxy of those who thought Spinks was training "strange" and then replace it with a 'modern' dogma that says all athletes need to do X, Y and Z.
Besides, we're only talking about strength and stamina conditioning. The real training of the boxer is the stuff that involves punching and sparring. Specific boxing training.

 

I didn't think there was any hidden agenda. I don't have an agenda either. I'm just commenting on what I see boxers doing.

No, I don't think a change in generally prefered training methods would result in the emergence of bigger heavyweights in that way. That doesn't make much sense.
I doubt any super-HWs with massive boxing potential and huge physical advantages over their peers were falling short in past eras simply because they weren't great at 5-mile runs.
That's ludricrous really.

 

The reason most these fighters of today are Super Heavyweights is because they are carrying about 5 stone of fat, if the lazy fcukers did more roadwork the giants would be a pretty rare sight.

 

That's true but I wouldn't call those guys "Super Heavyweights", I'd just call them fat.
There aren't many "SHWs" in reality.

 

Wlad ran a lot and he's 245-250. I would like to see 15 rounds back, but only in title unification matches between champions.