Fighters who really benefited from an S&C coach?

Also forget to add, I don't live too far from Paul McCloskey (former European champion that fought Khan) and he had a cracking strength and condition coach who I know personally

The same guy has trained professional rugby teams and also has taken on some young pro footballers as clients

As far as I am aware he does more functional workouts, like weightlifitng/powerlifting ,mainly for speed and explosion

He also does a lot of tyre flips and sled drags similar to what you see in strong man. also a lot of high intensity cardio like hill sprints etc

The guy definitely has a lot of knowledge

He was also the strength coach for Irish boxer Eamon O'Kane who was in great shape

 

JMM had an “S&C” coach, previous occupation: PED specialist.

 

Local guy named Ollie Cummings

Really knowledgeable fella and was an ex powerlifter, but not like your typical powerlifter he was also very fit

 

JMM

 

PEDs are used by 99% of Elite athletes, having the experienced strategist decide how & what to use is what makes PEDs useful

Taking PEDs without a meticulous strategy will usually backfire, the odds at success are very thin & require the proper experience/strategy

 

I think boxing is a slightly different sport though, just because it’s so old school some fighters don’t even have s&c coach yet. If you don’t think s&c coach can help you then you probably won’t even go near peds.

And the training methods are so old school too not at all backed up by science.

 

Heavyweights can benefit from PEDs if they want to use them, due to the lack of weight limit & concerns of weight gain.

Restricted Weight-class boxers should avoid PEDs & stick to the lowest weight-class they can make, but that will mean staying in the same division & losing out on big money fights that their manager-promoter wants.

Promoters-Managers-Fans pressure the boxers to move up in weight, PEDs become necessary to tune the extra weight, otherwise they will not look shredded as they move up in weight, which is not acceptable in 2020. Any boxer who is moving up in weight & bulking has to use PEDs

 

Let's all be clear - it was STEROIDS not a S&C coach that saved Marquez.

Ripped hulk with pimples all over his back, taking shots that flattened him in every other fight. Jesus Christ.

Seeing Tim Bradley box his ears off was very pleasing to me. Couldn't have dealt with good ole Timmy losing to a steroid cheat.

 

Pascal and Jack too, among others, but it seems like people really don't care who else works with Memo lol

 

Spinks used one when he moved up.
Holyfield did too.

 

They were limited fighters, but well conditioned

 

Good shout, was about to mention Spinks aswell. As far as I’m aware, he was the first to really put emphasis on S&C when he moved from LHW to HW.