Foreman explains how he built up his endurance in his comeback

I was expecting to read something about hydration, being that one of his former trainers supposedly tried to dry him out to get him to a lower weight before fights, or something like that.

George's stamina certainly seemed better in his comeback, but it's hard to imagine that version of him running 8-10 miles.

Whatever he did differently to improve his stamina though, it's too bad that didn't get corrected in his first career. Imagine that version of George with better stamina.

Nice message otherwise, and hands-down the best comeback in boxing history. Better getting it figured out late than never.

 

George Foreman in his comeback relaxed which is much more valuable then any amount of long distance road work if you’re a ball of anxiety. Great quote.

 

I am guessing there was some walking involved in those 8-10 miles runs. George Foreman was a big man in his second career! Never-the-less his stamina was obviously improved so, whatever he did, it sure helped him.

 

The schools of thought on what yields best results in strength and conditioning/endurance/diet/etc changes constantly. I would say evolves but I don’t think every new idea that comes along and becomes THE thing is necessarily better than what came before.

At certain points weightlifting was taboo in boxing. Then people figured out ways to do it that would enhance the mechanics used in boxing and it became OK.

Below heavyweight today, just about every world-class boxer cuts weight and does so largely through dehydration (really since day-before weigh-ins became a thing it’s been a contest to see who could cut the most weight and then get as much of it back through rehydration before fight time) … so they must figure being ‘bigger’ and losing that water weight is better than being fully hydrated all along and fighting closer to what they weighed in at.

A lot of it is fads. I guarantee if we live long enough you wait 20-30 years and there will be some ‘workout scientists’ who will absolutely ‘prove’ that a bunch of what people do today is terrible for them and the ‘new’ way is how to do it — until something else comes along.

I believe Ray Robinson did roadwork in clunky/heavy Army boots. Ate steak as his day-before meal and was known to have the cook drain the blood out of beef and drink it with his meal. I’m sure the very top kinesiologists/conditioning coaches of today will tell you Ray was doing it all wrong. But darned if they’ve found a way to create a better Ray Robinson yet … so who is to say Ray’s way wasn’t better?

 

Archie Moore, I believe.

 

No way, no how was Foreman running that far in his comeback years. Nothing short of video evidence would convince me!

 

This a crock of shite I think ... When he lost to Ali he went into depression. And he went back to eating cheeseburgers to pull him out of it. He got ready for fights by eating cheeseburgers. " When I eat cheeseburgers I feel good , and I fight good when I feel good "
He orders 5 cheeseburgers during lunch interviews .. lol

Big George was a story teller . running 8 to 10 miles training for fights ? LOL
Hell he couldn't even sit down between rounds. He had one foot up on the stool

 

I think both are true. Lots of cheeseburgers and lots of miles in the legs. He never really gassed in his second career. This would be an impossibility without doing the cardio work.

But yeah, lots of cheeseburgers.

 

I think you are missing the reason Big George stood in between rounds ? If he sat , he was afraid he wouldn't be able to get back up

 

Agree 100% ,, Gil Clancy once commented on how Roberto Duran was able to fight so long at an advanced age and against bigger opponents he said,,"Roberto is so relaxed in the ring so comfortable in there" , George found that out too... great observation!

 

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If he ran at this speed (or even slower when he gets tired) IMHO he could run 8-10 miles.
Nevertheless, Foreman was a professional athlete with several records that are still valid today (one of the records is a career break of 10 years, which no one would have managed).
Of course I have no proof that Foreman is telling the truth or lying. But I trust him