Functional strength in boxing?

For me, functional strength definitely helps, but as Chris mentioned, stamina can overcome that to a degree. If you're tired, no matter how strong you are, your muscles cannot contract with much force for an extended period. When you're exhausted, strength does not help you.

I don't think Frazier was a weak guy. Hardly! He had short, thick legs, a solid torso and stubby but powerful arms. Big shoulders and back muscles. I can't explain why he did badly in those events you mentioned...I have to see footage, unless you can tell me what events they were?

By the way, lifting weight is a skill. You need coordination and balance, something only experience can teach you. It's a lot different than the coordiantion and balance needed for boxing. People assume anyone can just lift a barbell, but it takes time to perfect technique, and even then there are little shortcuts and different ways of lifting. I agree that are different types of strength, and also different ways of displaying it.
I knew a guy at school who could scrummage like a beast, but was **** on the bench press.

Just as an aside...I gotta disagree with McGrain on Ali. I was just thinking the other day how strong he was. Not a very hard hitter sure, but he had strength, and probably more than a lot of people realise. He handled the likes of Foreman (who everyone agrees was a very strong guy) with relative ease on the inside, and often pulled Joe off balance with one hand.

 

...Not sure I agree mate. Training for a fight is very intense and is designed to reach an absolute peak I agree, but it's not like boxers are not generally in shape. Surely they still train between fights, although not nearly as intensly as during preparation for a fight? Okay, some probably don't train at all between fights, but I'd imagine most still do a fair amount of maintenance training.
A former boxer (forget his name) did very well in a triathlon and more than a couple have done well in marathons, for example.

 

Frazier was very strong he just didnt have any technique in that TV show and lifting weights is allot about technique

Anyway strength in boxing isn't about ultimate strength, its about applying strength/punches forward motion constantly for around 45 miniutes. Not explosive weight lifting strength which is only for 10 seconds

 

Norton, a very strong guy himself, was very impressed by Ali's strength and said it was much better than Holmes's, who was of about equal size. So in his own era I think Ali was one of the strongest, but today's weight lifting and steroid taking monsters are of course stronger.

 

Okay...I see what you're saying now. Fair enough.

 

Overhead lifting is all technique, if you lift through the wrong angle and dont get your body underneath it you lose so much of your bodies power.

Frazier knew how to apply his bodies power to an opponent but not to the lifting bar

 

frazier had a deformed left arm i heard. unable to extend it to it's full reach.
the swimming event was the most painful to watch. to know that he had the stamina to do that all day but not able to beat a non swimmer kinda feels wiered. also frazier wasnt a quick guy so the sprint was also a bad move as well.

someone like Roy Jones jr i think would of had a damn good chance of winning the tourneyment

 

They put Frazier in a pool??
I don't know why, but black guys make shitty swimmers.