Fighters who could go 15 rounds while maintaining a extreme workrate, throw over a 1000 punches in a 12 round fight, seemingly never tire... So on and so forth. What kind of fitness regimes did each of them follow? I know Marciano would literally run/walk 20 miles a day preparing for fights, which I find borderline sadistic. That's a literally nearly a marathon every day. No wonder the guy was only 188 pounds or so. What about Zack Padilla? Joe Frazier? Henry Armstrong? Jim Jeffries? Aaron Pryor? Really, details on any of their training methods, stories... Anything would be good.
Good subject. Genetics have a link for sure. Big guys like Frazier and Marciano have a better workrate than a lot of lightweights also, and that is quite impressive. Interesting thing taken from Lance Armstrong's physical attribute : So just by boxing a lot in a long period of time should improve this feature. Also running doesn't always have a link with in-ring stamina. I read about people who were running fast and for long periods of time but were tiring out faster than the slower runners. While you are running your hands are not working as hard as when you're boxing in the ring.
Marciano I believe averaged 80-100 punches a round, sometimes going over that. Very unusual for a heavyweight, 188 pounds or not. I have never seen anyone since have such a work rate at this at Cruiserweight or Heavyweight.
Like I said in another topic, Ike Ibeabuchi threw 975 punches in 12 rounds against Tua, so it is ~81 punches/round and he weighed 235 pounds. It's very impressive for a man of his size, but I think steroids have to be linked with it.
Simple but Hard - throw combination after combination, whether on a bag/pads whatever, improve the length and intensity of the session and gradually improve your PRs in roadwork. Learning to relax when you punch and pace your punching means you don't tire as fast The stamina that impresses me is Ali because bouncing and moving on your tip-toes round after round is exhausting
Here's a question for you. So many like to call Marciano this HUGE puncher, but consider how many punches he threw per round against the much smaller heavyweights of his period....and how long it typically took him to wear them down and get them out by the time he was the younger man....as champ. Hmmmm.....
Yeah, and the fact that the likes of Charles/Walcott weren't exactly granite chinned... He hit hard, but it was very crude power, and he wasn't particularly precise.
