fight three four times in one month? there has to be some healing time.no one today is fighting a few times a month like back in the bad ole days. hell lamotta fought robinson three weeks apart at one time. what in shape guys these humans had to be. they almost sound like robots.
That's also why some of the old time fighters had losses you didn't expect. Jack Dempsey took a fight after not having eaten for a few days (was knocked out) but I can see if the fight is easy (say you Ko the guy early...or even a long fight where you don't receive any damage...well then in that cae I can definitly see it being doable..if not advisable....but what shommell said is spot on...necessaity.
great points here - it is amazing how much guys like Armstrong etc fought - I suppose with all sports - or at least all the sports that I've had a hand at - they is absolutely no substitute for being match fit - you can't really replicate actually doing it competetively for real so to maintain that peak - the superb level - theres got to be no better way than doing it insanely regularly - which points to them being in vastly better conditioned and being in a vastly better prepared state than those that don't fight often enough - in 1937 Henry Armstrong had 27 fights winning 26 by KO!! Thats 2 fights a month - some months more (March he fought 3 fight 2 4 round KO's and one 10-rounder, July he fought 3 times - one of which becoming the only man to stop Benny Bass, he won the featherweight crown in October from Petey Sarron so it wasn't like he was keeping busy on cannon fodder during this period!!) - he must've been in some kind of shape and form wise as a result he was damn near unstoppable
One word.....MONEY....The old timers had to fight for thier suppers. Todays fighters don't. At least the top notch ones don't. Plus if you're fighting often there isn't much time to put on a ton of weight between fights. The old timers stayed in shape by fighting often, not taking a year off between fights to count thier money and scout the easiest opponent for thier next fight. Look at what politics and money are doing to the game today. Manny and Mayweather should be in the middle of a 3 fight trilogy by now, not waiting for 5 years before they meet (if they ever do). No wonder MMA is so poular today.
