I mean, aren't these guys supposed to be professional fighters? I think that year round they should be in good shape and 2 months is more than plenty to get to peak shape and train for a particular opponent. Heavyweights are often just fat guys by the sounds of things hanging out in burger bars between fights....do these guys take things seriously ? I mean can you imagine an Olympic athlete needing 3-4 months to get ready for an event? They take it more seriously and train year round and are pretty much living in tip top shape, why do boxers think they can be slobs between fights? I don't get it.
It's just an excuse Kubrat Pussylev had his backbone surgically removed by Dr Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, ever since then he's suffered from acute cowardice for which there is no known cure.
2-3 months maybe less if they're in shape. Slobs? You must not have fought before. Cuz cutting weigh, not having sex and no drinking def sucks. Not to mention working out 2 times a day on most days. But hey thats just me right?
If they stayed in shape and fought close to their weight they could recover and fight once a month. The weight cutting is probably a major limiting factor. If you try to cut 20 lbs, you probably can't do that more than three times a year. Also, avoiding the drug testers. If you are competing frequently enough, and being tested often, it's harder to beat the tests and look clean. That's why guys like Mayweather fought once or twice a year and frequently retired.
I'm more referring to the heavyweights in regard to being slobs - they have no weight limit to get down to. All they have to do is retain a decent degree of fitness...then 6-9 weeks would be plenty to come to a peak level. Look at a young Mike Tyson....he was fighting every other week early on. Now, I know as they climb the rankings and competition gets tougher they can't do that but still fighting 4-6 times a year is easily doable physically at least from a fitness point of view. As for not having sex ? That's old school and well a lot of fighters disregard that and Tyson certainly did. As for myself - no I'm not a fighter just a fan. But I am a regular gym go'er and am all year round in decent shape. Of course fight condition is another level but if I was a professional fighter being in shape year round wouldn't be that much of a big deal if it was my livelihood. IMO.
