Bhop trained with Mackie Shilstone in prep for Tarver and he is an advocate of resistance training so Hopkins has clearly done resistance training and probably still does. Well by your own quote Mayweather does use free weights, just infrequently, has using free weights made him slow? Most top fighters will use some from of strength/resistance training whether it be weights or some other form of resistance and too think that just by picking up dumbell, barbell or using a machine will some how make you slow if your training is geared towards power/strength is absurd.
There is a whole library full of research that proves that statement wrong. Compare the physiques of sprinters and long distance runners. Who do you think lifts weighst of the 2 and who do you think is faster? Lifting improves explosiveness and speed. Modern boxer incorporate lifting and sprints into their training. The long 8 mile runs are becoming a thing of the past.
Even long distance runners such as marathon runners incorporate weight training to their programme. Though your point is correct. Resistance training is a benefit for any athlete in any serious sport. http://www.runnerslife.co.uk/uploads/Simon_Jones/contributor_section/1391785771.jpg
dealt_with has DEALT WITH this thread! Well done, sir! ;-) Lol @ Mayweather! The guy still ties weights to his legs and shadow-boxes with them in his hands as well! Still runs miles and miles per day (despite having a VERY low energy output) and doesn't lift weights properly.
Aside that you are wrong and have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, do you have any scientific data to back this up? You as well aside hear say like my boxing coach back in 1980es said to me yada yada wieghts are bad.
Maybe we should go and eat raw steak before fights like Sugar Ray cause obviously it worked for him and run 20 km in army boots. That makes real men!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is where people go wrong. Never listen to a boxer, whatever their level, when it comes to lifting weights.
Olympic lifters, and Power lifters are some of the most explosive people alive. Bodybuilding training however where you are focusing on mirror muscles, and muscle development is less effective. You will deff be slowed down for a few days, so you don't want to be lifting heavy right before a fight, but it will make you faster, and more explosive after recovery. You could be doing a full on Powerlifting, or Olympic routine before a fight, and shut down, a week or 2 before a fight, and get all you speed back with added strength. The only concern I can really see is if your weight lifting trainer is poor at programming, and gives you too much volume. Avoid bodybuilding.com routines. Do something like Starting Strength as it focuses on strength, and explosiveness. Another thing is people tend to think you will gain to much muscle, and move up a weight class. Well you can in fact move up several, but not without a caloric surplus. A guy could comfortably move from 154 to HW with enough squats, milk, and KFC lol. It's all about calories.
I do agree mostly, but at the same time a lifting coach with some background in boxing is preferred since he will know when to back off on bench press as not to affect a fighters training, and bag work for example. A boxer will have to do less volume on upper body work because of the demands of his training with bag work, and sparring. You will need to get the strength coach on the same page with the boxing trainer so a shoulder injury does not creep up during camp. But yeah most boxers probably do poser bodybuilding routines, and fail to reap the full benefit of weight training.
You can do resistance training without lifting weights. I don't personally have any issues with weights. It took Michael Jordan's game to a whole different level. I just find it interesting that two of the very best boxers in this business do very little weight training. I also just saw that Mayweather said Bradley probably lifted too much weights before his fight with pacquiao.