Is staying in shape year round bad for a boxer?

Anything would be better to do than what Hatton does.

I think those who stay in shape, keep healthy and dont
drink a hell of a lot, are better off than Ricky Hatton.

 

Being fit year round is healthy. Letting yourself fatten up like a turkey is not good at all. That said, being fit is not the same as being in prime or peak shape.

 

here is a list. year round. the klits, bhop, and pbf. not year round. hatton, chris tits, and peter.

 

You're premise alone answered the question:yep

 

You always have to keep some type of fitness but there are times when the intensity should be turned down. Pacquiao isn't in brutal training all year but he keeps active and moving in between fights. And when training camp starts look out - he turns things up full blast.

 

Staying "fit" is obviously healthy for ANY person, not just an athlete. Trying to stay in absolute PEAK form year round wouldn't work. The body would burn out eventually, not to mention mentally that training schedule wouldn't allow for a regular lifestyle.

 

It seems weight issues are the biggest problem regarding fighters who do not stay in shape all the time insofar as you never know how they will show up to the fight, whether they win or lose. Fighters that stay in shape are more consistent in their wins and have better stamina. I would think that the weight swings would be bad for the heart.

 

Hopkins is 44 years old and he is still a t the top of his game. Now I don't know a lot about the this topic but keep in mind that Hatton is 31 and probbly starting to go on the decline.

 

LOL is this a seriously question? Staying in shape is very healthy is good for a boxer. Hatton's habits are just nasty.

 

Staying in shape year around is the best thing ANYONE can do for their health, short term and long term.

Staying in shape doesnt mean constantly training like you have an upcoming fight.

It means maintaining a baseline of aerbobic, anaerobic, and muscular conditioning, as well as a healthy bodyweight.

By keeping your body at optimum levels, you are then better suited for the intense training that will bring your athletic abilities to their peak in preparation for a fight.


Any great athlete in any sport today does this. During the season the support their physical fitness condition with maintenance workouts.

In the offseason they can recover from injuries, and use the free time to shore up weaknesses and build strength, power, and muscle.


For boxers, athletes that need to cut weight, their priority year around should be to stay at their most ideal natural bodyweight.


The benefits of this are many. The human body that is constantly in shape, constantly training, you develop a far greater degree of neuromuscular conditioning and adaptive response.

Your body gradually comes to adopt the "fit" state as its natural state. You will maintain your muscle mass better, your metabolism will be stay strong, and your mind-muscle connection wont degrade.

Bernard Hopkins and Vitali Klitschko are excellent examples of older fighters that constantly maintain their physical fitness. By never allowing their fitness to really decline, they have extended their performance primes (not physical prime). They will not "grow old" overnight, due to the fact that their bodies have been so consistently maintained that they have slowed the degradation of their athletic abilities down to a crawl.

This is why they can still perform at an elite level.



Fghters like Hatton on the other hand, that drastically balloon up in weight and eat horrible diets, their bodies are prematurely aged.

They damage their bodies, and this bleeds over into their training. Constantly losing large amounts of weight is unhealthy and hard on the body. Its hard on the joints, the metabolism, the muscles.

This damage over a period of years accumulates.

Likewise, when they are training for a fight, they are never sharp at the beginning. They lose enormous amounts of weight in a short period of time, their body cannot fully adapt to the new weight, and the intense training taxes the bodies adaptive response. It actually damages them int he long run.

This is why they decline so quickly.

Every fighter should make it his goal to keep in optimal weight. The benefits are inummerable

 

Klitschkos stay in shape year round.

 

u would think as proffessionals they would be addicted to traing and trying to be the best,l hatton is a joke and I am glad he was exposed by none other than the 2 best fighters in the world

 

Here's an example to crush that theory.

Roberto Duran was worse then Hatton with balooning between fights, partying, drinking and abusing his body. When he was thirty eight he raped Iran Barkley and fought and still had good wins almost well not almost but to 50.

Sugar Ray Leonard loved to be in tip top physical shape. Still is.

But got his ass torn up by no other then Macho Camacho and he wasnt all that old yet.




Andrey

 

That doesnt crush the theory at all.

Your argument doesnt work. You cite TWO examples of fighters, both who are ATGs, and both who are/were exceptional physical specimens and athletes.


To then put forth that it "crushes" the theory because TWO fighters are arguable exceptions to it, that is completely unsound.


It isnt a theory. An athletic trainer, personal trainer, coach, etc etc, will tell you that staying in shape year around is to an athletes benefit.