Hey there, I'm studying history and the subject I chose for my final essay is: "Boxing training regimes and diëts trough times and ages". I 'm boxing for years now and I have always been interested in the long history of the sport, I'm also very interested in training regimes and diëts. So that is why I combine the two together. I have been reading the articles and forums of East side boxing a lot for years but never felt like posting myself. Now I do have a lot of questions I would like to ask the people on this forum. My first question is: Does anybody have information about the training regimes and/or diets from fighters of the past like Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jake la Motta, SRR, The fabulous four, or other greats?
as a boxing fan, boxer and someone who studied history to a pretty high level, I would advise you not to do this as your topic. If you really want to do your essay on boxing then I would advise you to do something like the History of the Sport dating back to bare knuckle days. That way you'll have no problem getting good historiography, dates, figures and names.
