Sleep before a big fight

It's not like the fight is at 8 in the morning.

Even if they stay up until 3am, they still have all morning and noon to sleep.

 

Makes you wonder how many fights are decided by who gets some sleep

 

ive learned that boxers are advised not to sleep 12 hours after the fight...

 

I've been interested in how boxers sleep after fights, because of the shots to the head.

 

**** knows!there minds must be goin at a hundred miles an hour,i have trouble sleeping the night before goin to the gym because im so hyped for the sparring&pad work.

 

dunno i tried to have a quick nap but i think ill have a coffee and some cake till the big fight

 

Lennox Lewis too.

Pattern there, three of the greatest heavyweights of all-time?

 

Froch recently said that he woke up every hour the night before the Taylor fight, due to being so pumped up and ready for it.

First time I've heard Froch mention anything about his sleep patterns before a fight so maybe this was unusual for him and he normally sleeps ok the night before??

It's an interesting question though - it must have an effect if one fighter has slept well and the other hasnt?

 

definetly.

 

I've heard that Froch has been known to get very nervous before fights in the past.

 

Yeah, I've heard Froch gets nervous before a fight too. I just thought it was interesting that after the Taylor fight he thought it was worth mentioning that he'd hardly slept the night before??

Maybe he was just trying to justify why it took him 8 rounds to land a punch on Taylor :think

 

Sleeping is easy. Just watch John Ruiz fights..

 

lol! ;-)

 

I used to love the cameras cutting to the Lewis dressing room and there he was out like a light, that or playing chess, cool as could be. It's just amazing really because inside he must have been feeling the pressure.