Some Interesting Averages About Heavyweight Champions

That was a more butchered version of the Ali shuffle than a 50 year old Tyson did on the spot

 

His own family confirmed that right before the fight he would increase the distance to 12-15 miles. It's widly known and accepted. Tyson would run 5 miles and gassed. Dempsey ran 7 and gassed. Marciano ran 5-6 a day when he didn't have a fight coming up, THEN he increased to 8-10, THEN a few weeks before the fight he'd climax the roadwork at 12-15 miles.

 

I can give you a few references too:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?t=147889

http://rippeder.com/content/rocky-marcianos-training

http://www.oocities.org/colosseum/Arena/1047//stamina.html

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http://www.rosstraining.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33464

https://www.*******.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300562

And it's in "Undefeated: Rocky Marciano's fight for perfection in a crooked world"

It is WIDELY known that Marciano would run 12-15 miles before a fight (not everyday of course, just reach it). Not only that, but wailing away at a 300lbs heavybag (I can provide proof of that too) for hours, going to a pool and throwing underwater punches for a ridiculous amount of time. He would do sprints uphill. He would do calisthenics after his normal boxing workouts. He would take a giant stone in the yard and toss it across a ditch.

How do you explain him going 15 rounds with Ezzard Charles, throwing 100+ punches in the final round, and still not even looking tired?

"Rocky Marciano had the endurance to go 20 rounds, he could knock you out in the 20th round."

"He had to train and be in better condition than his opponent, otherwise he wasn't going to win"

Denying his brother as proof is fine, but how about Lou Duva? Angelo Dundee?

He was like a monk when he trained. No contact with his wife. No new foods. No shaking hands. No talk of the opponent. No sneaking off. Rest, train, eat, rest. And you say it's not grueling? Who are you to say that? He had an immense workload, all to get him into incredible conditioning.

 

Someone needs to read Championship Fighting, Dempsey didn't do alot of long distance roadwork. He did alot of sprinting and calisthenics, however.

I didn't mean they gassed after running. I meant that's all their roadwork was, and they'd gas because of it.

Tyson only ran 5 miles, Dempsey only ran 7, in order to go 15 rounds at a grueling pace, you need more roadwork. 15 miles did the trick.

Oldschool boxers like Jeffries and Fitzsimmons would run similar distances, so it's not out of the question

 

Why is there like a 50/50 chance that the link wont work on this forum

 

Links?

 

Also the documentaries are primary sources too