Which fighters focused nearly only on sparring in their training?

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  1. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Hey guys. So as the thread title asks, which fighters do you know of incorporated more frequent sparring into their training regimen in place of other more varied conventional training methods? I know Julio Cesar Chavez was one of them, and I believe I read that James Toney did this as well.
     
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  2. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    Jake LaMotta sparred for the majority of his training, I remember.
     
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  3. atberry

    atberry Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    James Toney apparently never hit the heavybag, all he did was sparring and speedball - nothing else.
     
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  4. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That he did no reoadwok is pretty obvious. :lol:
     
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  5. nick6

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    chris eubank aswell apparently
     
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  6. atberry

    atberry Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Eubank did lots of different things, even step aerobics and personally designed punchbags, martial art training, splits, backbends, mobile shadow boxing that lasted 45mins, etc.

    His sparring, though, was intense. He found it almost impossible to find sparring partners outside of 3-4 he could regularly use.
     
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  7. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    O'Neil Bell used swimming and sparring to make up his regimen.
     
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  8. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Ah yes, I now remember him referring to his trainer calling those who frequently hit heavy bags "Bag beaters. That ain't a fighter, that's a bag beater" :lol:
     
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  9. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    I've always been interested in the benefits of swimming. Everyone seems to prefer roadwork, but swimming seems to have a weightless full-body intensity to it.
     
    Bogotazo, Aug 15, 2011
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