Why do so many pro boxers simply train not enough?

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  1. Boom1989

    Boom1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Is it just laziness, or are other factors involved?

    I know boxing is no bodybuilding contest, but when a boxer looks like Mike Tyson it has several benefits:

    - he feels good about himself - mental edge
    - the opponent may get scared, or at least concerned - mental edge
    - the audience is impressed - gets more attention, bigger draw, more money, etc.


    For your (no homo) viewing pleasure, this is what an athlete is supposed to look like in my book:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXae7qYFV24[/ame]
     
  2. MrPeterson

    MrPeterson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    no homo? gayest post of the year
     
  3. FORMIDABLE

    FORMIDABLE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How many fighters with big bodybuilder-type bodies ever do any signnificant in boxing?

    I can only remember most of the ones I've seen getting KTFO in devastating KOs.

    All that mass bodybuilders have will slow them down and they'll fatigue quicker in sports requiring great cardio. Big for nothing I say.
     
  4. Goodhill

    Goodhill Iron Horse - born to lose Full Member

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    Gaining muscle mass is for body-building Barbie Ken´s - solo boxeo

    This is what boxers look like
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    And this is how they train

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  5. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Because there are too many short cuts thats why !! Too many dam weight classes etc ..This is why Chris Arreola is a top heavyweight today !
     
  6. lefty

    lefty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Are you a complete ******? Do you think he'll feel better about himself if he's in great boxing shape or if he just looks the part? Do you think any boxer is stupid enough to equate muscle size to strength or skill? Do you think anybody in the audience is impressed about the boxers physique (apart from obvious gayboys like yourself) ?

    Learn about muscle physiology, those guys aren't athletic looking, they're muscle bound. If you train for hypertrophy you're making yourself a poorer athlete as your strength to weight ratio goes down. Strength and size aren't the same thing gayboy. Neural factors and tendon tension play a far larger part in power than muscle does.
     
  7. Boom1989

    Boom1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wow, quite sensible aren't ya? Am I right to assume you are 140 lbs of pure non-muscle?
     
  8. AnthonyW

    AnthonyW ESB Official Gif Poster Full Member

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    I haven't watched the video, but gaining muscle like that guy in the video is not the way forward. Of course boxers can do weights, but it is a lot more benefitial if the weights are sports specific and explosive, rather than just to gain mass like a bodybuilder.

    Boxers tend to have very strong cores, and not much excess muscle on arms and shoulders IMO.
     
  9. Boxing Fanatic

    Boxing Fanatic Loyal Member banned

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    guys like pac arent that muscular. look at rios, dominating, but no muslces. u dont need bulking muscles in boxing to be successful. too much muscles hinders on boxing technique
     
  10. I1T2BOX

    I1T2BOX Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol:
     
  11. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    that guy is roided up
     
  12. Boom1989

    Boom1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Here we go ... :-(
     
  13. Zaryu

    Zaryu Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So you measure laziness on how ripped or not a boxer looks?
     
  14. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Sorry but the guy in the vid looks roided up to me, several people from my gym look like him and they are all roided up. Its not that weird that it seems that way for me then, right? If he is natural then full respect for his hard work and dedication of course.
     
  15. Ilesey

    Ilesey ~ Full Member

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    SoooOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooOOOoOoOoOoOoOOOOoooooo gay.