Yarde doesn`t believe in sparring!

I saw the interviews with Yarde & Kov. Was first time seeing Yarde. He seems like nice young guy, polite & well spoken. He also has a wicked sense of humor. Dont take him too lightly.
Kov gave a good interview too seems relaxed & ready for the fight. I hope its a good one with the better man on the night getting the deserved win
Oh just one more thing **** Clenelo!!!!

 

Quality and hard sparring is a must for any championship level boxer. That is championship level boxer from English title and area title level upwards.

If he isn’t doing a lot of quality and hard sparring to prepare for this one, then Kovalev will wipe him out.

There is the point to be made that too much hard quality sparring puts miles on the clock, and shortens your career. This is especially the case with those who are other elite level boxers sparring partners. Health problems are common in the later stages of a career and post boxing for those who are reckless with how much sparring they do.

 

Yup. James Toney only used to spar and skip a lot of the regular road work. He was slurring by the time he was 30 although skill wise he was as sharp as a razor.

 

Toney's had a speech impediment since he was young. People tend to slap the "brain damage" label on anyone with a thick accent. He has issues regulating hormones which has to do with a brain disorder that's medicated with synthetic testosterone, might explain his pudgy physique too, but overall I don't think it's right to jump to conclusions and say he has boxing related brain damage if that were true even the most corrupt commission wouldn't risk letting a big name like him fight. Changes in speech could be caused by a bunch of other things, hormonal problems, age, weight gain, general health etc. Toney has a brain disorder, but whether that's come from boxing is another question. Anyways, day in day out gym wars are harmful for a fighter, but regular light sparring, when your just practicing technique and not trying to deal damage, is probably one of the most beneficial things for a fighter.

 

I havent seen any of that

 

That looks awful. I've always been skeptical of the Mayweather school of pad work, it all looks timed and seems more of an intense cardio workout if anything, but this is poor even by those standards. Yarde's chances seem pretty slim if this is what his sparring consists of.

 

Everyone likes to act like they're from the mean streets and had it bad, but unless you grew up in Baghdad or Beirut you really haven't. People love to brag about having a raw deal growing up, but who didn't? The 1% of well to do rich kids? Too many fighters these days act like tough guys and jocks, and we all know neither make great fighters.

 

Just for the Murray and Cotto fights, I am quite sure. His daily "training camp" was at his VIP suite in a hotel. They literally claimed to have "converted" it into a gym. Everybody knew this before the fight took place (why those who can't get over the Cotto L are so strange to me).

 

Ok doctor.

So getting punched in the head for decades doesnt cause neurological damage which can lead to slurred speach and pugilistic dementia?