thanks hanzo. mosley looks bigger around the torso and both are almost the same height shoulder to shoulder.
Amazing isn't it? They're as lean as competitive bodybuilders or fitness models and they don't even train or diet towards that end or do any of the crazy last minute manipulations that those guys do. Boxers really do train harder than any other athletes, IMO.
Yeah that's why they often have to rehydrate more then 5 litres after a weigh-in... They wouldn't use stuff to get water out of their body prior to that like those bad body-builders... :nono:
I think it would be very interesting to see who the best-conditioned athletes were. Of course, different sports require different levels of conditioning & athleticism, with differing physiques. I'm not sure I would place Boxing at the absolute top of the tree, though --- but then, Boxers used to require significantly greater fitness than is today the case. I imagine a triathlete, for instance, hasn't changed much in this regard between 1910 & 2010.
back when they had the superstars competition on wide world of sports i recall holyfield lapping all the NBA, NFL, etc guys in the long distance race.
I don't agree. Boxing was basically a different sport, especially if you are talking about the early 1900's. You would require compu-clinch instead of people counting punches. Of course stamina was important, but it was more about reserving it. How many of those guys could have went 10-12 rounds throwing a 100+ punches per round. What about defending against that? The more you exert yourself the more tired you'll become. Triathlons have not changed to the degree boxing has so it's not at all a fair comparison.
Yes, in any of a number of eras, but not necessarily all. Sorry for the admittedly-poor wording. I should think, for instance, the fighters of the 30's, with twenty-rounds still on offer in some bouts & relatively little clinching (not unlike today), required greater fitness. No air-conned arenas, either.
Well, as you know, appearances & actual conditioning can fail to align. He certainly looks, & likely is, in tremendous shape. Whether he could go fifteen or twenty rounds in current condition, though, is probably an open-ended debate.
Boxing is probably the only sport with such a glorification of old-timers. Why should they need better fitness back then, where the fuck did they get it from and why didn't they look fitter more often than not?