What's harder: Marathon running or 12 rounds in ring

Marathon running(26miles) is harder than training for 12 rounds in boxing. Now if you're getting hit for 12 rounds, it's different. On the other hand you have the running/pitty pat style in the ring, it would be much easier than marathon/actual fighting. How did you find that photo in your sig? I was not aware they had actual physical evidence of when baby Cotto met kid Martinez

Who ever in this thread is saying marathon running is more taxing on the body, takes more stamina and is harder then boxing, you need to get outta here with that crap, its a load of non sense. Boxing is like sprinting a marathon start to finish, with cars driving past every second smashing you over the head with a metal pipe, and thats excluding body shots.

I guess it depends... Imagine going 12 rounds with Marg or some zombie f ucker throwing leather all night. Shi ts a nightmare in comparison to a very long run where your body breaking down is your worst enemy. Fighting 12 hard rounds is extremely hard I would imagine with both the physical and mental stress... Just sparring and being in amateur fights (thats the only experience I can personally speak of) is intense. I could run 6+ miles as just a regular run and be fine. Sure its not 20+ but you can catch your breath even walk...but a 12 round fight is survival. Cant underestimate the stress that long a run outs on your body though either.

Marathon running(26miles) is harder than training for 12 rounds in boxing. Now if you're getting hit for 12 rounds, it's different. On the other hand you have the running/pitty pat style in the ring, it would be much easier than marathon/actual fighting.

Really depends on how hard you're going in both. I've done a lot of running but never marathon length distances and have only sparred 12 straight rounds, relatively lightly, once. I find sparring absolutely exhausting for all the reasons listed above i.e. difficulty to regulate breathing, constant movement with the majority of the body's muscles and, of course, the ever present danger of getting hit in the face so in terms of overall physical exertion I'd probably place a hard twelve round fight over a marathon. Really it's an apples and oranges comparison and the only way to find out is to give both a try yourself.

Why even ask this question on this site bunch of fat turds who don't even go outside. Running is a lot harder then 12rds if you are running 20miles and up. I would rather box for 12rds then run 23 miles anyday and I have done both ffffuuuuukkkk running you're so certain of the personnel here at bscene. i assure you, there are some pretty stellar athletes here. also, if you refer to a marathon and then proceed to say "i've run 23 miles" .... did you quit the last 3? or are you speaking out of your ass? orrrrr, did you just mistype? you came across as such a douche in your post that my tone has to be one of "look at this fukn guy".

Why even ask this question on this site bunch of fat turds who don't even go outside. Running is a lot harder then 12rds if you are running 20miles and up. I would rather box for 12rds then run 23 miles anyday and I have done both ffffuuuuukkkk running

you always need a little reserve to explode with in boxing(to react and to act i.e punch) marathon is at a steady pace

From a stamina point of view running a marathon would be more difficult. What could make a boxing match harder is the damage accumulated over the rounds which can vary.

I am a much bigger fan of boxing than running. In fact I love boxing and stay up to 5AM to watch fights in the US... I am someone who likes to keep fit as much as possible. :) I like to cycle more now though, it's more fun to me. However I respect marathon runners a lot. They don't get credit and people think it's easy to do what they do LOL. I didn't say I don't want anyone to not disagree with me, I simply challenge anyone to run a mile in 4.40 Mins or 6 miles in 30 mins. Of course I would like video evidence. Can you try it? Why the hell would I try. I ran track in HS, would run up to 10 miles at a time for training. It sucks, its hard. But its not as hard as being in a fight. I see no debate in this.

floyd can do both at the same time. he must be the greatest.

Completely depends, how fast you want to run the marathon and who you are in the ring against for 12 rounds. Pretty sure doing 12 rounds against a toddler would be easy.

Lets put it this way. Most pro boxers run anyway and could probably train to do a marathon in a matter of months. Most pro marathon runners probably couldn't train to do 12 hard rounds. I read once that Marvin Hagler used to run 10 miles A DAY!!!

All valid points I've ran 10k's at 45mins and sparred too The difference is, if you're running and you want to slow or stop no big deal If you want to take a break or breather while boxing at the wrong time your health is in trouble That mental pressure makes the difference I think Oh and it's much more taxing on the lungs with the constant change in momentum

lol - i can tell you've gone through a couple dozen pairs of running shoes. I am a much bigger fan of boxing than running. In fact I love boxing and stay up to 5AM to watch fights in the US... I am someone who likes to keep fit as much as possible. :) I like to cycle more now though, it's more fun to me. However I respect marathon runners a lot. They don't get credit and people think it's easy to do what they do LOL. If you dont want to hear people disagree go play on runnersworld.com This is a boxing site. WTF did you expect? I didn't say I don't want anyone to not disagree with me, I simply challenge anyone to run a mile in 4.40 Mins or 6 miles in 30 mins. Of course I would like video evidence. Can you try it?

In pro elite level marathon running, I imagine timing and consistency is very important, so maybe the better question is this: Is pushing through the continual impact of extreme exhaustion in elite marathon running harder than pushing through the impact of exhaustion in the boxing ring? One difference has to be that with marathon running, despite the heart it must take to maintain a fast pace for 20 plus miles, the pain/exhaustion "anticipated" is consistent... Once you've run a marathon you know the level of pain and how it gradually builds over time, thus in subsequent runs you can mentally anticipate the exact level of punishment you're gonna take... It's still hard, but it's more predictable. In boxing, you have to be prepared for the unknown. Even though you've been hit and knocked down before, every punch(and type of punch) is not the same from every type of fighter. You could be hit harder than you've ever been hit before, hit when you're tiring at a crucial point in the fight, hit at odd angles... hit without seeing it...etc etc... So in boxing, you can't exactly anticipate the level of pain and exhaustion you're going to have to deal with... Thus you condition yourself before a fight to be able to deal with worst case scenarios...

Boxing's pace is much like a 800-meter race !

It might be a fair comparison if the person boxing never got hit for the 12 rounds and was throwing punches and slipping punches. But one good body shot and I'm sure that'll immediately stop you harder than that 18 mile wall. Difference between gasping for air with burning muscles and literally being unable to breathe. No disrespect to marathon runners as it is incredibly difficult too.

go play on runnersworld.com :lol1: This was funny.

LOL at bias forum posters saying a runner can slow down. Yeah not like a boxer can not use movement, hug, smother, use feints etc... to slow a fight down. Time is important in a marathon if we are talking fighting pro's here. People can do a marathon, it's the time which makes it impressive. If you do it at 4 or 5 hours, that is not too impressive. That is most likely average. Try under 3 hours at least. If you dont want to hear people disagree go play on runnersworld.com This is a boxing site. WTF did you expect?