Randy Turpin documentary

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

Found this on YouTube recently, about the rise and demise of Randolph Turpin; a documentary first aired in 1986 which talks to those that knew him. His family, managers, friends, etc. It's quite long (an hour and a half) but I thought it was very good and well worth a watch if you haven't seen it before. Most interesting to me was the training regimen that Turpin was put through by a chap named Batty, designed to cover his body in muscle, like "plates of armour". Twelve exercises, for strength and conditioning, including... shock horror... weight training.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/13106

[ShoulderRoll]

Found this on YouTube recently, about the rise and demise of Randolph Turpin; a documentary first aired in 1986 which talks to those that knew him. His family, managers, friends, etc. It's quite long (an hour and a half) but I thought it was very good and well worth a watch if you haven't seen it before. Most interesting to me was the training regimen that Turpin was put through by a chap named Batty, designed to cover his body in muscle, like "plates of armour". Twelve exercises, for strength and conditioning, including... shock horror... weight training.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/13106

What time in the video is the segment on the training regimen?

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

What time in the video is the segment on the training regimen?

It's about 15:45 onwards, talking about Arthur Batty

[ShoulderRoll]

It's about 15:45 onwards, talking about Arthur Batty

Thanks.

I'm intrigued by the Batty exercise method now as well. Found the following after a brief online search:


The former featherweight believed that the Market Square statue was a fitting tribute to Randolph, who was an amazing physical specimen as a fighter; he revealed that his brother loved to lift weights using a secret technique pioneered by a man named Arthur Batty.

“Arthur was always making gadgets for training and taught a weight-lifting technique that still left you with your mobility but it was no good for a featherweight.”

https://www.boxingscene.com/look-back-remembering-battling-jackie-turpin--36492

There were two interesting aspects to the weight lifting equipment that Arthur put together. The first related to the fact that whilst it had long been recognised, by the general boxing world, that weight lifting was a highly effective method of strengthening muscles, it had a downside, that it had an adverse effect on 'agility'. It had always been 'deemed' that 'agility' was a necessary pre-requisite in the boxing ring.

Arthur Batty that the two were not necessarily mutually exclusive!...

One last word about 'agility'. I, in my teens, would often go up to the gym to watch on training nights. On a Sunday morning no training took place other than warm-up exercises, however, sparing in the ring was the order of the day, Frequently, I would be the last to enter the ring - but I never landed a punch on either of the brothers. I could not get near them, even in this very small ring. Their agility and anticipation to move out of the way in order to avoid my 'onslaught' was profound.

Edward Montague (Sam Nelson) Feb 2011

http://www.mirrormist.com/nelson_gym_arthur_batty_turpin_brothers.htm

[billeau2]

It's about 15:45 onwards, talking about Arthur Batty

Very interesting stuff! Notice how the training goals were so different that the idea of weight training was filtered through doubts? It goes to show how different goals were involved in training a fighter.

This different attitude could well account for the difference in size we see...as opposed to this idea that "people, even people from a relatively small genetic sample, are just bigger today."

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

Thanks.

The former featherweight believed that the Market Square statue was a fitting tribute to Randolph, who was an amazing physical specimen as a fighter; he revealed that his brother loved to lift weights using a secret technique pioneered by a man named Arthur Batty.

“Arthur was always making gadgets for training and taught a weight-lifting technique that still left you with your mobility but it was no good for a featherweight.”

https://www.boxingscene.com/look-back-remembering-battling-jackie-turpin--36492

Just read that article about 'Battling' Jackie Turpin, very nice find thank you! Although I'm not sure about the bit where, talking about Randy, he says, "...a stallion reared up on him once and he knocked that out with one punch"!?! Haha. Reading these old stories, you can hardly believe it anyway, these folks were hard as nails

[OctoberRed]

Very nice find.

[ron davis]

Out standing, thanks.

[Mario040481]

Inadvertently came across that doc a few months ago. Had no intention of watching it at all. 90 mins later, different story altogether.