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briggs didnt lose because of his muscles. he lost because he had no stamina and no drive to push himself. he didnt want to fight that night. he lost because he had no heart, not because he had too much or too little muscle.
as for other boxers, you need more than muscle to win in boxing. boxing is a game of skill and will, muscle has nothing to do with either. with briggs, he had a lot of muscle, but skill and will were virtually nonexistant, which is why he lost so convincingly.
edison miranda, frank bruno, and others. muscle gives you power (i guess), but if you have no skill to deliver that power and no will to throw that power, you're not gonna win.
p.s. im not saying miranda and bruno have no heart, they just didnt have the skills to match their will, and their muscular bodies did not aid them.Comment
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Trunks gets so much bigger with his muscles, the main reason he cant hit Cell.Comment
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You're right, look at those gymnast. They can do that 'crucifix' pose while hanging, etc. They don't have that kind of huge muscles but man look at what they do!
I've seen them in the gym and they can leg push over 500lbs!
Lance Armstrong...that tiny cycling superstar got a wiry but superhuman legs...
Well, Briggs should exit boxing right now and compete in the World's Strongest Man contest...LOL!Comment
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Yep, Briggs ought to quit, if he's not going to bother with roadwork and conditioning. Pisses me off when I see a boxer getting paid big bucks that doesn't the fight fans enough to put the effort in at the gym so he can give them a good show. It's a slap in the ****ing face to us all.
Also, Gymnasts are pretty muscular, but not like bodybuilders. Check out their triceps and lats when they're in the pose you're talking about.
And about leg presses: When I was a senior in high school, I could press way over 700 pounds (actually think I made it over 800, but don't recall for sure). Also had a 34" vertical jump. Spent alot of time running, never lifted weights in my life, but my thigh and calf muscles were just naturally big to the point that if I bought jeans that fit my waist, they'd be tight on my legs. My arms are also naturally big (Popeye forearms, big cut triceps), but again, never lifted weights. Some people are larger framed, some aren't. My bone structure is larger than most people my size, or even bigger. I'm 6'2", weigh in at about 210, and wear a size 13 shoe, but have managed to keep a 34" waistline (not easy, at my age). But I've got a buddy who's 6'6", weighs the same as me, has the same waistline, but his hands are very visibly smaller, and he wears a size 11 shoe, much smaller than me. He actually has a perfect boxer's build, I think. Can you imagine a 6'6" cruiserweight?
Anyway, lots of different body types out there. Some are naturally muscular and bulk up easy, some need 'roids to do it (Jone Jr is a good example). But when all is said and done, weight training for muscle mass is NEVER good for sports like boxing. If you see an overly musclebound fighter, it's almost invariably due to steroids, and done to sacrifice stamina and endurance for strength and durability. I think Holyfield is one of the few guys who are a little bulky, but got there the right way. I never say his stamina suffer (that I could tell) until he was nearly 40 and pretty much finished as a fighter. ........Comment
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1. This is true, you do need more blood and oxygen to feed the larger muscles, but what people tend to forget is that your body is not confined to a specific, unchanging amount of blood for the duration of your life. Quite the contrary, as your body shrinks (wieght or muscle mass loss) or gets bigger (muscle or fat gain), the amount of blood in your body also increases.
Of course the amount of oxygen you need to take in does indeed increase with a heavier bodywieght, and this is why athletes who have lots of muscle mass have much larger lungs that those who do not.
2. And no, flexibility does not diminish just because muslce mass is added. Tom Platz, a bodybuilder from the early 80's, known for hving MONSTROUS thighs, was able to easily do the splits, touch his toes, etc, and often did as part of his posing routines.
Mike Tyson was/is extremely muscular, especially in the arms/chest/shoulders, yet his punches were amazingly fast.
Muscular doesn't necessarily equate to slow or inflexible.
I personally have very muscular thighs. Always have. Yet even at 6'6" and 365 I have very fast and high kicks because I practice them and stretch on occasion. Of course, Im a fatass, and get winded after about five kicks, but you get my point. lol.Comment
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Muscle has nothing to do with it. It's all about skills. Every real sport is all about how much skills you have. And I am not talking about Floyd Mayweather like skill. That is technique...skills as in guys who know what it takes to win, when to throw the right, blah blah. Briggs just simply doesn't have it.Comment
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