Tyson, D'amato, Weights

[bobbyjones]

i heard somehwere that Tyson was 5'8" and 205 lbs when he was 13 or 14 so I think that a lot iof hgis weigth was jsut natural. That being said however, he certainly did do a little bit of lifting but I think that Tyson was jsut genetically predisposed to being a big guy

[Mr. Violence]

I read somewhere that Tyson bench pressed 500 pounds, what kind of non weight workouts bring that sort of power?

Tyson was knocking out grown men at the age of 9 on the street-preboxing training...also when they first found Tyson off the streets at age 13, one of Tyson's first trainers put him on a bench press to see how strong he was...he bench pressed 200 lbs. no problem...this is when they took him raw off the street no training no weight lifting. So he had tremendous natural strength pre boxing.

[Slipx]

someone told me brad pitt benched 450 during filming of fight club, dont believe everything ya read lol

bench dont mean **** in terms of punching power anyway

[Mr. Violence]

someone told me brad pitt benched 450 during filming of fight club, dont believe everything ya read lol

bench dont mean **** in terms of punching power anyway

I know that...I was just pointing out that he had natural strength...I'm not some illogical Tyson nuthugger who is claiming that Tyson is Superman...No, Tyson is the king of wasted potential.

[Floydmayweather]

Some lifting is good if done in a explosive way. Push-press, jump-squats etc
plyometrics are also great

[Tha Greatest]

ya

Some lifting is good if done in a explosive way. Push-press, jump-squats etc
plyometrics are also great

Exactly!!

Plyometrics are the best!!!

[joeboxer]

just a random point. if you are deciding what to do in your routine with weights and such, don't compare yourself to Mike Tyson.
Especially if your going to fight as an amateur, Tyson wasn't even that great when his opponents got to wear head gear.

[buff_mike10]

just a random point. if you are deciding what to do in your routine with weights and such, don't compare yourself to Mike Tyson.
Especially if your going to fight as an amateur, Tyson wasn't even that great when his opponents got to wear head gear.

Yea, i was on larry holmes web page and he talks on there, he said Tyson didn't hit all that hard. He said Shavers, Norton, and Cooney, even butterbean hit harder. He said Tyson was just very fast and sharp and hard to hit.

[boxernyc]

someone told me brad pitt benched 450 during filming of fight club, dont believe everything ya read lol

bench dont mean **** in terms of punching power anyway

I was there, he totally benched 450! He did like 3 sets of 15 reps.

[Kornhusker]

I was there, he totally benched 450! He did like 3 sets of 15 reps.

So you saw his warm-up sets?