David Haye and Jeff Lacy prove that lifting weights is bad for a boxer

[Doctor_Tenma]

Yeah, because Haye is exactly like Jeff Lacy. Laughable.

Yeah, I agree here but TS is right to a certain extent. Haye has gotten too bulky and has lost his overall speed. He looked sluggish and his movement; MY GOD; his movement wasn't the same, so slow on his feet. One could never expect him to get close to Wlad/ Vitali with that slow movement. He needs to stop getting bulkier; he looked alot better against Barret.

[Hi-Dro]

sure he does. not to the extent those body builders do. Hatton lifts no more than the average boxer. Plus most of his is on the legs not upper body

his routine was slightly similar to that of bodybuilders, but not quite the same. His conditioning coach had to assimilate it to his boxing workout. I am just trying to dispell the myth that weights are bad. It depends on how you do them, and employ them.

[etlux]

Yeah, I agree here but TS is right to a certain extent. Haye has gotten to bulky and has lost his overall speed. He looked sliggish and his movement; MY GOD; his movement wasn't the same, so slow on his feet. One could never expect him to get close to Wlad/ Vitali with that slow movement. He needs to stop getting bulkier; he looked alot better against Barret.

Ruiz was landing jabs AT WILL on Haye's face, Haye even quoted post fight "I didn't expect Ruiz to land that often on me"

If Ruiz can land AT WILL with his jab what do you think Wlad's jab which is 3 times faster than Ruiz's, 3 times longer, and 12 times more powerful will do to Haye's face? Haye has no chance.

[craigus1990]

what about ricky hatton? he lifts weights during camp, and he's far from having no stamina, or a poor work rate.

this thread fails

there is differant kind of weight training, there is power lifting, training for size gains, strength training, muscular endurance training, core training the list goes on...

[Doctor_Tenma]

what about ricky hatton? he lifts weights during camp, and he's far from having no stamina, or a poor work rate.

this thread fails

But Hatton has foot speed to fall back on.

[etlux]

his routine was slightly similar to that of bodybuilders, but not quite the same. His conditioning coach had to assimilate it to his boxing workout. I am just trying to dispell the myth that weights are bad. It depends on how you do them, and employ them.

well obviously Hatton EMPLOYED them far differently than Briggs and Haye do because Hatton is not in the slightest bulky and doesn't have body building muscles so you sort of fail there and thus your post made no sense

[Frighteous]

Holyfield is a good example of a cruiserweight boxer who incorporated weightlifting (and shooting in the ass) properly. He's an ATG and an American legend, but my comments go unbiased.

[etlux]

Holyfield is a good example of a cruiserweight boxer who incorporated weightlifting (and shooting in the ass) properly. He's an ATG and an American legend, but my comments go unbiased.

exactly. Weight lifting is a little different when you're obviously Roiding like Oldyfield was. When you get bulky with body building you get slow and lose stamina. But when you do it on ROIDS you retain speed AND stamina, thus the power of roids so that example doesn't quite qualify.

[Main Source]

Bold statement.

Hopkins dropped his daily running routine and started to lift weights when he moved to LW and prepared for Tarver. He was stronger than ever and faster in that fight.

There are numerous ways to build up muscle without losing speed, agility and stamina...without doing steroids.

[Dynamite Kid]

They have no stamnia and poor work rate. When you lift weights your arms get heavy and tired. Jeff Lacy and the new David Haye prove that.

You dont think Tyson and Holyfield did weights, no?