is diet really important???

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

Ultimately you can get into good shape without having the greatest diet in the world, if you train like a madman, but boxing is a sport of extremely fine margins and even if diet only makes a tiny difference it's worth it.

[The_Sandman]

You have to understand, athletes train their asses off and make sacrifices for the tiniest improvements. A runner will do crazy things to beat their record by a few seconds. I'm not saying a professional boxer requires eating healthy. They can eat whatever they want (as long as they make the weight). But if their opponent is eating healthy on top of training hard, then mentally, a fighter is going to want to get on his level. It's that mental reassurance that he did everything that he could do to be at his best. While a lot of fighters...matter fact, we'll say humans. While a lot humans get fatter as they get older, Hopkins is still in great shape and able to compete at the championship level. A lot of that has to do with dieting.

[EveryDayDrew]

Sounds like you have your own thoughts on the topic, and that you are looking for validation for your eating habits, moreso than really being interested in nutrition.

Personally I think a strong dedication to dieting, and fitness are part of the dedication of being an athlete...building a strong body and mind, that will last longer...you CAN do it the other way...but do you really want to experiment with your body?...for it to possibly fail when you need it most?...

[boxingchef]

if you train hard enough, does it really matter what u put in your body

look at swimmer michael phelps, dude eats like some of us... dont talk metabolism, he trains real hard

ok, in boxing u gotta get your weight down but why not just fight at your natural weight as well as go hard instead of killing your self to make weight then rehydrating like a dinosaur

pac n may dont kill themselves to make weight

james toney ate comfortably, successful in higher weights.

yes ofcourse he was fleshy but boxing is about fitness not physique

double post.....see below

[boxingchef]

if you train hard enough, does it really matter what u put in your body

look at swimmer michael phelps, dude eats like some of us... dont talk metabolism, he trains real hard

ok, in boxing u gotta get your weight down but why not just fight at your natural weight as well as go hard instead of killing your self to make weight then rehydrating like a dinosaur

pac n may dont kill themselves to make weight

james toney ate comfortably, successful in higher weights.

yes ofcourse he was fleshy but boxing is about fitness not physique

put it this way.......

you can have the best engine money can buy in your car..... put in the best fuel you can, and the engine will run like a champ, put in garbage fuel, and that engine will breakdown and not perform at its best.... your body is the same way when you are on the level of a pro athlete

[Sam Donald]

thanks for the responses!

[Phil Ivey]

Lol @ saying Phelps eats like us... I don't think you can even grasp how much he digests each day. I don't know what you're trying to get at? Phelps has a strict and healthy diet. He's not eating like your average Joe.

[NearHypnos]

Is this Chavez Jr posting? <_<


No, but seriouly. Putting in the work is obviously important, but diet might be even more important..sure, you can train and be fine..but you won't feel as good, or perform as well as a guy feeding his body correctly imo. You need to replenish your body with what it's losing when you work out in something as demanding as boxing. It helps the recovery of your body and that obviously helps put in the hard work. There's that saying that form generally follows function. You're not trying to body build, but eating right and putting in work generally makes you look like how you'll perform...genes aside.

I'm sure a world class athlete with less than stellar ethic/eating habits can get away with it for a bit, but it catches up. Bear in mind though that had the work ethic been better, they too might have been.

People make the mistake of thinking diet = weight loss. It doesn't

[Frank Ducketts]

Diet is very important. You must be able to rehydrate by eating the same food that helped you lose weight. Some go with meat and greenery, and then fill back up with fluids and just eat anything. Jones Toney is the perfect example of two guys, same weight. One guy in shape, the other dehydrated.