What's harder: Marathon running or 12 rounds in ring

[Unseen]

I am begging you to try and run at that pace. Please do it!

Just anyone who doubts that it is tough.


I am begging you to do it.

[The Tase]

senior citizens finish marathons all the time.

i doubt they can finish a 12 round fight.

[DeadLikeMe]

I joined a 30+ soccer League this year and I feel like I'm Messi.

[King of Sting]

I've never even done a half-marathon. I've never gone 12 rounds in the ring, not even close.

But, one thing is for sure, I hate running. But, I also don't like getting hit in the face, hmm. I'd rather not do both

[Unseen]

This MUST be a joke. Tennis is harder than running. Boxing is MILES harder.

Imagine the pain Gatti felt as he got up from Wards body shot. Imagine the pain Ortiz was in when Lopez was hitting his broken jaw. That's on top of how heavy your arms and legs start to feel, how breath control gets harder. This is an insult to Boxers.

I'll tell you what, if you can run a mile, just one mile at 4 mins 40

or 6 miles at 30 mins and put it on video to prove it

I will spar this guy for 12.

He is a friend of mine that I met through my job.

He obviously isn't World quality, and is sort of British level, or below, but he is a pro.

I will film myself getting bust up by him no problem. But you do what I ask, and this aint even a marathon at that pace, but simply a mile or 6 miles at 30 mins which is a bit harder.

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...9644&cat=boxer

[baya]

sparring is harder, no question.

i'm a perpetual marathoner - and i've gone 8 rounds on many occasions and there isn't any comparison. i mean, in the 18-20th mile you can hit that wall during a marathon, but getting hit perpetually throughout 36 minutes is quite a different feat.

[RVABoxer]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills

Posted a thread with this a month or so ago it doesn't have marathons on there but it does have distance running you can see how far apart boxing and distance running are ranked. Its a pretty big difference

[Jack Napier]

how could running be harder than throwing and taking punches for 12 rds?

[BUNGALOWS]

I agree that boxing is generally harder than running, but a marathon on a world level is quite a feat. The current record for the marathon is 2:03. That's a 4:42 per mile pace. You have any idea how extremely difficult that is? There isn't a single member of Boxingscene that can run that fast for a single mile, let alone 26.2.

True. I'm by no means saying marathons are easy. Hell, I'd probably die if I tried one, but boxing's the overall more taxing sport.

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

Wanna know why this marathon crap and hitting the wall is BS?

A runner can slow down at mile 18 if he wants. A fighter can't slow down in round 10