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

[baya]

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

of course you can, man.

i've seen it done hundreds of times.

[sugarsmosley]

lol definitely fighting. i remember watching boxing for many years.... you see these world class fighters fighting hard all 12 rds. you think it's not that hard watching on tv. well the very first time i put boxing gloves on, i started gassing after a few rounds LOL. i would consider myself to be in good shape, perhaps running shape. "boxing shape" is completely different! staying sharp and alert in the ring is exhausting mentally

[Unseen]

LOL at bias forum posters saying a runner can slow down. Yeah not like a boxer can not use movement, hug, smother, use feints etc... to slow a fight down.

Time is important in a marathon if we are talking fighting pro's here. People can do a marathon, it's the time which makes it impressive. If you do it at 4 or 5 hours, that is not too impressive. That is most likely average.

Try under 3 hours at least.

[baya]

LOL at bias forum posters saying a runner can slow down. Yeah not like a boxer can not use movement, hug, smother, use feints etc... to slow a fight down.

Time is important in a marathon if we are talking fighting pro's here. People can do a marathon, it's the time which makes it impressive. If you do it at 4 or 5 hours, that is not too impressive. That is most likely average.

Try under 3 hours at least.

lol - i can tell you've gone through a couple dozen pairs of running shoes.

[The Gambler1981]

of course you can, man.

i've seen it done hundreds of times.

Yea the term "taking a round off" didn't invent itself.

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

LOL at bias forum posters saying a runner can slow down. Yeah not like a boxer can not use movement, hug, smother, use feints etc... to slow a fight down.

Time is important in a marathon if we are talking fighting pro's here. People can do a marathon, it's the time which makes it impressive. If you do it at 4 or 5 hours, that is not too impressive. That is most likely average.

Try under 3 hours at least.

If you dont want to hear people disagree go play on runnersworld.com

This is a boxing site. WTF did you expect?

[BUNGALOWS]

go play on runnersworld.com

This was funny.

[silentscoper]

It might be a fair comparison if the person boxing never got hit for the 12 rounds and was throwing punches and slipping punches. But one good body shot and I'm sure that'll immediately stop you harder than that 18 mile wall. Difference between gasping for air with burning muscles and literally being unable to breathe.

No disrespect to marathon runners as it is incredibly difficult too.

[mezoomozaa]

Boxing's pace is much like a 800-meter race !

[darius45]

In pro elite level marathon running, I imagine timing and consistency is very important, so maybe the better question is this:

Is pushing through the continual impact of extreme exhaustion in elite marathon running harder than pushing through the impact of exhaustion in the boxing ring?

One difference has to be that with marathon running, despite the heart it must take to maintain a fast pace for 20 plus miles, the pain/exhaustion "anticipated" is consistent... Once you've run a marathon you know the level of pain and how it gradually builds over time, thus in subsequent runs you can mentally anticipate the exact level of punishment you're gonna take... It's still hard, but it's more predictable.

In boxing, you have to be prepared for the unknown. Even though you've been hit and knocked down before, every punch(and type of punch) is not the same from every type of fighter. You could be hit harder than you've ever been hit before, hit when you're tiring at a crucial point in the fight, hit at odd angles... hit without seeing it...etc etc... So in boxing, you can't exactly anticipate the level of pain and exhaustion you're going to have to deal with... Thus you condition yourself before a fight to be able to deal with worst case scenarios...