Comments Thread For: Ariza Helping Groom Maidana's Speed For Mayweather

[maguirre]

If Maidana wins this fight, Ariza and Robert Garcia should not get any credit.

They only trained Maidana for 2-4 weeks for the Broner fight so he basically he won that fight himself.

Good point. Maidana was gasping for breath as early as the fourth round in the Broner fight.

[KillaMane26]

pacqauio shuda kept Ariza.......

[The Problem Child]

I like the sound of this.

[turnedup]

Any of you former boxers..how does one increase hand speed? I typically thought less muscle mass and just natural snap but I see Maidana is actually looking bigger than he did for Broner. So I must ask out of curiosity, what would be the best approach as an established fighter to develop faster hand speed? Training with weighted hands? Or something else?

[jqSide]

Any of you former boxers..how does one increase hand speed? I typically thought less muscle mass and just natural snap but I see Maidana is actually looking bigger than he did for Broner. So I must ask out of curiosity, what would be the best approach as an established fighter to develop faster hand speed? Training with weighted hands? Or something else?

If Ariza can't help Maidana with his stamina issues, forget about speed. I tend to think that speed and good stamina go together. If the Maidana that fought Broner shows up, you can forget about a competitive fight. That same Maidana will get KO'd by Floyd.

[turnedup]

If Ariza can't help Maidana with his stamina issues, forget about speed. I tend to think that speed and good stamina go together. If the Maidana that fought Broner shows up, you can forget about a competitive fight. That same Maidana will get KO'd by Floyd.

I hear you but he's never been fast even early on in fights, so that's why i'm asking those who've trained extensively. I don't think stamina will be an issue tho, if they really are training him for 100 punch per round output we all know he ain't coming anywhere near that in a fight, I think he'll be alright, although that promo shoot he was looking a lil bit pudgy. If he's smart tho he won't try to fight the clinch, he tends to expend a ton of energy trying to push his opponents out of a clinch.

[Luiz]

"Ariza Helping Groom Maidana's Speed"

[Jim Tom]

The saying in football: You can't teach speed. I guess it don't apply to boxing.

You can teach speed. Certain ways of training make muscles explosive. I know it because I saw my speed tremendously improving in rugby as a result of training.

[Jim Tom]

Did pac ever fail a drug test with ariza or anyone else for that matter? Just answer the question.

Didn't you see his power evaporating the moment random blood tests were mentioned? It's because he stopped taking the vitamins. Amir Khan left immediately because he knew that **** was about to get caught and see how he started visiting the canvass more often.

I was not talking about Pacquiao but Brandon Rios in my earlier post.

[Interloper]

The problem with training for speed is that you tend to sacrifice some power for speed.