Comments Thread For: Boxing's Body of Lies

[Roberto Vasquez]

I think most of us know this. But the plethora of personal trainers pretending they can improve a boxers performance have brainwashed a few. I was a believer in lifting and hi tech training until my mid 30s.On injuring my rotator cuffs imagine my suprise to find out i looked the same and actually performed better athletically on a simple bodyweight calisthenics and jogging routine. Not all of it but so much of this stuff is unnecessary, and at worst takes away from what you should be doing. How many fighters are lifting barrels when they should be practicing moving their head?

This! Although you wouldn't think it would be hard for a pro athlete to try different approaches and monitor performance to see which suits them best

[P4Pdunny]

good article and respect to Kownacki and Arreola for a good fight

[GlassJoey]

They were probably juicing

[budfr]

Great fight...none of that " slick " Black style of hugging, running and jabbing five times the entire fight. Great to see other races in the heavyweight division.

[EDD1]

Great writing!
I have also seen boxers transition well into other sports endurance wise, because when there is no stress of harm for sports like basketball, soccer or track and field it becomes easier to keep up if you're boxing training is regular and more specifically if you spar often.

[jackkeane6]

They were probably juicing

definitely both juiced to ****. Kownacki probably shared big baby’s leftover PEDS with Chris

[Boxing Hero]

Why didn't this fight have random drug testing?!?!?!??

[The D3vil]

Like Futch is to have said to Frazier "No one will forget what you've done tonite."
Also, this is the first fight my 15 yr old nephew ever managed to sit through. Sit through is not the right word though, he was bouncing off the walls. It was all around great

This warms my heart right here.

A whole new generation.

I'm scared I've lost my nephew to MMA & hoops

[sidefx996]

Excellent article and a real feel good fight for both fighters. I think Arreola put on an amazing performance, made even more so by his age and the fact that he was injured. The fact that he made it to the end of the fight and could still hold his hands high was unbelievable under Kownacki's relentless pressure. I was waiting for one or both to tire out and they just never did (PEDs or not). It's one of those fights where it's still a big win for the guy who "lost" on the cards. I think he should retire as he wants to. Nothing left to prove and as he even stated himself, he gave so much that he doesn't feel like he could ever do that again. Great fight, glad I got to watch.

One of my best friends was talking "functional fitness" 30 years ago. So many people just "work out" with no regard for what they're actually training FOR. Boxing isn't bodybuilding. Yeah someone looks impressive to a casual or non-fan when they're rippling with muscles, and to some degree it's a side effect of hard training. I'm surprised to not see guys doing triathlons on the side and more endurance type training (many top motorcycle racers are also pro-level road bicycle and mountain bike riders for this reason). I know guys who frankly look like ****houses who just don't get tired, whether it be on a fireground or freediving 60 or 70 feet. It's pretty silly to think someone can't do this or that simply because they have some body fat on them.

[Mario040481]

This warms my heart right here.

A whole new generation.

I'm scared I've lost my nephew to MMA & hoops

I dunno man, it's gonna take a legitimate miracle to replace video games but, one can hope