Boxers who weight lifted...

[SkilledB]

to put on weight most boxers lift

ala jones moving to HW

mosley did a little when he was moving up to WW i think

[jrv1932]

Roy has always done light weight with weights. The documentary he did is called Heart of a Champion, where it documented his camp with Mackie Shilstone for the 2nd Tarver fight. Floyd also uses light weight and does some body weight stuff. Lifting light for high reps is good but obviously really heavy weights is a very bad idea for boxing.

[j]

weight lifting is only bad when u start to rely on those muscles for power and lose your fluidity and efficiancy.

my simple advice, the more weightlifting, the more warm ups and more loosening you need to do.

[The Golden Boy]

i box and i lift weights and i am not slow

[Pecs]

i box and i lift weights and i am not slow

qft

Yap, you can lift AND be quick and fluid in your movements. Just don't lift too heavy with too little reps.

There is no way that boxers like haye and roy get their bodies without weights

[Wyson]

qft

Yap, you can lift AND be quick and fluid in your movements. Just don't lift too heavy with too little reps.

There is no way that boxers like haye and roy get their bodies without weights

haha thankyou!!! thats what i keep saying!!! but some ppl are like " no they dont" ahaha!

[LVBoxer1]

theres no way in hell half the fighters today look the way they do and dont lift. Get over it.

Just dont do max's and low reps. I do 4 sets of 12 at lower weight. And do power like once a week, but thats cause im trying for a lil mass.


****, ive even been taking whey, and I dont feel slower haha

[boxingp4p]

Frank Bruno used to lift a lot.The first time i saw him fight he looked more like a bodybuilder than a fighter. Angelo Dundee said that fighters with big muscles required more oxygen for the muscles so stamina could be an issue (but not always the case) and this was an issue for Bruno . Wayne McCullough said that he prefers to do lighter weights with fast reps to build power rather than increase muscle mass.

[Patheticfraud?]

I trhink Buster Douglas was lifting a lot when getting ready for Tyson, When Hammer strength first came out he was using it. In my opinion weights are great. Even lift heavy as long as you don't lift yourself out of your weight class.

[Flicker Jab]

Holyfield was notorious for weight lifting in his post Douglas fights with an emphasis on incline bench-press and front dumb-bell raises. The result of which were an awesome looking body, but dramatically lower punch outputs the rest of his career, stamina problems, and repeated shoulder injuries. Think twice about pursuing this one.

Holyfield's shoulder ****ups could be attributed to his steroid usage much, much easier than you could attribute it to his weightlifting.