Should boxers stay away from weights?

[SplitSecond]

herchell walker says

"I have never picked up a weight to build my body; I don't even think I would know how," Walker said. "I am still an advocate that young athletes shouldn't lift weights without proper training because that is just asking for a reason to ruin your body."

Walker decimated a recent physical fitness stress test conducted by Florida Boxing Commission chief physician Allan Fields, who called the exam "the most strenuous test that you possibly can impose on an athlete." Fields noted that Walker produced the highest heart evaluation score of anyone ever tested at the facility, including Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali.

"He's in as fine a shape as anyone we've had the care of," Fields said at a news conference Tuesday in Miami Lakes. "This guy is 47 going on 22 as far as his physical fitness goes."

[#1Assassin]

theres no right or wrong on this matter the way i see it. ppl like to train diffrently, personally i stay away form weights. did weights a while and felt alot slower, and like my muscles werent as lean as before. felt all lethargic in sparring.. feel much better doing bodyweight exercises, but to each his own.

[Phenomkidd]

It's a matter of preference. I personally think weight training can be very beneficial to fighters.

But it's important to remember that

Weight Training doesn't necessarily mean bodybuilding.

There are different types of weight training and they all provide different results and benefits.

Weight training has it's place in virtually any sport and doing it in conjunction with calisthenics and plyometrics will heed great results.

I'd look into Olympic Weightlifing.

This is true.

[GhostFighter]

So what are good exercises for boxing withouth weights? Push ups, pull ups and press ups, what else?