Quote Originally Posted by Bomp
Going to be a great fight either way, I'm thinking Taylor will make it last longer, but still going with Pavlik. IMO Taylor took the rematch a little early. Perhaps one fight against another tough but not as dangerous guy to check how the new training regime is progressing, but I ain't complaining.

Quote Originally Posted by Daxx Kahn
That used to be a staple for many fighters...
From a training perspective, do they simply just whack the tire as hard as they can or is there a specific technique?

It is the repetitiveness of swinging the sledge hammer that the workout comes in...the tire serves as a shock absorber and offers some bounce back cushion to avoid any type of muscle trauma..it actually takes more out of you to hit a semi soft surface then a solid hard one believe it or not....

The workout also helps you use all your muscles...back, glutes, shoulders etc....it will give you muscle memory so when you punch your body will automatically use all the muscles when throwing the punch giving you much more power...

Chuck Lidell uses it as part of his workout and he has fantastic one punch power.....

Helps stamina as well