new age cross fit style ttraining for boxers?

[Max Power]

Agreed. What a lot of MMA fans think is boxing was always just a limited style of fighting with the fists.

What the idiots don't realise is when it was developed by James Figg it included not only wrestling but even fencing! lol

The bare knucle boxing that emerged pure 20 years later by Jack Broughton all the way through to John Sullivan was close to a no holds barred fight combining wrestling and boxing.

Today as part of boxing preparation, fighters do move around the ring in a clinch still to develop the stamina necessary to withstand the energy sapping that regular clinches will put on the athlete under and train them to go with the flow of the opponent and not resist unncecessarily wasting energy, to look for opportunities to score in the clinch and to accustom them to being in close to their opponents. There is certainly merit to this type of training. I even agree it is more valuable than the weightlifting component to the fighters preparation.

Going back to the MMA enthusiasts it eludes them that we took something similar to what they have now years ago and took out the gay bits, refining the most important, skilful and exciting element of it. The punching!

[beenKOed]

Agreed. What a lot of MMA fans think is boxing was always just a limited style of fighting with the fists.

What the idiots don't realise is when it was developed by James Figg it included not only wrestling but even fencing! lol

The bare knucle boxing that emerged pure 20 years later by Jack Broughton all the way through to John Sullivan was close to a no holds barred fight combining wrestling and boxing.

Today as part of boxing preparation, fighters do move around the ring in a clinch still to develop the stamina necessary to withstand the energy sapping that regular clinches will put on the athlete under and train them to go with the flow of the opponent and not resist unncecessarily wasting energy, to look for opportunities to score in the clinch and to accustom them to being in close to their opponents. There is certainly merit to this type of training. I even agree it is more valuable than the weightlifting component to the fighters preparation.

Going back to the MMA enthusiasts it eludes them that we took something similar to what they have now years ago and took out the gay bits, refining the most important, skilful and exciting element of it. The punching!

Some of those boxing trainers out there seem to think it has some merit or we would not be having this conversation. Lets keep an open mind, it might even be better for the boxers which is the most important thing to me.
Povetkin would have been a lot better off with some grappling experience against Wald. You never can tell when you will run into another Luis Pabon.

[chris6878]

crossfit was created by a fat middle aged man who has never played a sport in his life. He doesnt even do crossfit. Crossfit is good if you want to do a bunch of shit really quickly while making yourself look as retarded as possible. All it will do is get your endurance up, you will not get stronger, faster or punch harder. nothing specific about it

[Max Power]

The most important exercises that must be performed by a boxer are'...

1. Sparring
2. Focus Mitts
3. Double End Bag (not speed ball)
4. Shadow Boxing (but with control because it causes injury)
5. Skipping

If these things aren't staple, your doing something wrong.