Sex before a fight myth!?!?!?! :D

[donnydarkoIRL]

It causes your thighs and calves to cramp up if done a day or so before a fight.

Thats a fact.

[DAVIDTUA]

i was watching the joe louis special on hbo and they blamed his loss to max the first time around to fooling around with that blonde dancer the night before?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Mae West?

[Beanflicker]

Cool test, but anyone who has taken a Psychology course knows that the results really can't be taken as fact because the test was not controlled, the test subject had a result already in his mind. He openly said that he WANTED to disprove the myth, so you gotta take this with a grain of salt.

[Kev]

One thing that's always suprised me about this myth is that almost every boxer accepts it as fact. It's almost like a superstition with them.

Now never having boxed I can't speak from any experience as to whether it does weaken your legs or not but I'm suprised there arn't loads of boxers who make a point of having sex the day before, or even the day of a fight in order to show how confident they are and that they don't believe in superstition.

If I was a world class boxer, I'd be like Paul Hunter the now sadly departed snooker player and boast about how I had sex in the dressing room an hour before the fight!

Then go into the ring with a big grin and the confident stare of a man who knows he doesn't worry about stupid myths and superstitions, even if there's some validity to them.

In effect you'd be saying 'I'm so confident of beating you I don't need to deny myself, I can screw around an hour before the fight and still come in here and kick your ass!'

Now I'm just amazed no boxers ever do that

I mean even if they were lying and actually didnt have sex before, why not just pretend like they did to get a pschological edge?

[donnydarkoIRL]

It definitely stiffens legs, thats for sure.

[Kev]

It definitely stiffens legs, thats for sure.

Is it the sex though or the actual physical effort involved?

I mean is it any different from say going for a run the night before a fight, or doing squats?

Do you think it's the actual act of ejaculation that causes the legs to weaken rather than the physical act of sex?

[CFH]

It causes your thighs and calves to cramp up if done a day or so before a fight.

Thats a fact.

Only if it's done right.