[5acrossYOeye]

I was watching ESPN Classic a month or so ago. They (Brian Kenney, Burt Sugar, Ray Leonard, and Emanuel Stewart) were discussing the Holyfield-Bowe trilogy.

Stewart said Holyfield hated roadwork and just didn't do it. Rarely did Holyfield run according to Stewart.
Instead Evander lifted weights to get ready for a fight.

Stewart then went on to say once Holyfield-Lewis 1 was signed he made Lewis run more than he's ever made any of his fighters run. Sometimes even twice a day and Stewart would run with Lewis just to make sure he was getting the extra roadwork in.

So did anyone know about this? Its just hard for me to believe that a fighter didn't run before fights. I'm having a really hard time believing Stewart. But then again...what the hell do I know.

[Cracky]

I remember an interview where Holyfield was talking about a big part of his working out was dancing..lol..no shit. He had a dance studio in his house and he hit the clubs almost every night. He also did a lot of rope work. Holyfield was too damn bouncy to not have done something of an aerobic nature while training.

[ValeTudoShogun]

I heard something about this on "In this corner", Russ Anber was saying that Holyfeild barely ran at all, and that his conditioning consisted of mostly lifting weights.

I don't know about that, but a few heavies in the gym i go too don't run at all either.

[GlassJaw]

There's some things you just have hard times believing. I always thought Holyfield's "no run" policy was insane.

Shannon Briggs also never sparred before any of his fights up until the Sergei snooze-fest.

Hell , this is a good topic in and of itself, what other odd training practices can we come up with.

Oniel Bell used to fish by the lake . Carlos Baldomir straight hops on a deep sea fishing boat on his off season , like straight "deadliest catch" type shit. (which is ABSOLUTELY NUTS).

[ValeTudoShogun]

John Hackelman, MMA trainer, has his guys do some weird, unorthodox shit.

You should check out some of the training at The Pit, interesting stuff.

[5acrossYOeye]

Originally Posted by Cracky

he hit the clubs almost every night.

hence the 14 kids or whatever it is.

*races off to change the Thread Title*

[amhlilhaus]

I heard that these modern day fighters are so expertly nurtitionized they no longer need to run.

[deadpool]

The non-running/non-long distance running thing seems to be an emerging practice among "new" school training. Some believe all the conditioning is gotten by the boxing training itself- sparring, hitting bags/pads, various conditioning exercises. Sprint/interval training is one of the various tools that replaced the long slow distance run.

[IamaFight Freak]

yeah i think the long jog is on its way out...

a lot of boxers are doing the interval treadmill runs...where you jog for 1 min - run for 2.

[GlassJaw]

Long running is a very important tool to me. The mental aspect is just as important as the physical.