Anyone done any boxing training ?

When it comes to fitness these guys , especially at middleweight , are about as good as it gets

None of this semi flabby nonsense so many of the heavyweights seem to carry

I was wondering if anyone has ever been a member of a boxing club and done any training or indeed fought at any level ?

What sort of training is involved?

Lots of running I would imagine , strict diet , sit ups , press ups , bag work but I would imagine no heavy weight training as you would need a certain amount of muscle but too much bulk and you can't throw a quick punch ?

The recent death of hagler made me realise what incredible athletes middleweight and lightweight boxers are and what dedicated work must go into their art

Karate exponents and kick boxers are another breed of super fit people

I went to a boxing gym for a period of time a few years back, not far from you, Bridgend Boxing club down on the way to Ogmore by sea.

Unfortunately I had only been going about 6 months before it closed.

It was the hardest training I have ever done, start with 10mins of skipping to warm up (that alone was a killer)

We would do circuits on the bag, so 1 min hard punches 30 seconds rest, then 1 minute fast punches 30 seconds rest.
Would repeat this for as long as you could (10mins max for most people)

then we would go for a run, around 10 laps around the building.

then finish with ground exercises, so 1 minute of press ups, 30 seconds rest, 1 minute of situps 30 seconds rest, then plank position till fail (aprox 3-5mins most people)

1 minute rest then do ground exercises all over again, 3/5 times

with water breaks and a bit of one to one coaching in the ring mixed in would be about 1hr 30mins, and would do this 3x a week, every monday, wed, fri

I lost 3 stone in those 6 months, and put it all back on when it closed gutted!

I did some in my teens, St Josephs in Newport, my mate was going so i went over with him. Very hard, shit loads of cardio, brilliant way to get fit though. The boxers you see on TV don't walk around at that weight, they bring it down in camp, loads of them walk around at 28 lb above their fighting weight, especially middle weights, 6ft and 11 stone is difficult, their natural weight is probably around the 13 stones mark, after weigh in they can put on 10lbs going into the fight by rehydrating, sometimes more, they smash the carbs.

During my heyday, I used to be a real artist in the ring... I was always on the canvas!


No, seriously - I once went 6 rounds with Nathan Cleverly... he never bought me one back!

Boom Boom!
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Are you upping your game for when you bump into TLG next? :hehe:

(Didn't we used to have a boxing/punching smiley on here?)

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Originally Posted by valleys caveman

Are you upping your game for when you bump into TLG next? :hehe:

(Didn't we used to have a boxing/punching smiley on here?)

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I was thinking along the same lines,a punch up for charity.

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Originally Posted by jeepster

I was thinking along the same lines,a punch up for charity.

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I'd pay good money just to be at the pre fight press conference.

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Originally Posted by valleys caveman

I'd pay good money just to be at the pre fight press conference.

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It would be class.

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Originally Posted by chris lee

I went to a boxing gym for a period of time a few years back, not far from you, Bridgend Boxing club down on the way to Ogmore by sea.

Unfortunately I had only been going about 6 months before it closed.

It was the hardest training I have ever done, start with 10mins of skipping to warm up (that alone was a killer)

We would do circuits on the bag, so 1 min hard punches 30 seconds rest, then 1 minute fast punches 30 seconds rest.
Would repeat this for as long as you could (10mins max for most people)

then we would go for a run, around 10 laps around the building.

then finish with ground exercises, so 1 minute of press ups, 30 seconds rest, 1 minute of situps 30 seconds rest, then plank position till fail (aprox 3-5mins most people)

1 minute rest then do ground exercises all over again, 3/5 times

with water breaks and a bit of one to one coaching in the ring mixed in would be about 1hr 30mins, and would do this 3x a week, every monday, wed, fri

I lost 3 stone in those 6 months, and put it all back on when it closed gutted!

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well bollocks to that , I would be fecked

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Originally Posted by valleys caveman

Are you upping your game for when you bump into TLG next? :hehe:

(Didn't we used to have a boxing/punching smiley on here?)

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He knows my phone number , the miserable tart

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Originally Posted by jeepster

I was thinking along the same lines,a punch up for charity.

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beating up dwarfs is cruel

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

He knows my phone number , the miserable tart

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Available from any good motorway service station cubicle!

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Available from any good motorway service station cubicle!

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I am just as God made me

I used to box as a late teenager in Barry, used to be fairly decent as i was pretty tall ( though i was never going on to make it in the boxing world, i just wasnt that good :hehe: ), used to train a few nights a week, but i didnt have enough nights of the week and had to decide Judo or Boxing, I am afraid judo won, which might have been the right decision as i represented Wales in it

Fitness really is the key to Boxing, of course it helps if you can throw a punch or dont have a glass chin

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Originally Posted by jeepster

I was thinking along the same lines,a punch up for charity.

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I'd pay more for that than I would for Povetkin v Whyte 🤣🤣

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

He knows my phone number , the miserable tart

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Secret mates me thinks.

I love a good scrap in or out of the ring

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Originally Posted by life on mars

Secret mates me thinks.

I love a good scrap in or out of the ring

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Honestly he really is a miserable tart

I have tried to be nice to him but he's a stubborn little man

I can't be arsed with him

He knows I can pop round

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

He knows I can pop round

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:sherlock:

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Originally Posted by blue matt

I used to box as a late teenager in Barry, used to be fairly decent as i was pretty tall ( though i was never going on to make it in the boxing world, i just wasnt that good :hehe: ), used to train a few nights a week, but i didnt have enough nights of the week and had to decide Judo or Boxing, I am afraid judo won, which might have been the right decision as i represented Wales in it

Fitness really is the key to Boxing, of course it helps if you can throw a punch or dont have a glass chin

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did just over a year boxing when I was about 15 at the YMCA off Newport road hated the bouts but loved the physical training

the medicine ball on the stomach was a killer mind !

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Originally Posted by MOZZER2

did just over a year boxing when I was about 15 at the YMCA off Newport road hated the bouts but loved the physical training

the medicine ball on the stomach was a killer mind !

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i guess Boxing could well have been the idea people used for " circuit training "