Hardest training British fighters ever.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 19 Jul 2004, 12:12

KOJOE90 wrote:
headhunter wrote:i once read dennis andries was a fitness fanatic.
paul ingle too.
I thought Ingle had a habit of ballooning between fights? Or have I got that wrong?

Ingle was probably a hardcore trainer in camp.... but inbetween he liked the beer..

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 19 Jul 2004, 15:28

jamesmcdonnell wrote:
Coconut wrote:James, that workout book you reviewed on Max, is it going to be on sale over here?
Sadly, there are no plans to distribute it over here. However, if you go to Amazon.com. it is on sale there, however it is on pre-order and the American title is slightly different.

Look for 'Workouts with boxing's greatest champions' it is by Gary Todd. Not sure what the release date in the states is yet.

Here is the link-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 64-2836633

Sounds interesting.

sboxingbuddy · Post by **sboxingbuddy** » 19 Jul 2004, 15:45

chris Eubank

ed r · Post by **ed r** » 20 Jul 2004, 06:01

I've never seen anyone train as hard as Shea Neary did as champion.

THEBUTCH · Post by **THEBUTCH** » 20 Jul 2004, 06:10

Although it was a bit before my time to enjoy his ill-fated career, Johnny Owen deserves a mention. I watched the BBC4 documentary on him and he appeared to train very hard and justified the thought when watching him getting stuck into Pinto right up to the bitter end.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 20 Jul 2004, 06:18

ed r wrote:I've never seen anyone train as hard as Shea Neary did as champion.

funnily enough, my mate Karim Bouali.... a very good pro himself sparred with many of Europes top talents and always said Neary was the hardest guy he had sparred with, that included Hatton, George Scott, Thomas Damgaard etc etc

THEBUTCH · Post by **THEBUTCH** » 20 Jul 2004, 07:45

That is funny because Bouali looked to be having a rough time of it when he sparred Hatton a while back (can't remember what fight Hatton was preparing for). They had to stop the sparring because Bouali was badly winded by a..... surpise, surprise body shot!

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 20 Jul 2004, 07:51

THEBUTCH wrote:That is funny because Bouali looked to be having a rough time of it when he sparred Hatton a while back (can't remember what fight Hatton was preparing for). They had to stop the sparring because Bouali was badly winded by a..... surpise, surprise body shot!

you are gonna think i am bullshitting now but belive me when i tell you Karim hadnt been near a gym for over 6 months when he went to spar with Hatton.... so he walks in and in his first training session has to spar hatton (in front of SKy TV cameras) who is weeks away from a fight.... thats the bit they televised.....
shame they werent there at the end of the week when things were a lot more evenly matched

J · Post by J » 20 Jul 2004, 07:54

seems plausible to me, I mean Sky arent gonna wanna show their man being given a hard time in training when they showcase him are they.

oh and heres ricky getitng four bells of crap knocked out of him by a guy few of you will know!

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 20 Jul 2004, 07:59

I've heard Honeyghan always trained like a demon.

csmith · Post by **csmith** » 20 Jul 2004, 09:09

nigel benn running up mount teidt in the heat of a portugese summer,and on the opposite scale didn"t george francis make his fighters jump into an icy pond after their early morning run

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 20 Jul 2004, 09:18

More specifically he used to get Frank Bruno to jump in a pond, he said it was to get him used to the shock of being hit and hurt. Obviously never worked.

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 20 Jul 2004, 09:27

One of the hardest training fighters ive ever seen was a guy called Vince Burns.

He wasnt a name and on paper he had a poor record, but he was a featherweight always matched at short notice with light welters. He was avery good amatuer, beating guys with over 100 fights when he had had just 10 or 12 fights.

His pro manager was a complete wanker and didnt look out for him at all. His manager knows who he is, I need not name him.

On a typical day Vinces training regime was as follows.

5am 5 Mile run. With sprints and shuttles around St James and Green Park.

7am Breakfast followed by a walk then bed for an hour or two.

11am Gym. Skipping, Bags, Pads, Sparring, Groundwork.

2.30pm Lunch, followed by a sleep.

5pm. Weight traning and swimming.

7pm. Dinner and walk.

9pm Bed.

I used to run with him sometimes. When it was pissing down, I'd cry off. He would run up and down all the stairs and sprint along the walkways of our local council tower block.

The guy was fitter than a butchers dog.

J · Post by J » 20 Jul 2004, 09:44

csmith wrote:nigel benn running up mount teidt in the heat of a portugese summer,and on the opposite scale didn"t george francis make his fighters jump into an icy pond after their early morning run

he did indeed small correction though Mount Teide is in Tenerife.

sorry to be MR Pedantic.

Lugh · Post by **Lugh** » 20 Jul 2004, 10:52

MightyWarrior wrote:I've heard Honeyghan always trained like a demon.

Me and a friend saw him running in Brighton/Hove once - I don't know how hard he was training but he stopped for a chat - nice guy.

Roger irrelevant ain't got shit on me!

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 20 Jul 2004, 11:14

Lugh wrote:
MightyWarrior wrote:I've heard Honeyghan always trained like a demon.
Me and a friend saw him running in Brighton/Hove once - I don't know how hard he was training but he stopped for a chat - nice guy.

Roger irrelevant ain't got shit on me!

Maybe one of his girlfiends was chasing him?
I think he usualy has around six on the go. No wonder he needed to be so fit!

On second thoughts, if it was an ex-wife girlfriend on his tail, I doubt he'd have stopped for a chat.

JC · Post by JC » 20 Jul 2004, 13:02

J wrote:
csmith wrote:nigel benn running up mount teidt in the heat of a portugese summer,and on the opposite scale didn"t george francis make his fighters jump into an icy pond after their early morning run
he did indeed small correction though Mount Teide is in Tenerife.

sorry to be MR Pedantic.

Mr should be with a small r, all hail the new Mr Pedantic

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 20 Jul 2004, 13:32

jamesmcdonnell wrote:More specifically he used to get Frank Bruno to jump in a pond, he said it was to get him used to the shock of being hit and hurt. Obviously never worked.

Didn't John Conteh do the same thing?

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 20 Jul 2004, 13:34

MightyWarrior wrote:I've heard Honeyghan always trained like a demon.

I do recall reading a few articles around the time Lloyd was World Champ that he was sometimes liable to overtrain.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 20 Jul 2004, 13:56

I've heard Charles Shepherd is a manic trainer.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=005570

I read that he does a 1000 sit-ups a day fight or no fight.

J · Post by J » 21 Jul 2004, 04:25

J-C wrote:
J wrote:
csmith wrote:nigel benn running up mount teidt in the heat of a portugese summer,and on the opposite scale didn"t george francis make his fighters jump into an icy pond after their early morning run
he did indeed small correction though Mount Teide is in Tenerife.

sorry to be MR Pedantic.
Mr should be with a small r, all hail the new Mr Pedantic

touche nice one

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 24 Jul 2004, 11:05

The hardest trainer I have witnessed first hand is Darren Sweeney (Irish/Mids Area Middleweight Champ).
He was forced to retire due to a brain abnormality but the guy was massively fit and I used to get tired just watching him!

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 24 Jul 2004, 11:22

Carl Thompson has to be very fit to recover like he does from being hurt, as did Naseem Hamed.

Steve Collins and Wayne McCullough were/are had a particularly impressive work rate.

I think it took tremendous fitness for Jim MacDonnel and Mickey Cantwell to fight the way they did in the respected clashes with Azumah Nelson and Jake Matlala.