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It's well documented the hours of sweat and sacrifice that needs to be put in the gym, and on the road to achieve anything in the pro ranks, just wanted to see how a journeymans training regime would differ from a prospect??? As in time per week and type of training.

That is interesting point of thought. I presume you are a fan the end......
You like to come into boxing I could show you how.
Do you know the history of Leo Randolph? Olympian w/medal I do believe. Pro he wins, and loses world championship. And then simply "gets out."
At the end he had a solid yet brief career, & numbers. From memory two defeats. 20 or 22 wins.
His first loss no one can explain. The boxer had all Or most all "losses" on record.
[yet,, if you truly look close at "records of his opp" YOU'LL WELL SEE..he faced all tough line already. Boxer much better than his record]

As a journeyman fighter I still train but not nearly as hard as I did when I was at the top of my fight game. My job is to get in there and compete and give the up and coming fighter rounds and if he isn't what they think he is I will pull off the upset. But to be a journeyman you have to be ready on a days notice or even a few hours notice. To be a champion fighter you have 6-8 weeks to know about the fight and put in a training camp and fight the opponent your team was planning on fighting from day one.

^ ^ you have a proud career going. I'm impressed. "Journeyman/Club level/world traveler...." World rated 253 this min at Heavyweight (1,370 active).

allInmoderationAIM wrote:^ ^ you have a proud career going. I'm impressed. "Journeyman/Club level/world traveler...." World rated 253 this min at Heavyweight (1,370 active).

Thanks

Well.... even your last fight two months ago today (7-2-16)..there at the Teamsters Hall, Pittsburgh, PA. promoter someone name Matt Leyshock....they have YOU in the co-main Vs the only undefeated fighter on the card (16-0-0, mostly KO,s) & you take the Opp the distance [Trevor Bryan rated 28 in the world this min.]
You earn your props mate!

allInmoderationAIM wrote:Well.... even your last fight two months ago today (7-2-16)..there at the Teamsters Hall, Pittsburgh, PA. promoter someone name Matt Leyshock....they have YOU in the co-main Vs the only undefeated fighter on the card (16-0-0, mostly KO,s) & you take the Opp the distance [Trevor Bryan rated 28 in the world this min.]
You earn your props mate!

Thanks

So whereas a prospect may train 6 days a week , would some journeyman train 3/4 days to maintain fitness and weight as they're fighting regular guessing not much sparring needed? Just interested after reading about a few British journeyman

It’s different for everybody. Anthony Joshua does 6 to 8 hours a day of training, conditioning, speed drills, flexibility, strength, and everything else. He has tons of coaches and trainers. It's easier when you're in a training camp setting, because you have a work schedule and there's no distractions.

You train very hard when you get started as a fresh prospect, because your hopes and dreams are so big. Even if you’re fighting a 6-rounder you bust your tail. But later on you're may just be doing it for the paycheck and take a fight on a day's notice. Henry Hank said he didn't train for his last 20 fights or so. He was only stopped once by Bob Foster, but he wasn't in shape to go more than one round, "The rest was all motion."

Del Flanagan said he won his first 52 fights in a row with hardly any sparring or much training. He would get serious the day before a fight and buy a steak. After he started getting trounced it didn't motivate him to train harder, but eventually he quit because he couldn't take a punch anymore. He said his chin always gave him tremendous confidence and when it failed he felt vulnerable.

Corrie Sanders said he almost never had a real training camp or worried too much about being in great shape because he didn't have the energy or discipline for a training regimen. He would get real tired during fights but somehow he would get through them. He would try to get the KO early and that usually worked. If he couldn’t get the KO he'd think “Here we go again. Six more rounds.”