Boxer "typically outpaces Olympic marathoners"

BigFella wrote:

Sambouie wrote:

The only real LOL would be to see you and your extra 30 lbs get in the ring with the guy.

Doubt it. Don't underestimate the laws of physics. 30 lbs makes a huge difference. That's why they have different weight classes.

Hahahaha, yes some heavyset runner who doesn't box could take a pro fighter only because he weighs 30 pounds more. Do you guys truly believe what you write on here?

I'm a little skeptical... Here's a video of him running:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdC49NP1FnA

His coach (who ran the LA Marathon in 2:21) comes on at 2:49 to tell us that Pacquiao blazed 3 miles at 7:15 pace. That said, I'm sure he's better at running than most marathon runners are at boxing.

Doesn't Imane Merga have some boxing experience?

Yeah, but the runners probably beat him up on the way round

I think Merga's tactics are more suited for MMA.

Maybe someone should recruit these camera guys for the Olympics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuQ2WlF1aq8

They're able to keep up that "Olympic Pace" while filming. Look at that turnover!

1992 World Half Marathon champion in 1992. 1:00.24

As for boxing? He was probably good enough not to get killed in a ring by someone who's 30 pounds lighter than they are, unlike most of the posters here.

MediocreRunner wrote:

This article is highlighting that boxer extraordinaire Manny Pacquiao abstains from sex for 3 weeks before a fight to optimize high levels of testosterone in order to be as mean as possible for bouts.

It also claims his impressive feats of fitness, including 10 miles/daily running that "typically outpaces Olympic marathoners." What the hell does that mean? Does it mean he runs 10 feet at 5:00/mile pace (2:11 marathon pace) or that he's able to run 10 miles in the big broad vicinity of that pace (highly doubtful)? Boxers are fitness machines, but who in their right mind makes this claim?

http://larrybrownsports.com/boxing/manny-pacquiao-doesnt-have-sex-for-three-weeks-leading-up-to-fights/93073

How fast do some boxers run?

I'm pretty sure it means that Paquiao runs ten miles a day, and the author thinks that is more than Olympic marathoners

MediocreRunner wrote:

This article is highlighting that boxer extraordinaire Manny Pacquiao abstains from sex for 3 weeks before a fight to optimize high levels of testosterone ...

Sounds like someone is making a preemptive excuse for when he gets busted for taking synthetic testosterone.

"hey, I didn't take 'roids, I just abstained from sex, and that's why my levels were so high!"

Well, it's not as bad as Merrit's "I was just trying to grow my penis" excuse.

Joe Frazier claimed before one of the Ali fights that he ran 15 miles in 45 minutes every morning. In army boots and full sweats. I still chuckle recalling that... whenever I pass the 15 mile post in a race.

maybe he meant faster than olympic filipino marathon runner

which could be possible !

The Philippines had a runner in the Athens Olympic Marathon, Mr. Eduardo Buenavista, 2:18 PR.

ok... 2.18... if L.A couldnt do it with such an aerobic base I guess it is impossible for manny.

so this means he runs more mileage than lawi lalang!

Yes, some guy just ran that pace and got a thread of his own.Of course, he ran that pace for 26.2 miles and he is 80 years old.Who the hell thinks that running 5k at 3:15 marathon pace is a sign of true fitness by a world-class athlete? Maybe if he were a 330lb OT, yes, but a trim champion boxer, it is almost embarrassing to think that that is good.

Check out that speed!! wrote:

I'm a little skeptical... Here's a video of him running:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdC49NP1FnA

His coach (who ran the LA Marathon in 2:21) comes on at 2:49 to tell us that Pacquiao blazed 3 miles at 7:15 pace. That said, I'm sure he's better at running than most marathon runners are at boxing.

Brian's my teammate, he actually just got back from Philippines about 3 weeks ago....pretty much spot on, all these stories about pacquiao seem to just get blindly handed from one "mainstream" sportswriter to the next....albeit with zero fact (or reality) checking. Brian did say that manny likes to finish with a little 200-300m kick at the end of his runs, but these runs are 20-25min tops on most days, and usually start close to 8min pace, and finish not much faster than 7flat on a good day. that said, he says there have been the odd occasion where pacman likes to hit 6min pace for the whole run, but that's few and far between.

have to love how these random sportswriters love to (intentionally or not) denigrate our sport by making it seem as though, if pacman chose to, he'd just up and win the olympic marathon.....yeah right.

dude-

While I didn't read the original article, just the one in the link, it doesn't say Olympic marathoners, but "an Olympic marathoner." Perhaps he runs with someone who qualified as the only athlete representing some tiny country or someone who competed in the Olympics many years ago. I agree that it's misleading because it does make it sound as if he's an Olympic-caliber runner, but, to the writer's credit, he did cite a specific runner not make a sweeping generalization.

He was a Kenyan boxer who won the World Half Marathon champs in 1:00:24 and had a marathon pr of 2:15.

100 years>80 years... wrote:

He was a Kenyan boxer who won the World Half Marathon champs in 1:00:24 and had a marathon pr of 2:15.

Yes but how good was he as a boxer?

There are also pro runners that are former soccer players. But were they good soccer players? No.