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Marciano, Frazier, Foreman, Joe Louis, Lomachenko, Ali, Tyson, Floydn Patterson, Mayweather,
Dempsey, Jeffries, Fitzsimmons, Mikey Garcia, Al Bernstein
Counter punchers:
- Nonito Donaire
- Floyd Mayweather Jr
- Bernard Hopkins
- Max Schmeling
Footwork
- Bernard Hopkins
- Vasyl Lomachenko
- Roman Gonzalez
- Willie Pep
- Mohammed Ali
Push ups (regular and knucles) & Sit ups & rowing & Rope climbing / Pull ups / Grip training
Mobility / Flexibility
Tyson
6am: come back home shower and go back to bed (great workout for those huge legs of his)
2pm: have another meal (steak and pasta with fruit juice drink)
3pm: more ring work and 60 mins on the exercise bike (again working those huge legs for
endurance)
5pm: 2000 sit-ups; 500-800 dips; 500 press-ups; 500 shrugs with a 30kg barbell and 10 mins of
neck exercises
7pm: steak and pasta meal again with fruit juice (orange i think it was)
8pm: another 30 minutes on the exercise bike then watch TV and then go to bed.
Chris Eubank Sr
The regime was thus; I would run in the morning over sand and pebbles, sprinting up certain
tarmac hills, no matter what the weather, at 5am for 7 miles over 7 days. Although at weekends I
did so at 7am to avoid intoxicated individuals. This was through the rain, wind or snow without
fail. I would then do rope-climbing with no legs for upper body strength and grip strength, then
50 push-ups and 50 sit-ups, and then eat sugary sweets and back to bed.
The gym workout took place at 2pm or 4pm depending on how I felt and consisted of 30 minutes
of stretching, 30 minutes of shadow-boxing, then 12 rounds of heavy bag, pad work or sparring
or mixed, then 3 rounds of speed ball and 20 minutes of skipping, followed by 50 incline sit-ups
and 20 medicine ball strikes to the mid-section. Occasionally I would drive through McDonalds if
I started at 2pm, or if I started at 4pm I would go home for dinner which was always meat and
vegetables with potato, rice or pasta.
I didn't drink tea or coffee, I preferred Ginseng with Cinnamon and Ginger or Green Tea with
Cinnamon and Ginger. If I was out, my drink was warm water with lemon peel. Before bed, I
would drink warm milk. I also drank a lot of pure Pineapple juice, but no bottled water. If I was
thirsty it was tap water because it wasn't as old as bottled water.
The heavy gym work was Monday to Friday, but I did an hour of shadow-boxing in front of
mirrors on Saturday and Sunday, refining my technique and poise.
John L. Sullivan
6:30am Wake up and get rubbed down. Dress in heavy corduroy and woolens and walk for 2-3
miles. Limbering up exercises with weighted dumbbells. Medium temperature shower, second
rub down.
8am Breakfast (strict menu only as Muldoon allowed Sullivan) followed by Muldoon s mandatory
digestive rest time.
10:30am Jog/run/hike for 2 hours covering 10-12 miles on same path Sullivan ran wearing heavy
woolens and carrying weights in each hand. Shower followed by third rub down.
1pm Dinner (strict menu only as Muldoon allowed Sullivan) followed by mandatory digestive
rest.
3:30pm Afternoon workout consisting of outside sparring, punching bags, Indian clubs, medicine
ball, skip ropes.
5-6pm Different Daily Special 1889 Activity as posted at barns. 6pm Shower and fourth rub
down.