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oxing training is often cited as one of the most Spartan forms of sports training. This issue of ROUND1 is dedicated to those champions, like our cover guy, legend and official “Gym Rat” [p.7], Rocky Marciano, who recognized the importance of conditioning through hard work. Like Rocky, you too can become a well-oiled boxing machine, just check out our “Training Camp” [pp.3, 5, 8, 17] and workout with junior welterweight contender Edgar Santana [p.9]. Afterward, cool down and weigh in on our picks for “The ‘Sweet Science’ All-Time Best Trainers” [p.12]. Thank you to the scores of N.Y.C. boxing fans who come to the fights and receive ROUND1. Your extremely positive response to our mission—‘honor the noble art and entertain the fans’—has been great.

Boxing provides you with a full body workout that is guaranteed to get your heart pumping. In this Special TRAINING CAMP SECTION, ROUND1 will describe to you everything you need to know to get started boxing for fitness: u EQUIPMENT, v TECHNIQUE, w COMBINATIONS, AND x THE WORKOUT. Edited by Glazzjoe.com

EQUIPMENT

Before you start SWEATING, there are some things you are going to need to purchase:Heavy bag: A bag made of canvas, vinyl or leather. Wraps: These are long cloth wraps that cover your knuckles, to prevent scrapes and bruises during heavy-bag work. Bag gloves: Bag gloves have just enough padding to protect your hands as you hit the heavy bag. Jump rope: Jumping rope is a good way to burn some calories. More Training Camp on page 5 >>>

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TECHNIQUE

Next to having the proper EQUIPMENT, technique is the most important thing in boxing Standing: Present a shoulder to your target. Your leading shoulder is the opposite of your preferred hand. Jab: Your fist should be held in relaxed, palms-in, position. The jab is thrown directly from the chin with your leading hand. Straight right: A twisted torso and a pivoting right foot power the straight right. It should be thrown straight from the chin without a wind up. Hook: The elbow is brought up... parallel to the floor, so the arm forms a sort of hook. At the same time the fist should in memory of be rotated with the palm DIEGO CORRALES down. Uppercut: Dip your orrales (W40 L5 KO33), a former IBF super-feathershoulder so that your elbow weight and WBC lightweight champion, reached the nears your hip. At the same time rotate pinnacle of his career in 2005, when he rallied from two the fist palm up. More Training 10th-round knockdowns to knock out Jose Luis Castillo. R.I.P. Camp on page 8 >>>

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The “experts” may disagree on these champions’ legacy status, but the one thing upon which all seem to agree is this: Bernard Hopkins, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Sugar Ray Robinson were the best-conditioned fighters of their era. Edited By Glazzjoe.com >>>> 7

September 9, 1953: Rocky Marciano, (left) with his trainer, Charley Goldman (right), and manager Al Weill during a workout in Grossinger, New York.

GYM RATS Bernard Hopkins

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The most amazing thing about Bernard Hopkins is his incredible stamina. Most middleweights weigh above or around the light heavyweight limit when not in training. They continue to cycle their training schedule and body weight in what can be a deteriorating process for an aging pugilist. Hopkins, on the other hand, began his career at 177 pounds and lost that fight because of his lack of conditioning. That has also transformed him—resulting in an unending and manic pursuit to be the greatestconditioned athlete in boxing. Now over 40 years old, Hopkins is closing out on a brilliant boxing career that spans more than 17 years. We fight fans are lucky to have been witness to the greatness that is Bernard Hopkins.

Marciano learned early that he had shortcomings to overcome. His short reach, his height, his lack of natural boxing ability all put him at a disadvantage. But he had strength and courage. And with enough hard training, he added stamina. Rocky was disqualified in his first amateur fight, with Henry Lester, when he became totally exhausted and used a knee to keep Lester off him. He was smoking heavily at the time, eating all the wrong foods, and hadn’t trained at all. The crowd booed him, and even his younger brother Sonny was disappointed in him. He told Sonny, “If I ever get into the ring again, you can bet I won’t be out of condition.” It was a promise he kept through 49 pro fights.

When Floyd Mayweather Jr. is in the gym training, he attacks the task with a rare intensity. The five-time world champion trains at only one speed—full—and is immune to exhaustion. During training camp he works out up to four times daily—hard. For Mayweather, training is an enduring family affair. His father, Mayweather Sr. (former contender) was taking li’l Floyd to the gym as an infant in his stroller. For Floyd Mayweather’s Super Fight with super welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya this past May, he moved up a weight class from 147 to 154, which can be trying for a fighter. But after two months in camp, Floyd came into the fight bigger, stronger, and as quick as ever to win a split decision.

Sugar Ray Robinson is generally regarded as the greatest boxer of all time. Robinson was a fluid fighter who possessed a quick jab, knockout power, and was always in great shape. Robinson commented that once a fighter has trained to a certain level, their techniques and responses become almost reflexive. “You don’t think. It’s all instinct. If you stop to think, you’re gone.” Sugar’s boxing instinct has been unmatched. Tales from the gym say, “Whenever Robinson skipped rope or hit the speed bag, everybody stopped what they were doing, cleared the floor and crowded around. It was like watching Fred Astaire. He did everything with such elegance, and his combinations were the envy of everybody."

COMBINATIONS

A good boxing offense includes an arsenal of punches that can be effectively thrown in combination with one another. Punches are assigned numbers in combinations— uJab >vStraight right >wLeft hook >xRight hook >yLeft Uppercut. } u-uand u-u-u: The double jab and the triple jab. u-v: The jab followed by a straight right. Your goal should be to land a clean jab at your opponent’s head to lift the chin. u-v-w: Just add the left hook to the 1-2 combo. v-w-v: Power-punching combos. It is a straight right then a left hook followed by another straight right. w-v-w: A left hook followed by a straight right and finally another straight right. More Training Camp on page 17 >>>

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Edgar practices calming his body, quickly dropping his heart rate between rounds so he can listen to commands from his corner.

oxing is a grueling sport, and in order to make it to the late rounds, a fighter must be in shape. A fighter is in his peak condition for the night when the first bell rings. Three minutes later he gets his first rest. Then it’s an alternating cycle of three minutes of exertion followed by that precious 60 seconds to try to recover. >>

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With every round more energy is spent and less is recovered until a fighter is pushed to the very limit. Many lack the stamina to make the long fight. But Edgar Santana, The Pride of Spanish Harlem and junior welterweight contender, along with conditioning coach Lawson Harris believe they have the remedy.

always understood Pilates to be for girls. But it turns out that Joseph Pilates, inventor of Pilates, was a fighter. And so, it makes sense that in addition to a more traditional boxing workout, Edgar Santana trains in Pilates at Fitness Guru (operated by Harris) across the hall from the renowned Gleasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gym in Dumbo, N.Y.C. The Pilates workout at Fitness Guru addresses immediate concerns like speed power and balance. Pilates promotes a feeling of physical and mental well-being and also develops inner physical awareness. It

8 also emphasizes proper mechanics and overall conditioning that will lengthen boxing careers and increase earnings. For more on Pilates and Fitness Guru, log onto www.fitnessgurunyc.com.

The “El Chamaco” Workout 1. Getting warm on the treadmill. 2. A computer measures and charts improvement in Edgar’s reaction time. 3. The Fitness Guru thinks the ability to move laterally is overlooked in traditional boxing workouts. 4. Edgar works to improve hand speed and power. 5. Using spring resistance to increase strength and flexibility. 6. Edgar works to improve his core. 7. Pilates works the upper body and abs simultaneously. 8. Stretching is vital to keep the shoulders and arms loose and flexible.<

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Circa 1991: Boxer Mark Breland stands in the corner with trainer Emanuel Stewart.

Emanuel Steward is perhaps the most successful boxing trainer of all time. He

founded the legendary Kronk Gym in Detroit where he prepared Tyrell Biggs, Frank Tate, Mark Breland, Jerry Page, Pernell Whitaker, and Steve McCrory to win gold at the 1984 Olympics. Emanuel has trained 32 world champions, including Jermain Taylor, Thomas “Hitman” Hearns, Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar De La Hoya, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, and the Klitschko brothers. © At age of 17, Steward as an amateur won the 1963 National Golden Gloves and led Detroit to its first team title in 24 years. After falling short in finding acceptable management, he left boxing to work, only to come back to training in the early ’70s. © Steward is most recently credited with putting the sledge back into current heavyweight champion, Wladimir “Dr. Steel Hammer” Klitschko, who prior to Steward’s arrival was labeled as unfit and fragile. “I have unbelievable faith in myself,” says Steward. “I had that when I was fighting myself, and I have that same confidence today. If a fighter has any natural talent and will work with me, I feel like I can do a good job.”

Circa 1968: Heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier with his trainer Eddie Futch behind the ropes.

Eddie Futch (August 9, 1911–October 10, 2001) trained a number of legendary

champions. The incredible list includes Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, and Trevor Berbick, four of the five men to defeat Muhammad Ali. © In 1932, Futch won the Detroit Athletic Association Lightweight Championship, and in 1933, he won the Detroit Golden Gloves Championship. He trained at the same gym as Joe Louis, the Brewster Recreation Center Gym, and often sparred with the future champion. © A heart murmur prevented Futch from turning professional, and he began training boxers. His first world champion was Don Jordan, who won the world welterweight championship in 1958. Other world champions Futch worked in the corner with included Bob Foster, Alexis Arguello, Michael Spinks, Marlon Starling, and Riddick Bowe. 14

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Heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson receiving advice from Cus D’Amato during a fight against challenger Ingemar Johansson at Yankee Stadium.

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aged and trained the careers of Floyd Patterson, Jose Torres, and Mike Tyson. © Under D’Amato’s training, Floyd Patterson captured the Olympic middleweight gold medal in the 1952 Helsinki games. D’Amato then guided Patterson to becoming a heavyweight and fighting for the title vacated by the legendary Rocky Marciano. In an elimination bout against Archie Moore, D’Amato’s fighter won the heavyweight championship of the world. © Jose Torres won the light heavyweight championship of the world. After Patterson and Torres’s careers had ended, D’Amato moved to Catskill, New York, where he opened a gym. It was there that he began to work with the future heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. D’Amato died shortly before Tyson became the youngest world heavyweight titleholder in history. 15

Circa 1971: Boxing great Muhammad Ali with his trainer, Angelo Dundee.

Angelo Dundee (born 1923) has worked with 15 world boxing champions, including-

Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jose Napoles, George Foreman, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio and Luis Rodriguez. © This Philadelphia native learned the intricacies of the sweet science while watching the great trainers ply their trade at Stillman’s Gym in New York in the late 1940s. © The first world champion he worked with was Hall-of-Famer Carmen Basilio, who held the welterweight and middleweight crowns. Dundee, along with his brother Chris, a Hall of Fame promoter, eventually relocated to Miami Beach and was the chief trainer at the world-renowned Fifth Street Gym. © In 1960, Dundee was hired to train Muhammad Ali and he remained in Ali’s corner until his fight with Larry Holmes. Dundee, a quick thinker and master motivator in the corner, helped Ali get through some of his toughest fights. © In 1976, Dundee was asked to help shape the career of Sugar Ray Leonard. Again, Dundee was instrumental in building a boxing legend and Hall-of-Famer. Few boxing fans could ever forget his “You’re blowing it, son” pep talk to Leonard just before he knocked out Thomas Hearns to unify the welterweight crown.

THEN The Workout

Ok, now that you have your gear and you know the boxing techniques, we can get to The workout—10 minutes of jump roping, 15 minutes of boxing, and 5 minutes of rest. April 12, 1997: Trainer Lou Duva talks to Pernell Whitaker during a fight against Oscar De La Hoya

Lou Duva has been associated with such fistic stars as Livingston Bramble, Vinny Pazienza, Mark Breland, John-John Molina, Meldrick Taylor, Darrin Van Horn, Michael Moorer, Eddie Hopson, Mike McCallum, Evander Holyfield, and Hall-of-Famers Joey Giardello and Pernell Whitaker. Gil Clancy is most identified as Emile Griffith’s

first and only trainer and guided him to several world championships. Clancy is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

... AND NOW! Floyd Mayweather Sr. is currently the trainer Dundee: Ray Fisher/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; Duva: Al Bello /Allsport.

of WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson, WBO super featherweight champion Joan Guzman and women’s champion Laila Ali. He is most well known for his stint as Oscar De La Hoya’s trainer from 2001 through 2006.

Freddie Roach has trained Manny Pacquiao,

James Toney, Juan Lazcano, Peter Manfredo Jr., Vanes Martirosyan, Marlon Starling, Lucia Rijker, and Mike Tyson. Roach was voted Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2003, 2006 and 2007. < 17

Warm up: Start with 5 minutes of jump roping. Round 1 “3 minutes”: Ok, this is the first round. We’re going to just get the feel of the bag. Work around the bag using the u-u and u-u-u combinations. [Rest “1 minute”]. Round 2 “3 minutes”: Are you tired yet? Now start using the u-v combo. When you hit the bag using your straight right you should here the back go WAP! [Rest 2 “1 minute”]. Round 3 “3 minutes”: Ok you should really be sweating now. You should be moving at all times. Start with the u-v-w. The left hook maybe hard to do at first, but stick with it. [Rest 3 “1 minute”]. If you’re not sweating and your heart beat isn’t up, then you’re not moving. Remember you should be moving when you’re not punching. Round 4 “3 minute”: v-w-v. Ok, start using this combination. [Rest 4 “1 minute”]. Anytime you are resting you should be using the time to drink some water. Round 5 “3 Minutes”: Ok, this is the last round. Give it your all! Use the w-v-w combo. Cool down: 5 minutes of jump rope.

Celebrate The Allure Of FIGHT NIGHT!

THE MOST LUCRATIVE FIGHT IN BOXING HISTORY! 5/5/07 • MGM Grand, LV: In a closely contested match in which neither man was able to master the other, Floyd Mayweather Jr. won a split decision over Oscar De La Hoya to claim the World Boxing Council super welterweight title.

“Look at the punch stats and then you can see I’m the new champion. I was having fun in there. It was a hell of a fight. I told the fans I would give them a hell of a fight, and that’s what I did. It was easy work for me. He was rough and tough, but he couldn’t beat the best.” —Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

BIG DEMAND Ticketsnow.com, an online brokerage website, reported an average ticket price of $1,935 for the fight, with a top price of $20,640 for ringside seats. The only higher average price in the past year for the website was for Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium ($3,820).

The all-time record for pay-per-view buys:

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The all-time pay-per-view revenue record:

$120 million

“I felt I won the fight. I landed the harder, crisper punches. I felt when I landed my punches, I could see I was hurting him. I was pressing the fight and if I hadn’t pressed the fight, there would be no fight. I’m a champion, and you have to do more than that to beat a champion.” —Oscar De La Hoya

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