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    What was it like training in your gyms?

    I used to train at cougar boxing, Edmonton Alberta Canada. Ken lakusta who did actually lose to David tua used to bring his prodigee Chris Andrews the Canadian middleweight champ to train. There was also Helena mehrdnovich multiple world women's champ. We also had Canadian featherweight champ the troll who appeared on ESPN Friday night fights.

    At the time I was 20 to 22 years of age. I ran a 2.5 mile in approximately half an hour or so slightly more. I weighed 235 and was 5 foot 9.

    I did skipping, footwork, shadowboxing, sparring, hitting the mitts, gloves, and punching bags and 100 crunches a day. Plus running. I didn't fight because of my anxiety disorder, but I did have a good time watching the active heavyweights spar.

    Also in town I ran into Scotty the bulldog Olson. I think he was the flyweight world champion for a while. Also a girl in our gym fought the famous figure skater Tonya harding.

    I moved to the prairies where I trained and sparred with an ex heavyweight great. He meddaled in the Olympics and had one opponent in common with Mike Tyson. That's all for me!

    I guess my time sparring: I was 284 lbs. I sparred a superheavyweight, a middleweight a welterweight and a lightweight. My time in the gym has decreased but I still like doing it for fun! In Canada we also have a rich boxing scene smack middle of the country that we call home.
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    Originally posted by Fat_asian View Post
    I used to train at cougar boxing, Edmonton Alberta Canada. Ken lakusta who did actually lose to David tua used to bring his prodigee Chris Andrews the Canadian middleweight champ to train. There was also Helena mehrdnovich multiple world women's champ. We also had Canadian featherweight champ the troll who appeared on ESPN Friday night fights.

    At the time I was 20 to 22 years of age. I ran a 2.5 mile in approximately half an hour or so slightly more. I weighed 235 and was 5 foot 9.

    I did skipping, footwork, shadowboxing, sparring, hitting the mitts, gloves, and punching bags and 100 crunches a day. Plus running. I didn't fight because of my anxiety disorder, but I did have a good time watching the active heavyweights spar.

    Also in town I ran into Scotty the bulldog Olson. I think he was the flyweight world champion for a while. Also a girl in our gym fought the famous figure skater Tonya harding.

    I moved to the prairies where I trained and sparred with an ex heavyweight great. He meddaled in the Olympics and had one opponent in common with Mike Tyson. That's all for me!

    I guess my time sparring: I was 284 lbs. I sparred a superheavyweight, a middleweight a welterweight and a lightweight. My time in the gym has decreased but I still like doing it for fun! In Canada we also have a rich boxing scene smack middle of the country that we call home.
    Are you still training now? What weight?

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      #3
      No I let myself go, im 330 lol

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        #4
        I just recovered from dual hernia surgery, epigastric and umbellical. I wouldn't mind having the body of a welterweight though fast and ripped instead of a fatass hw. These days I find more comfort at the local y looking like a Ruiz clone lol. The bags don't hit back either!

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          #5
          My chest routine used to be insane . 3 sets of decline bench with 2 plates on each side, then 3 sets of regular bench with 2 plates on each side. Aplate weighs 45 pounds, I can't remember how much a bar weighs it's been that long. Then I followed it up right after with incline 3 sets with 2 plates on each side. My buddy said you're benching close to 300 pounds man. That was before the surgery. I never really maxed out but my friend javon used to throw on 2.5 ers on the sides while I did incline lol. Mesh in your guts really restricts getting hit in the body or lifting more than 50 lbs. I just credit that injury to too much strain.

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            #6
            Which is fine because I want to lose the weight and box with the local kids at the gym. There's something very gratifying about an eleven year old teeing off on you lol. It's funny because he puts all his strength into it lol smh.

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              #7
              One of the guys I trained with went on to be a training partner for fringe mma fighter. We used to call him the killer gorilla. He knocked mAh helmet off with a punch and he effed my neck up. That's all I could say.

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                #8
                It hurts to this day

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                  #9
                  I just want to drop a lesson here though: some gyms are cheaper but you could get a rash from sharing gloves or getting yelled at by a non Christian coach where it might be cheaper because he's running off a big name. Instead go spend the extra buck on a place with the attitude of play not kill each other, and that is rooted into a nice rich amateur program instead of a bum gym. I've even heard of gym initiation s where the guy has to fight every body in the gym in a row until he's tired or tapped out. Inhumane if you ask me. I've been hit while I was down on the ropes and I did my fair share of hitting after the clinch so it goes both ways. A safety first coach equals into turning you into a positive fighter. That gorilla guy I told you about broke his nose in sparring. I'm just saying safety first!

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