Some fighters who drink will put a lot of extra weight on." That's one of the reasons I find it easy to stay at a low weight. "Because I'm a Muslim I never drink alcohol. Sometimes it's as much as $100,000 a pound they may even reschedule the fight.īut I've never been over the weight. If you weigh too much at the weigh-in, they can strip you of your title, or you can get fined for each pound that you're over. If I'm one or two pounds over close to a fight, it's easy to lose that weight. "At the start of my training camp it's OK to eat red meat, but just before the fight I cut down on this. There's a halal butcher a few miles down the road. I normally start with soup, then potatoes with salmon, steak or chicken breast. I often have someone who comes to cook for me. "Although I have energy and protein drinks during the afternoon, my next meal isn't until 6pm. It's normally scrambled or poached eggs on toast, tomatoes, beans. Then, after my early-morning running session I have oatmeal with blueberries, raspberries or strawberries. When I first wake up I take a protein shake. "During training camp I have to consume between 6,000 and 6,500 calories every day. I like to change where I run so I don't get bored." Or else I'll go down to Santa Monica and run up and down the steps there. "On other mornings, I'll run on the steep road leading up to the Griffith Observatory and on the dirt trails beyond it. This simulates the end stages of a fight when your legs get heavy and tired - rounds ten, eleven and 12. "After that I do shadow boxing in the sand beside the track. I'll spend 45 minutes running altogether. I either sprint 70 metres flat out, or I do two laps of interval sprints with ten-second fast sprints, followed by 20-second jogs. Just like in a fight, when you first take it easy with jabs, then throw in a fast combination of shots. This is all about sprints and explosive stuff. **"Quite often I run on the track at the University of California, Los Angeles. **"I get up early to do my most intense fitness training, either running or swimming." (c) vs.In the weeks leading up to a fight, Khan moves from his home town of Bolton to Los Angeles to work with Freddie Roach, one of the world's best boxing trainers, at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood. Note: This will be updated constantly with changes and additions. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news. Shields is the only boxer in history to be a four-belt undisputed champion in two weight classes simultaneously and looks to remain perfect as a professional in her first fight of 2023.Ĭan't get enough boxing and MMA? Get the latest in the world of combat sports from two of the best in the business. The best pound-for-pound fighter in women's boxing history will be in action on June 3 when Claressa Shields defends her undisputed middleweight title against Maricela Cornejo, who steps in on less than 10-day's notice after Hanna Gabriels failed a pre-fight drug test. Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez both picked up recent wins while trying to stake their claim as "the face of boxing." Undisptued titles have also been on the line of late, with Devin Haney edging out Vasiliy Lomachenko in a fantastic bout to retain his undisputed lightweight title, and all-time great and undisputed women's lightweight champion Katie Taylor coming up short in her bid to become undisputed super lightweight champion against Chantelle Cameron. As summer draws near, the boxing schedule has been heating up with some of the sport's biggest stars in action.
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