PACKING A PUNCH
BOXER TOMMY LANGFORD ON HOW HIS EXPERIENCE POUNDING THE TRACK HAS HELPED HIM PUNCH HIS WAY TO THE TOP
TOMMY LANGFORD
BOXING and athletics could not seem any further apart as spectator sports, but there are a number of surprising similarities between them, and it’s for that reason that an increasing number of professional and amateur boxers are incorporating track work into their training routines.
Commonwealth middleweight champion and WBO ranked No.2 Tommy Langford is currently preparing for the biggest fight of his four-year-long professional boxing career, against Chris Eubank Jr on October 22 in Cardiff.
The 27-year-old from Birmingham who is signed to Frank Warren, explains how running has helped his main sport.
Although boxing and track athletics do not seem to be close together in the parameters of sport, in terms of timings and the aerobic and anaerobic systems used, they are actually very similar.