Jimmy Dorsey:  

During the summer of 1976 until winter of 1981 boxing was my passion. I was obsessed with training to the point where it took it's toll on my body. I use to train so hard that in the course of 2 and a half hours I would lose 12 pounds of water!! And this was when I was 165 pounds!! I would come in and weigh myself before training at 168 pounds and 3 hours later I would weigh out at 156 I used to torture myself usually in the summer time with the heat in the Gym being over 100 degrees.This was at Floyd Pattersons camp in New Paltz New York during the 70s and early 80s. This mentality as I learned in later years most likley hurt me. At the time I could not understand why after­ training so hard I would feel sluggish the next day. It blows my mind to think back to the times of running to Dug road, about 2 miles at a 5 and half minute mile clip. I remember going into a zone, an all out sprint the last half mile and being utterly totally gasping for air to the point of collapse. Then up the driveway of Floyds Camp Shadowbox 10 rounds, Heavy bag 13 rounds!! Absolutely crazy this many rounds when training in amatures! I have had very few fights to where I was peaked and felt best. Usually my fights I felt weak or weaker then I should have felt due to the extreme training. One fight in particular comes to mind out of the 113 amature fights I have had. It was at the Downtown Athletic club in New York city 1979.My opponet Micheal Martinez won the 165 open class that same year I lost in the semi final round of same division in a disputed decision to an opponet I should have KOed in the first round. When I fought Martinez a few months earlier we went toe to toe the entire three rounds. It was truly an incredible fight. The last 30 seconds of the fight Martinez got tired and I swarmed on him. It was a mixture of my conditioning and adrenaline which made me peak th...Expand for more