“He was fattening 15 kg in 24h!” It became enormous “

Where does the nickname “Moșu” come from? “Because of the weakness. When I do not eat, I do not speak, I have a fallen face, like an old man,” says Doroftei. Who told and how much he lost the most before a fight.

VIDEO. Leonard Doroftei, at Podcastul GSP “2 to 1”: “When you have a very good physical condition, you lose through training and hunger”

“I dropped about 12 pounds about a week or two. However, I usually started weakening a month before the competition. When you have a very good physical condition, you lose weight easily, through training and hunger. I was jumping over the tables. That's the solution (no – laughs)“, Doroftei said, at the GSP podcast” 2 to 1 “.

“After the scales, at the professionals, you have 24 hours in which you can eat as much as you want. This is happening in some states. My example is cook,” continues Doroftei. “Gatti take 15 kilograms in 24 hours! Look at how much he had on the scales and look at what he looked like in the match. You do not recognize it, it became enormous. This helps him, because he was big! ”He added.

Arturo Gatti (1972-2009)

Leonard Doroftei: “Common people are advised to lose weight slowly, but we are not ordinary people”

Doroftei says that professional athletes are not affected by sudden weight loss, not recommended: “It affects you if you drink alcohol instead of water or you have other unhealthy habits. Otherwise, no. Ordinary people are advised to lose weight slowly, but we are not ordinary people. We are professional athletes. We were taught that if we want to lose weight, we must be hungry and work a lot ”

They told me I didn't have many KOs, because I didn't recover well. I was weakening a bit every day, so I learned in amateurs. I didn't have the necessary force for KO. Therefore, I tried another weight loss system, through severe nutrition. In recent days I was making a bigger effort and losing 5-6 kilograms in two workouts

– Leonard Doroftei

When I first returned to Romania, at the first workout the water jumped in me. Everyone was wondering, it was also written in the newspapers. In Canada, I was running intensively for 30 minutes in the morning and dropped 1.5 kilograms. In Romania, we ran from Mitică Dragomir to Stefan cel Mare and back and we lose only 400 grams, in the rain and cold. We are talking about the same run distance

– Leonard Doroftei

Video integral | Leonard Doroftei, invited to Podcastul GSP “2 to 1”

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About Leonard Doroftei:

• Amateur career
  • 5 Senior National Titles: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997
  • Two Olympic Bronze Medals: Jo Barcelona 1992, Jo Atlanta 1996
  • World Champion: Berlin (Germany) 1995
  • European champion: Vejle (Denmark) 1996
  • Palmares: 254 matches, 239 wins
• Professional career
  • World Champion, Semi-Immous Category, WBA version: On January 5, 2002, defeated at points, decision 2-1, Argentine Raul Balbi, La San Antonia (USA)
  • In the revenge on May 31, from Bucharest, the Romanian defeated, more clearly, decision 3-0
  • The unification match of the WBA and IBF belts, at the semi-middle: on May 17, 2003, in a confrontation with the American Paul Spadafora, at Pittsburgh (USA), the referees decided that the match ended, the two keeping their own belts.
  • He lost the WBA belt without a fight: he failed to pass the scales' sample before confrontation with Panamse Manuel Callist, a match that should have taken place on October 24, 2003
  • The only lost match: On July 25, 2004 was defeated by KO by Italo-Canadian Arturo Gatti, the champion in WBA in the light category, at Atlantic City (USA)
  • Palmares: 24 matches, 22 victories, of which 8 through KO, an equal match, a defeat
  • It was decorated in 2002 with the National Order “For Merit” in the rank of Knight by President Ion Iliescu
  • President FR Box: 2012-2015