THOMAS CARTY aims to be the Terminator – but reckons he cannot be beaten as The Running Man.
The heavyweight will return at the 3Arena tonight on a bill run by Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions and Dana White Zuffa Boxing.
Loeffler is friendly with Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger but Carty aims to be The Last Action Hero in Dublin.
The 28-year-old has not only been Pumping Iron since turning pro – he also has an Escape Plan.
Carty told The Rocky Road podcast: “Steady progression is something I’m picking up on. Everybody always says ‘it’s the best camp yet’ but that’s something to be expected.
“If you’re a full-time pro, your last camp should always be your best one because you can always learn something from the one previous. I really seem to have streamlined a lot of things.
“It’s not one size fits all in this game. There’s old school and new school. Some people say you should run, some say you shouldn’t.
“Old-school boxing versus new-school science. I’ve chopped and changed and learned a lot. I’m probably feeling the best I’ve ever felt in my career.”
Asked about his own extremities, the undefeated southpaw said: “For me personally, it’s running.
“There’s no heavyweight who can keep up with me running. I would put myself up there as one of the best heavyweights who can run.
“My times and stuff like that, I’m really, really athletic and it’s obvious in my style.
“I’m not the biggest heavyweight in the world at 6ft 4in, 115kg on a good day, but my athleticism… I don’t think anybody my size could keep up with me running.
“That’s probably the most extreme thing about me. I’m doing 10k in 47mins, 5k in and around 22 each time. It’s quite fast.
“It mightn’t seem that fast but if you’re big, it’s a different story. When someone is above 110kg it’s a different kettle of fish altogether.
And it’s not just being able to run – it’s being able to run Tuesday, spar Wednesday, run again Thursday, spar Friday, you know what I mean?”
Carty regularly spars with the best big men in world boxing.
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are regular training partners and they bring in other prospects too in a bid to keep up with the next generation.
It means Carty is familiar with the up-and-comers as well as those sitting at the top of the division.
And he plans to use all of the experience he has picked up so far when he is in championship contests of his own.
Cork light-middleweight Callum Walsh tops the bill in Dublin as he faces Poland’s Przemyslaw Runowski.
SLIM BETWEEN THE GIANTS
Carty meets Argentina’s Jonathan Exequiel Vergara (6-1) and Celtic Warriors Gym fighter said: “What I’ve picked up is that the margins between us all are so slim.
“I think I’m 86th in the world or something like that but the margins between the top 100 guys is so slim.
“Obviously there are some standout guys but you’re never a million miles from the top.
“It’s a game of experience – getting used to the big fights, big nights, big weeks, getting used to the pressure at the top because that’s the difference.
“Completing a training camp without niggles is quite difficult so it’s knowing when to pull it back, knowing when to push on, it’s a game of gauging breaking points really.”
