Train and Develop Fighters
Use six week camps, focus messages, equipment, and staff while keeping temporary preparation separate from permanent development.
Training has two jobs that are easy to confuse. A camp prepares a fighter for the booked bout with temporary bonuses. Career development changes the fighter's underlying attributes over time.
Start a camp by booking a fight
You do not schedule training as a separate activity. Booking a bout creates a six week camp tied to that fight. If a bout is booked closer than the full camp window, the fighter receives less preparation before the bell.
Camp quality depends on the gym's equipment and coaching context. Better preparation can improve the temporary bonuses available for that fight, but it does not guarantee the outcome.
Answer the focus message
Early in camp, Mail asks you to select up to three focus attributes. Choose areas that support the matchup or the fighter's identity. A boxer facing pressure may value movement and defense. A puncher who already lands clean may benefit more from stamina or recovery than another narrow power boost.
Chin and Cut Resistance are not focus options. They are not trainable camp attributes. If you do not answer the focus decision in time, the game uses style based defaults and locks the camp.
Higher quality camps also prepare supplementary attributes. These are selected from style synergy and weaker trainable areas, so the three visible focus choices are important without being the entire camp.
Know what remains after the fight
Camp bonuses belong to that bout. Permanent development is handled separately through monthly growth and postfight learning. What a fighter learns after a bout depends on age, career stage, potential, existing ratings, gym quality, and what happened in the ring.
Young fighters usually have more reachable upside. High attributes become harder to improve. Fighters at or beyond their personal peak may retain a high lifetime POT even when much of that ceiling is no longer reachable.
Build the gym around your plan
Equipment raises the camp ceiling and training effect. Head Trainer, Conditioning Coach, and Corner Staff contribute to different training areas. Their effect is applied to preparation; they are not buttons you press during the bout.
The best upgrade is the one your cash flow can support. A stronger camp on paper does not help if salaries and overhead end the save.
Review the evidence
After a fight, read the development report and the fighter's attribute history. Over several bouts, that record tells you whether the boxer is still growing, has plateaued, or is declining. Use the current trend instead of assuming POT will eventually be reached.