For anyone who has actually been in the ring share a personal true story!!

[john garfield]

Originally Posted by DrMo

It has been moved to the training section of the forum Mr Garfield

any idea why they did that, DM? It was a popular thread

[DrMo]

Originally Posted by john garfield

any idea why they did that, DM? It was a popular thread

Not a clue.

That last post of yours about the Joe DiMaggio fan is hilarious, all of your stories are fantastic & I hope you sit down & write a book some day.

[john garfield]

Originally Posted by DrMo

Not a clue.

That last post of yours about the Joe DiMaggio fan is hilarious, all of your stories are fantastic & I hope you sit down & write a book some day.

Well at least I'd have one reader. Many thanks, DM

[King87]

Originally Posted by john garfield

Well at least I'd have one reader. Many thanks, DM

Add me to that list as well.

[Juxhin]

Same situation like yours mate, happened a week ago. Public boxing marathon and coach put me up with the best fighter in our team (6-0 6KO) 83Kg but hes 30 somethin. Well hes known for being the toughest motherfucker out there but we know eachother well and always love getting heavy shots from him cause in my heart i say "if you can handle his, i can handle anybodies" he stunned me probably 500 times but i learn alot from him. I did what you did, im 63Kg and my best factor is speed and situation awareness (know how to adapt to different fighters quickly).. honestly forgot how many rounds we did exactly but we did a few.. when he would put me on the ropes i would just tuck up as hard as i could and feel rocks hitting my head but that wasnt the problem, its the body that i want to save. Whilst sparring i think alot, when i jab i have 3 steps ready in my mind to exectute so i said "throw jab, slip left (hes southpaw), liver, right upper" and that was the most beautiful combination i ever landed on anyone before. All shots landed and had immediate effect on him, was our last round and he was already tired but still stunned me bad in the last 3 seconds. After that this manager spoke to me and asked me how old i was (16) and whether i found before and i replied no because were waiting for AIBA to come in our country, he then said i was a real talent and that i would make big money one day..

[Juxhin]

Originally Posted by brown bomber

Looking forward to reading this thread properly... If anyone's got any questions feel free.

I have a question regarding body shots.. wanted to ask how you keep your feet when giving a bodyshot. A pro coach in england said to lean to the side and keep both feet flat and crack the shot in, usually i always stay a bit on my toes and never tried this out but i wonder if this works well.. does it make you slow to move out tho? Whenever i change from orthodox to southpaw i usually stay more flat footed cause for some reason i set up shots much easier and feel much stronger so is it worth staying on your toes most of the time?

[john garfield]

This was back at the old Gramercy Gym on 14th St in New York.

I’m sitting ringside watching sparring and talking fights with some of the regulars and another guy with a tell-tale fighters' nose joins the conversation and introduces himself as Harold Green.

Harold Green was a helluva middleweight, who beat Rocky Graziano twice in the '40s.

As soon as one of our crews hears him say Harold Green, he’s all over him with questions. He wants to know every detail of what it was like facing the fearsome Graziano: Was Graziano as hard a puncher as everyone said? Did Graziano every hurt him?...'n on 'n on.

The guy couldn't have been nicer -- showed us how he slipped Rocky’s right and made him pay; how he kept Rocky off-balance with his jab -- spent about three hours answering every question before he had to leave.

The guy asking the questions was Harold Green.

[john garfield]

I've added more stories to the thread now in the training section

[Prince.]

I haven't read the specific piece written by G but add me aswell lol

[Juxhin]

Originally Posted by john garfield

DiMaggio looked up and said, "I get $5 for that."

All the air was sucked out of the room.

Sal looked at him... not believing what he heard, then hurled himself on top of DiMaggio, trying to strangle him, yelling, "YOU MISERABLE MUTHA-------!

It took all of us to pull him off DiMaggio. Sal kept trying to dive back at him. We were barely able to get DiMaggio out of there and back in his car.

Hahaha i actually laughed at all of that to be honest even tho its a sad story, but the ending was hilarious

[DrMo]

That Harold Green story is

[john garfield]

Macka Foley had over 50 pro fights in the late ‘60s and was stopped 13 times, in addition to being flattened five times by Earnie Shavers in sparring. Macka’s motto was: “I’ll fight anybody, anyplace for a $1000…

I asked him, “What was your biggest payday?”

“$30,000, he replied.

“For what?” I asked.

“For torchin’ a bowling alley.”

[JudgeDredd]

Originally Posted by john garfield

As a kid, I had a bud named Sal, who was a tough street fighter and gave it a shot as a pro heavyweight. No amateur experience--just balls and a big punch.

Sal worshiped at the shrine of Joe DiMaggio; everything out of his mouth was: Joe DiMaggio this and Joe DiMaggio that, and he was the best Italian athlete ever...and blah, blah, blah. It never stopped.

Every day Sal took a pounding sparring, and it was worse in the few prelims that he got.

When he packed-it-in, Sal opened an Italian restaurant in Queens, named after his idol: "Jolt'n Joe's." Every inch was covered with pictures and paintings of DiMaggio, newspaper clippings about him, and the wallpaper was Yankee pinstripes.

For years, the guys would go in Jolt'n Joe's for dinner every week, but you could hardly eat, with all Sal's DiMaggio stories.

I had a friend who did some business with people connected to DiMaggio, and I told him all about Sal and what a thrill it would be for him if DiMaggio would come to his restaurant.

Not too long after, the guy calls me back and says Joe will do it Friday at 8 P.M.

So, I round up all our friends and we make it our business to be in the restaurant early. We couldn't wait to see Sal's reaction when DiMaggio came in the door.

We all made small talk...but it was killing us. Finally, the door opens and there's DiMaggio--"Joe D," in person-- as dapper as you could imagine in a double-breasted sharkskin suit.

I thought Sal was gonna have a coronary. His mouth dropped open; his eyes went wide. He practically leaped over to where DiMaggio was: "Joe...Joe! This is the greatest dream of my life! I never thought I would ever meet you. Look... your pictures are everyplace! You've been my hero since I was kid!"

We had to swallow hard.

"Sit! sit! Joe. I make you something personally" Sal almost kissed us as he headed into the kitchen.

Joe was seated and waited. We were feeling wonderful seeing Sal's dream come true.

When Sal came out and placed the food on the table, he said to Joe, with his eyes glistening: "My son feels the same way about you that I do, Joe. Could you autograph this menu... to Paulie?"

DiMaggio looked up and said, "I get $5 for that."

All the air was sucked out of the room.

Sal looked at him... not believing what he heard, then hurled himself on top of DiMaggio, trying to strangle him, yelling, "YOU MISERABLE MUTHA-------!

It took all of us to pull him off DiMaggio. Sal kept trying to dive back at him. We were barely able to get DiMaggio out of there and back in his car.

Did he change the name of his restaurant?

[john garfield]

Originally Posted by DrMo

That Harold Green story is

Glad you enjoyed, DM. Hope other posters find their way to the thread.

[Juxhin]

Originally Posted by john garfield

Macka Foley had over 50 pro fights in the late ‘60s and was stopped 13 times, in addition to being flattened five times by Earnie Shavers in sparring. Macka’s motto was: “I’ll fight anybody, anyplace for a $1000…

I asked him, “What was your biggest payday?”

“$30,000, he replied.

“For what?” I asked.

“For torchin’ a bowling alley.”