Boxers who never did the road work?

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  1. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    :lol: Perhaps for the best.
     
  2. Kamikaze

    Kamikaze Bye for now! banned Full Member

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    Honestly- He beat up on some well past it welters. Napoles should have been a LW and all round his acting career impressed me more.
    Monzon was just there at the wrong time- he was a known gentleman a real peoples champion all of Argentina loved him and the case against him was laughably bad that's why they gave him a joke sentence why else would they let a "murderer" have such freedom?
     
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    zulander Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Towards the end Carl Froch did bike rides rather than road work apparently.
     
  4. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    Lamotta said he never ran a day in his life if thats true or not i dont know.
     
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    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I heard something along those lines as well: that he sparred as only training.
     
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    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Saoul Mamby said that he preferred to skip rope to increase his cardio, rather than do roadwork. He went 15 and closed strong on multiple occasions, so this training regimen appeared to work out for him.
     
  7. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Locche?
     
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    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ya he was a heavy smoker with an engine that wouldn't quit.. and Hatton did his road work at his parents pub drinking beer and throwing darts .. James Toney was sparring only I think ,, that explains it right? haha
     
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  9. Richard M Murrieta

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    Those guys kept on going, Lol.
     
  10. Joe.Boxer

    Joe.Boxer Chinchecker Full Member

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    wba middleweight titlist Jorge Castro
     
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  11. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    I do not think Carlos Monzon was a model family man, far from it. But inside the squared circle he was a confident, technical fighter who did what many greats in his division were unable to do, retire with their World Middleweight Title , he never lost his title in the ring. Again, you can only fight the opponents in your respective era's, not opponents from the past or future, so resumes mean absolutely nothing, zero, unless a fighter fattens his record by fighting the Senior Circuit Bunch. The skill you demonstrate and winning is what matters.
     
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  12. Clark12345

    Clark12345 New Member Full Member

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    Did Butterbean run?
     
  13. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Fixed.
     
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  14. SeanK

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    To MacDonalds maybe
     
  15. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I'm sure he ran out of pies a few times
     
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