Fighters who were not great in sparring?

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    But would turn it on fight night who are they?
     
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  2. brown bomber

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    Tyson, Holy, Khan, Benn
     
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    Ali. Its a cliche but he used to spar to iron out his weak points rather than work on the stuff he knew he was good at.
     
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    Really Tyson..?

    But i agree on Holyfield, maybe the Holyfield from 1995 and onwards.

    Why did you say Nigel Benn..??
     
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    Aaron Pryor used to struggle in sparring but then turned into what he was on the night - an animal, a "Hawk".
     
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    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    the Hawk was brillaint

    just thought i would put this story in the thread

    Alexs Arguello
     
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  7. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    good post ruben got one hell of a shock with arguello, but my props to ruben who was outboxing this hungry lion for 13 rounds
     
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  8. GazOC

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    AA was a true gent but Olivares was a typical Mexican fighter, thats just the way they do things I guess!!
     
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    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    disagree Ruben was winning but Alexis was making it competive and a close fight it was not Alexis getting outboxed. Very good figth actualy.

    Yeh Ruben was like Duran he probably said that stuff and meant it at the time but afterwards he thought you was a great guy
     
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  10. bennie

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    Great quote. Charlie Nash once took liberties with a 16-year-old Barry McGuigan in sparring but when McGuigan turned pro with a routine stoppage win in 1981 in Dublin, Nash, topping the bill, wound up suffering a brutal, brutal knockout defeat.
     
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    Maza1987 Illin' since '87 Full Member

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    khan looks like hes training pretty hard these days

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipsyWURr1yU[/ame]

    so i wouldnt put him in the list.
     
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    Tyson got floored in sparring a couple of times and you'd hear stories of him struggling now and then though he did bash up a lot of sparring partners.

    Holy from 95 onwards yes.

    Benn never used to spar and didn't look great in the few videos i saw of him.
     
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    i wasn't a big fan of sparring but love it now.
     
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    The first big Brit fight I ever remember as a kid was Nash-Watt, I think it got a lot of press because of the religous angle?
     
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    Watt never looked better, even though Nash scored a flash knockdown in the first. Harry Mullan, a Derry man like Nash, cried when he heard the result on the flight to Minter-Antuofermo in Las Vegas from the pilot.
     
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