Which fighters suffer from the worst pre-fight nervous?

Bredrin...Truss!!! :deal

 

I was in the dressing room with a buddy who was fightin’ on the undercard of the Joey Giardello-Walter Cartier fight at the ol' Garden.

Walter was a very tough, strapping N.Y. middleweight -- an intense guy -- trained religiously under the watchful eye of his twin brother at Stillman’s Gym. Walter was an orthodox, stand-up boxer, with a solid right hand 'n a string of impressive knockouts. And you could see, under his brother’s encouragement, he believed he could beat Joey and be vaulted into the title picture.

He was getting his game face on; and in deference to Walter's big chance, the other fighter's spoke in whispers. All of a sudden, the locker room door burst open. It was Giardello in an outrageously expensive camel’s hair coat tied at the waist -- cigar in his yap -- surrounded by an army of goombahs spilling into the room. All commotion and noise.

Joey strode over to Cartier, who’s mouth was open 'n gave’m a resounding slap on the back: “Hi ya doin', Walter?”

The blood drained from Cartier’s face. The TKO in the first round was a formality; Walter lost it in the dressing room.

 

John McDermott is very bad for this.

 

:rofl

 

Any guy who had to face Joe Louis or Mark Breland in the amateurs

 

Nerves people. Not Nervous. lmao

 

pmsl

 

I heard George Foreman had it bad in his early career.

 

Lol'd so loud I fell off chair (LOLdSLIFOC). :deal

 

Now I know were the term 'shits and giggles' comes from.

 

Floyd and Oscar always looked nervous entering the ring, but once they touched gloves they turned into a whole.different animal.

 

Frank Bruno?