Richard Towers said in sparring with Wladimir Klitschko '' he couldn't hit me'' and he '' gave him all the problems in the world'' and that he '' hurt him a few times'' at 11.00 This content is protected Klitschko's coach tells a different story though James Ali Bashir, Wladimir Klitshcko's co-trainer, said: "He surprised me, because, one day, Wladimir knocked him down, I mean sat him down, with a hard-a** hook-a hard hook. Bam! I mean, FOOM, he's sitting on the floor and he's like, looking up like 'What the hell happened?' You know, he was just sitting on the floor looking, man, he was just like 'What in the world?' and we had to help him up, say 'Hey, man. You come on out this ring, man, before you get killed.' You know? And he wanted to keep going. I said 'No, no, no, there ain't no shame in that. Get out this ring, man.'
Mark Breland and Errol Christie were getting the best of Tommy Hearns and Mike McCallum in 83/84 supposedly. At Kronk.
Manny did like to exaggerate. He once said Wlad could do everything better than Lennox ever could (though that’s not mega far fetched how good WK was in his prime)
I can believe that too, Lee was a really talented boxer, anyone that gets knocked down three times in a World Title fight, scoring only one themselves, away from home and grabs a draw has something about them.
Interesting thread. Would be good to hear about the opposite end of the spectrum too. A fighter who doesn’t do anything exceptional in the gym, but shines under the lights.
