Has there been a case where a (decent) fighter would lose to his trainer?

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  1. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    If they had a boxing match.
     
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    I can't think of any off the top of my head but I do remember watching the clip of when Roy Jones Jnr fought Glenn Kelly and Kelly had Jeff Fenech in his corner and they asked Emmanuel Steward if Fenech would have a game plan for Kelly to beat Jones and Emmanuel was honest and he said something like "I think that Jeff would have a better chance if he got in there himself" :lol:
     
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    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Jonathon Banks trained Golovkin, Jack and a few other good fighters while being very recently retired from boxing. Being fairly young and considerably bigger he would have had a good shot at winning.
     
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    Probably plenty of examples in lower weights
     
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    Arturo Gatti wast rained by Micky Ward in his last fight-he won 2/3 in their high contact trilogy.
     
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  6. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Nice one.
     
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    Any trainer of Campbell Hatton
     
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    Mark Breland and Wilder
     
  9. bjl12

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    Floyd Jr almost lost to Floyd Sr lmao
     
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    Buddy Mcgirt I have no doubt would've beaten Gatti :lol:
     
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    Rocky Balboa and Tommy Gunn came to the very top of my head.
     
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    Anne Wolfe would have made James Kirkland her *****.
     
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    Archie Moore trained Cassius Clay for a while. But Clay wouldn't listen. So Moore quit. That's why Archie signed to fight him in 1962. He wanted to teach the cocky young kid who wouldn't listen a lesson.

    Didn't work out so well.
     
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    David Haye managed and oversaw the training and nutrition for Derek Chisora for three years.

    Haye also wasted Chisora in five rounds and "glassed" Chisora in a previous post-fight altercation.

    Haye totally owned Chisora.
     
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    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He had no problems with Joe Gatti, that's for sure.
     
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