Ever spar with a pro?

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  1. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You've made my day, D
     
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    Likewise! :)
     
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  4. jsimps

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    Concur!!! :happy
     
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  5. patscorpio

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    i fought chad dawson in the amateurs

    sparred with jose antonio rivera on a couple occasions
     
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  6. john garfield

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    Not familiar with Rivera, but Dawson's solid, with good tools, and can bang when he puts his punches together, p. Just to be matched with him says a lot about how good you were.

    What was the experience like? See any improvements in him, since then?
     
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    the experience back then was he went to a high school - hillhouse high in new haven that was a rival of mine esp in basketball...we had mutual friends & acquaintances and all...he had a knucklehead reputation but he could fight...the only difference now is he's more physically mature....what you see now in terms of fighting style is pretty much how he was as amateur...didn't waste his punches and had good handspeed...of course he was a southpaw which was a style i always had trouble fighting...def had the power.....his left uppercut loosened a couple of my teeth...i still run into him every now when when i go through CT...he's a good guy
     
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  8. NALLEGE

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    Not at all. I was 19, and they were full fledged pro's. They more or less worked with me and punished me if I showed a flaw.
     
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    I was at 160 sparring with a lightheavy peer. He landed the uppercut often, and Albert "steele" Mills who fought under John Davenport in Plainfield, NJ trained me. Al told me to chew gum to take away the pain. The uppercut is painful when you are new to getting hit with the punch. I lasted a few months, and stuck with basketball lol...
     
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  10. ODIR77

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    The best I did was with Danny Green, I hit him alot although he hit me ALOT also........I am sure he took it easy on me though

    Mundine would be to quick for bika and would see bikas wild punches coming.........

    The best would have to be Mundine:patsch

    Kosta was more of a play around rather than a quaility spar so I never got to face him at his best
     
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    Mandy...the best...:lol:...these words don't really go that well together, do they!

    Thanks, mate!:good
     
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  12. john garfield

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    I've watched Danny spar several times: If you made nice, he'd make nice -- just get the work in. But if somebody put more mustard on his shots than their unspoken agreement, all bets were off... He thrived on a war.

    But unlike Toney, as soon as the session was over, Danny was back to being the joker.
     
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    js,

    Thought you appreciate this bit of trivea that suddenly came to me about Janiro.

    After he hung'em up, he tended bar at The NeutraL Corner, a ginmill across the street from Stillman's Gym, and the gathering place for beat boxing scribes and everybody in the fight crowd.
     
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  15. jsimps

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    That's awesome!

    It still amazes to think how a town like Youngstown can produce all this history, and so many great athletes, in all sports. The penalty flag used in football originated here. (Beebe)
     
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