Who would have been the ideal trainer to develop Nick Wells as a pro?

Did you see any of the Larry Holmes bouts? Wasn't the Olympic trial fight in your home town? I've seen a pic of it, with Larry on his way down. :yep

 

Of course. Yet again, I get the Lonnie Bennett and Stinger Hutchins fights mixed up. I've only seen them about 30 times each.
Lonnie's bout was the brief one I was referring.

 

...kolcade..thanks for the stuff about nick wells.

re: a good trainer and manager for him? I'd say trainer, charley goldman.
anyone who could teach marciano to keep from falling over his own feet could train anybody. if he could instill in wells the same training-work ethic marciano i think wells could have gone to the top.

manager - well, again al weill was able to use contacts and pick the right opponents as he did would certainly move nick to go all the wy because nick had more natural talent than marciano and was a harder puncher.

my other choice would be jack kearns.

 

Ya Jaclem,

Rocky must have been so overly protected the way marciano's managar threw him in against all those # 1 rated heavyweight contenders(charles, walcott, Lastarza II, moore) or Heavy favorites(Louis, Layne, Lastarza). What a lucky bum to have such an easy schedule!

Or was the one with the protected schedule Ezzard Charles defending his title against all those low rated IBC controlled ham and eggers instead of Clarence Henry, Bob Baker, Rocky Marciano, Roland Lastarza, Rex Layne, Archie Moore.


Good talkin to ya hope all is well bud!

 

...hey suzie- where did i say that weill selected easy or poor fighters for marciano? i think he made good matches for him ..the right fighters at the right time.

..as for ezzard...shame on you for getting nasty on mother's day!!

ps. fun to he sparring with you again..

 

Do you think Clarence Henry, Bob Baker, Nino Valdes would have been better or worse matchups for him at the time?

Ha! Don't worry, I still think Ezzards the best!

More like good to be learning from you again! Thanks Skip!

 

...i don't remember who he fought the times i saw him, except for bobick. i must have seen him several times in the amatuers to have formed my opinion of him...i recall one afternoon when some guys were over and i said "do not look away for one blink of an eye. wells is going to rush out of his corner and knock this guy out. which he did."

i don't know if any of his pro fights were televised, so i may have seen him only in the amatures..and i thought he was rhe hardest hitting amatuer i ever saw and didn't see why he would be any less so as a pro. as i remember he was also fast...at least he was in getting to his opponent when that bell rang.

 

Interesting topic and it is even more crucial with the heavyweights. 1 punch and the prospect and their career can derail.

Futch got involved with Bobick and helped build up that big record of his. But not everyone was buying into it.

Dundee was with Ali.

Clancy had Valdez and Griffith and Ahummada and later on Foreman.

I'd go with Freddie Brown. He was with Duran, but he'd worked with lots of styles and was capable of handling a slugger. And he did bring Arcel out of retirement to work with Duran so there is that dimension as well to consider. A guy like Dundee likes the boxers better and trainers have styles themselves.

But Freddie was a no-nonsense guy that got his guys into shape. Just as important, he would not have just fought regionally and would've fought on undercards at the bigger venues and I think that kind of thing sparks interest and a fan base. He was popular from that 72 timeframe and some nuturing and visibility would've kept him in the eye of the public. And he'd have picked the right opponents and would've been polishing the diamond which he knew how to do. And he'd worked with sluggers before and some diamond polishing of a southpaw big hitter would've been very interesting.