Not trying to impress and ok.
It is about damn time! :lol:
Strange how he was set to fight the most dominating fighters in his weight class and yet some here miss his wasted potential. :patsch
There was also a guy from our local gym that went the same way as the guy from your gym. He actually fought and lost to Ayala in Italy. Pat was a...
I was very disappointed in him
The odd thing was Ayala was a complete gentleman and soft spoken man outside of the ring. He was a complete gentleman. Drugs, alcohol and a...
Like I said.....
You obviously never saw the man fight.
Can you even imagine what a press conference and fight with Duran would have sounded and looked like?
He would talk to his opponent during a fight and say the most demeaning things he could think of.
Tony Ayala was one of the most intimidating fighters to ever step into the ring. He was dealing with inner demons.
I remember in his hayday commentators were talking about Ayala much like they talked about Tyson. Tyson by the way has to be on the list of...
What appreciation thread? The man was a good fighter who had the potential to be a great one. He wasted all of that by being a drug enraged...
He annihilated my friend and excellent welterweight, Pat Hallacy.
Ike was never the contender that Ayala was. At the time he was considered the greatest prospect in boxing.
