Really looking forward to seeing that film.
Arno *****
Incidentally there was talk of me dad fighting Saldivar for the featherweight title in 1970 if he won the British featherweight title from Jimmy...
No I don't think me dad even knew he'd sparred with Shibata who was only a prelim fighter at the time. I only found out by chance when i was...
Yes he probably was past his best by then. Interesting that Ferreri was a southpaw and by all accounts Rodolfo Martinez turned southpaw when he...
Elvis Parsley.
Shibata was one of me dad's sparring partners when he fought Fighting Harada. He was a strong dangerous puncher but he could be vulnerable in a...
Ferreri was a good fighter. Zarate said he was the smartest fighter he fought. I was lucky enough to meet him a few years and I asked him about...
Yes I think he trained the Galaxies as well. Most of those Thai fighters were battling the scales big time. In the Khaokor Galaxy Luisiti Espinoza...
I read it originally that he was talking about the Gong bloke :-)
Bombardier Billy Wells, didn't read the question there. You thinking about the actor in the Quiet Man, forget his name now:-)
Never gets mentioned in these sort of threads but I'd say Mike McCallum deserves a mention. An all rounder and a real tough guy!
And he stopped the unstoppable Jose Luis Ramirez.
No way!
I remember watching this one. Sot came with a great reputation and was trained by Liverpool's Charles Atkinson jnr. Other talk about Sot was how...
