Ambrose Palmer.. 100 y/o

God, what a bunch of ******s.

Call me Booby.

 

Says the man sending out discs that don't work!

 

Says the man that sent me 60 discs that "don't work", except in every dvd player I've tried them in.

 

A Master trainer asks you to perform certain skills or tasks perfectly, and then as the student acts out this skill or task, the master trainer shapes and guides the student towards his degree of perfection and competent delivery. This type of skilling or coaching isn’t new, it is practised in nearly every other form of sport. In the sport of boxing, the best Master I ever saw do this was Ambrose Palmer.

In the late sixties and early seventies, over a period of six years (where I hardly missed a day), I witnessed regularly Ambrose Palmer, take into his fold many new recruits to boxing, and in this same queue were several existing pros, some real beauties trained from the bud by him (Famechon, Ferreri) and some others who had arrived on his doorstep as badly skilled, down and out, old pugs that were not making much of it. Bit by bit Palmer instructed the new and resurrected the old, continually improving and fortifying them and eradicating their horrid and dangerous habits.

The Master’s Mix was also in his gym which was a real strong brew - the dedicated and excellent boxing trainer he was, a renowned hero and champ in a few divisions; his great system called the Method which was about hitting and not being hit (along with other risk plans so as to assist in your life after boxing). He had a long string of main-event boxers in his gym, experienced fighters and boxers that newbies could observe, bounce-off and spar with vigour. The gym culture was supportive, happy, dynamic, professional, genuine and respectful; boxers’ confidence and achievement flourished there.

A shame Boxrec cannot show the statistics about Palmer's boxing pupils, regarding the advantage that boxers trained by Palmer had...you would see that it was spectacular and plentifully provided with strong evidence. I would confidently predict that you would see the highest climbing graphics of boxers percentage of winning on points, and them also having the least amount of percentages of being knocked out. (I cannot think of a better way to evaluate a boxing trainer's success)

Happy Birthday Amby.

 

fair call.... I got them working on one DVD player only. Does WA have a different format to the rest of Australia?

 

Well we have moved on from beta.

 

What a great post about a bloody great man.:good

Fammo was the shining example of the validity of Ambrose's "Method".

Watching the beauty of Famechon with that superb footwork,movement and airtight defense makes one forget that boxing is essentially a blood sport and Palmer was the architect behind it.

Speaks volumes about him really.

Happy Birthday Mr Palmer.