Best sparring stories

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  1. BigBroda

    BigBroda New Member Full Member

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    Anyone got any good stories that have come from sparring session involving famous fighters? I know that sparring isn't everything but any stories involving huge names being humbled are welcome.
     
  2. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    [url]http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19860307&id=x_QwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l90FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4881,911524[/url]

    Hagler knocked down in a sparring session.
     
  3. PBFred

    PBFred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Miranda knocking Dawson out two weeks prior to the Ward fight
    Spadafora more than holding his own against Mayweather
    RJJr beating up SRL as a 17 y/o when SRL was prepping for Lalonde
     
  4. Tar Baby

    Tar Baby Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Guerrero getting the better of Pacquiao
    Morales schooling Mayweather
     
  5. Elite

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    JCC Sr vs Oscar and Mosley. I think there is a video too.
     
  6. Marlow

    Marlow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kell Brook destroyed Amir Khan in sparring.
     
  7. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Bobby Chacon-Danny Lopez sparring sessions were well known.
    I heard Jeff Fenech-Roger Mayweather were good.
    Rjj did outspeed an old Leonard, but got clocked by a right hand.
    The Marquez bros would get spanked by Finito for years until Rafa finally bested him.
    Chavez Sr whipping a young Oscar, Oscar whipping a young Vargas.
    Morales feints troubling Floyds counterpunching style.
    Margarito whipping Oscar.
    Barrera beating Corrales.
    Angulo whipping Canelo, Golovkin whipping Angulo.
    Vanes making Chavez Jr look bad.
    Kirkland whipping Vera.
    McClelland dropping Michael Moorer.
     
  8. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    -Chavez Sr once knocked down De la hoya in a sparring session. Sr was getting ready for the Taylor fight. De la hoya was 17 and Sr was 27.
     
  9. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    Did you hear about this or saw it?
     
  10. Julien Sorel

    Julien Sorel New Member Full Member

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    John Garfield has the best stories, he was actually there from pep to ali, duran, pac etc.
     
  11. str1

    str1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Canelo actually sparring Light Middle Weights :rofl

    True story, brah! :deal
     
  12. ThaWiseJester

    ThaWiseJester Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd at 17 sparring Whitaker...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBaKrk9ZQ7w[/ame]
     
  13. Oscar de la Roa

    Oscar de la Roa I'm THE lightweight champ Full Member

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    there's an article at the ring magazine website where they describe a sparring sesion between canelo and golovkin
     
  14. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Here is Nigel Benn and Roberto Duran

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZtTnBo61fM[/ame]