Boxers who were also prospects in other sports.

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  1. pare

    pare Active Member Full Member

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    I'm not talking about fighters who won gold in 2nd grade long jump.

    i mean, e.g., rocky marciano, although he failed, was good enough to get a try-out for a major league baseball team (correct me if that's not entirely accurate).

    stuff like that. i'm particularly curious if the smaller guys could've excelled in other sports (except horse-racing:D).
     
    pare, May 13, 2009
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  2. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What do you have against horse-racing?
     
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  3. pare

    pare Active Member Full Member

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    nothing at all. joking only bro. you need good core and butt strength for that ****.
     
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  4. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Both Hatton brothers were very promising footballers.

    Especially Matthew.
     
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  5. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Anthony Mundine, obviously.
     
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  6. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    JWHT Douglas was the M/W gold medalist in London 1908. Olympics. He went on to Captain the English cricket team.

    Ambrose Palmer was Aust. M/W, LH/W & H/W Champ... also played VFL footy.

    John Hopoate was a great NRL player.. fighting McCall for IBA H/W title soon.

    Carlos Mondon was argueably top 3 M/W ever.. Umm.. errr.. Is 'wife tossing' a sport??

    There's a long list of names with 'payed' ability of recent times at dual sports.
     
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  7. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    ahh yes that great MW king Carlos Mondon
     
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  8. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    terry norris - baseball

    calzaghe was pretty determined footballer but he was too young before he changed.

    wilder was a prospecting basketball player turned beer truck driver
     
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  9. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    dont think he was any good though
     
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  10. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    shh i only have 2 then...:lol: yeah true there is nothing to say that he wold of been highley succesful
     
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  11. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kermit Cintron was a very good college wrestler.

    I believe Ernesto Marcel was a good basketball player but obviously height wasn't his strong suit.
     
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  12. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol:

    No it's miget tossing.
     
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  13. FromWithin

    FromWithin Living for the city Full Member

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    Corrie Sanders I think is in the PGA senior..
     
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  14. tommy the hat

    tommy the hat Active Member Full Member

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    James Toney was an excellent football player in hs.
    Terry Norris was a very good baseball player.
    Ken Norton was a record setting track athlete in hs
     
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  15. pare

    pare Active Member Full Member

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    of course! don't know much about rugby but he was supposed to be superstar in that sport right? wonder why he left it.

    this got me thinking, wasn't he knocked out by feather-fisted sven ottke with one punch? you reckon this has to do with him losing too much muscle too quickly a la rjj? (i'm assuming he was a lot bigger in his rugby days).
     
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