Boxing myths that you hate

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by The Wanderer, Nov 16, 2008.


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  1. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Yeah i read thats not true.
     
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  2. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There was also the one about Errol Flynn having an 18 inch knob. Fact or fiction?
     
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  3. GazOC

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    The myth that Leonard ducked Pryor is a pet hate of mine.
     
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  4. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The myth--of sorts--that punching power is the end all for a fighter to get the knockout result. Almost all the big punchers are only dangerous early and very few ever carried that power late. What counts is finishing ability.

    Once the great finishers like Ali/Monzon/Leonard/etc. got a guy ready to go, they went. Not the biggest hitters, but they finished fights and the opponent couldn't afford to be badly cut even & the bout was over.
     
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  5. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That Willie Pep won a round without throwing a punch.
     
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  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    61% left. But he magically got better after the Foreman fight so he was still quite good for the rest of the career, apart from for the second Foreman fight when he was old :yep
     
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    According to Hauser, Ali later admitted this was bull****, the chase, the brawl.

    Ali has also since admitted that he didn't throw his medal into the river, that he had "lost it".
     
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  8. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    He didn't sprang up, he tried to get up, but was very slow there. If you want to see a guy spring up, watch Pryor. But this was hardly anything like that.

    Watch it here:


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  9. teeto

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    Who knows, apparently it was big!
     
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  10. McGrain

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    He took a short count, looked buzzed. He wasn't that hurt.

    EDIT: Johnson, not Flynn.
     
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  11. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    Utter Bull****.

    Dont listen to this fool - he is making up these myths from the top of his head.

    :lol:
     
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  12. JohnThomas1

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    Man, you mean that's not all true? I knew about The Four Tops threat but thought the DQ was crap :yep
     
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  13. McGrain

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    :lol:
     
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  14. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    It is indeed from My Own Story with Richard Durham and is a huge piece of black propaganda. It does have good moments however, like the full script from the Frazier conversation and his written relationship with Bertand Russell. The first tiem this story had surfaced- and it was released in 1976. Yeah, a motormouth like Ali really kept it a secret for that long. :yep
     
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  15. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Damn it. Foiled by a General Forum genius AGAIN!!! :twisted:
     
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