Boxing's Iron Men: How did they win 100 Fights?

The really remarkable thing is that guys like Ray Robinson and Harry Greb had a huge amount of fights against very respectable opposition. Their records aren't exactly padded full of bums.

 

The non-talented fighters they often fought were liable to be tougher and more durable than those of today, also.

 

Buck Smith - won 179 (KO 120) + lost 20 (KO 9) + drawn 2

When he fought Shannan Taylor he was

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I've always wonder what it would be like if a fighter did this today.

 

Fighting in a much tougher era where you NEEDED to fight to make enough $ to survive.

 

these guys today have training camps that last 8-10 weeks. That is probably more physically taxing on their bodies than fighting a bum a month between big fights.

well probably not more but not far

 

it not as easy as it sounds. even Today. some times tomato cans upset the odds. if fighters foought more often we would see more and more upsets then wee used to and the word exposed would be almost no existant

 

Yeah.

Imagine being a pro fighter meant in reality a "part time, side line" job.

You're a blue collar worker during the day, earning minimum wage or less, sometimes gettig laid off, and then training for boxing when you had the time.

You take any fight that you can have, to earn some cash. The prize money isnt that big to last you and your family for 2 months.

So you fight as often as possible. With no 8 week training camp that boxers today have.

You dont care if theyre bums, tomato cans and trial horses. Your doing it to feed your family.

A big name fighter means a bigger paycheck, but that doesnt come all the time.

 

is this a serious question ?

 

Ray Robinson lost to Lamotta, won a 10 round decision vs Jackie Wilson and then beat Lamotta in February 43 alone.

 

Stay busy and fight cans

 

For guys outside the HBO/Showtime limelight that is still the reality today. Boxing is treated as a secondary job used to get some additional income I mean look at Rogers Mtagawa, one day he is putting on roofs a week later he is fighting Gamboa at MSG.

The last elite fighter to really have that mentality about fighting often was Jose Luis Castillo. I mean the guy took a fight between the 6 months or so between the two Mayweather fights.

 

The last fight he did serves as his training camp for the next fight, a couple weeks later.

This is true for most Filipino boxers.

Very few are truly "professional" boxers.