champions that barely trained yet.....

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by shommel, Mar 14, 2011.


  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    always seemed to be in top physical form from start to finish. ie giardello.
     
  2. Duranium

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    Duran. Well, it was more to do with his underrated defense but he definatley never trained
     
  3. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Benitez supposedly, Hamed became a lazy trainer who blew up between fights, JG says Willie Pep mainly clowned in the gym instead of training, James Toney
     
  4. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ABSOLUTELY! PP. Add scarecrow Lew Jenkins, who was always drunk but knocked guys out before his stamina was tested.

    JT trained hard -- when he trained, but it only consisted of sparring hundred of rounds (with any life form available) 'n hitting a peanut bag.
     
  5. D.T

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    Roy Jones Jr - the fighter who fares best H2H of any fighter in history. Beats everyone in history from Middleweight to Light-Heavyweight, and even some Heavyweight champs.
     
  6. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Giardello was hardly the model of consistency there shommel. Is it even possible for you to go an entire post without making yourself look foolish/uneducated?
     
  7. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Some reason you feel RJ didn't train hard, D.T?
     
  8. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maxie Rosenbloom - there was an old story, don't know how valid, but the story was of Rosenbloom coming back to his hotel at about 5 am after a night on the town and saying to himself, "I'd better start training for this Walker fight." He takes a notion to just turn around and start jogging in Central Park in his tux and patent leather shoes. While jogging he sees someone running adjacent to him. It's Mickey Walker, togged out and taking his training very seriously. Rosenbloom just nods at him. That had to freak Walker out. Of course, as we know, Rosenbloom successfully defended his title against Walker. Again, don't know the truth, but too funny.

    Scartissue
     
  9. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mickey made no mention of anything like this in his autobiography, and it seems like too colorful an anecdote for him not to relate if true. Walker simply made mention of Maxie's slapping style, but immediately qualified that by saying Rosenbloom was nonetheless a good fighter, and included a action photograph of Maxie about to cuff him with one of those slaps. Off hand, I don't recall that he said anything else about that title shot. (All these years after first reading Mickey's book, the most vivid description of any of his title fights that lingers in my mind was his shot at Greb. His claim of a street fight later may be fiction, but he otherwise provided some good accounts of his association with Harry, like how Greb tried to convince him to bet on Tunney to dethrone Dempsey.)
     
  10. Manassa

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    Very skillful!
     
  11. JoeLaTurkey

    JoeLaTurkey Active Member Full Member

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    First name I thought of was Monzon
     
  12. The Mongoose

    The Mongoose I honor my bets banned

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    Yet, he got sparked by Tarver.
     
  13. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV9rF2V8jFI&feature=related[/ame]

    Chris Eubank , watch this video from 4:15 some itv commentators talking about Eubanks bad training habits etc , the amazing thing is that Eubank always looked in outstanding shape !
     
  14. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    I don't rate RJJ as high as DT does, but in fairness he was shot when Tarver KO'd him.
     
  15. D.T

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    jones was lazy when it came to training