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
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.
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.
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?
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
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.)
[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 !