Famous sparring encounters?

liston and foreman

Ali and holmes

both foreman and holmes picked up things from ali and liston

 

Marlon Starling reportedly gave Thomas Hearns fits before he broke his jaw, in training for Leonard I.Marvis Frazier, according to Frank Lotierzo, went at it with Greg Page so hard that they had to be kept seperate.

 

Eddie Futch and Joe Louis.

 

how did they all go

 

He probably doesn't know. Just like me on an earlier one.

 

Jeremy Williams bodyslammed Lennox Lewis in training camp (twice as I recall). Lewis then opens up on him in retaliation. It used to be on YouTube but I can't find it? I'm sure someone on here has it?

 

The Holyfield-Tua session used to be on youtube. From what I remember, Evander outboxed him and Tua was struggling a bit to catch him.

 

I've read that Bitter rivals Rudolfo Gonzalez & Mando Ramos got into a heated sparring session. With both fighters dishing out punishment.

 

Robbi, i believe that Lefthook said he saw them sparring. That why i asked.

wow that would have been good

 

Yeah, Ramos' Manager was quoted as saying that sparring match had more action than most championship fights!

 

I've seen the video. It looks as if De La Hoya was moving around and throwing flashy combo's. After about the fourth time, the crowd started to cheer. Thus angering Chavez & the next time De La Hoya did it. Chavez came straight down the pipe with a right hand & Oscar immediatly went down to one knee. The Managers & corner people rushed into the ring and the sparring session was over!

 

The most legitimate source I've heard (A trainer that was there who was asked about it years later) said it was bull****. *Shrugs*

 

He judo threw Lennox, tossed him over his hip. Think he knocked Lennox twice twice. Not suprising considering William's has/does do MMA. Steward told them to cut the ****, it was funny.

 

Cuevas vs. Torito: The ring legend of Tony Ayala Jr. was just beginning when WBA welterweight champion Pipino Cuevas came to town in the summer of 1977 to train for a title defense against Clyde Gray of Canada.
Like all champions, Cuevas knew good sparring was a prerequisite for a good performance in the fight. But there was just one welterweight at San Fernando Gym — 14-year-old Tony Ayala Jr.
"Cuevas' manager, Lupe Sanchez, said they couldn't afford to bring sparring partners with them from California," Tony Ayala Sr. said. "So Tony says, 'Let me spar with him.'"
It was on a Saturday and San Fernando Gym was packed with onlookers to see Cuevas' public workout.
The sparring session turned into a fight, with Ayala taking it to the 19-year-old Cuevas.
Ayala hit Cuevas with a series of body shots that left the champion dazed and more than a little embarrassed. Sanchez told Tony Sr. that his fighter had had enough and Team Cuevas moved its training camp to Houston shortly thereafter.
- John Whisler

 

I know that some of Lewis's regular sparring partners were:
Luan Krasniqi
Jameel McCline
Lawrence Clay-Bey
Mo Harris

I know he also used, at least once or more:
Mike Weaver
Tony Tubbs
Lionel Butler
John Ruiz
Jeremy Williams
Lamon Brewster

There are more, I just don't remember them at the moment.

I also know Bruce Seldon vs a young Michael Grant, in preparation for Seldon-Tucker in early '95.

And Grant in turn sparred with Elvir Muriqi in 2002, who actually knocked Grant down at one point.