Famous sparring encounters?

I heard that Vicente Saldivar and Love Allottey had to be seperated when a sparring session got out of hand. Saldivar was in London for the first Winstone fight.

 

So much rumours and conjecture about the Kronk wars back in the day with the likes of Hearns, Mccllelan, Moorer and MCCallum all in and around the place... but i have never picked up any specific stories! Has anyone?

 

Typical Oscar, no wonder he got embarassed.

:-(

 

Supposedly George hit him flush & Sonny just stared at him & said something like `no son`

George also said that Liston was the only man that could ever make him back up.

Thats 1 of my top 5 dream fights, Foreman-Liston.

 

Heard Morales bettered Mayweather when Morales was briefly trained by Floyd sr.

 

David Haye was knocked out from David Price in sparring, i heard that from multiple sources in liverpool, not sure if true, but intresting

 

A then Cassius Clay sparred with then Heavyweight Champ Ingemar Johansson and Ingo could not lay a glove on him.

 

More likely the other way round. With Price's chin.

 

thats what i was thinking when i heard

 

I could buy it, just.

Haye's chin is hardly Chuvaloesque

 

I have film of Calvin Grove copping a great elbow in the eye whilst training to fight Fenech in Melb.

Calvin only needed one eye to knock Fenech out anyway.

 

Its funny that Jones used to spar with Mo Harris to show he had a good chin. Harris is one of the weakest hitters in the HW division. That being said he was a hell of a gym fighter.

 

didn't byrd beat mo harris?

 

****ing idiot.

Guess you missed him nearly killing the iron chinned Sergey Lyakhovich. Maurice Harris started his career as a LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT. Affecting people up at heavy like he did shows he had tons of power.

You're aware of the ungodly shots Lyakhovich took from Brewster. Think before you open your mouth next time.

I've heard that Haye sparked Arreola out in sparring not too long ago.

Footage of Hearn's/McClellan sparring exists. Check Youtube.

 

Years ago I saw Middleweight Tom "the Bomb " Bethea Beat the dogcrap out of 300lb Leroy Jones and they let it go and let Jones get clobbered 28th street gym NYC and Louie Savarese KO'd Shannon Briggs Flat and cold at Gleasons...I was not there but a friend of mine was and saw it.