Fighters who didn't spar before fights

Former world champion Johnny Nelson said he would only body spar. Who else?

 

I think that went for all of the Ingle fighters at that time Naz included.

 

I think Harry Arroyo mostly shadowboxed

 

I think the Ingle Gym have always favoured body sparring, or light/mid technique sparring rather than hard sparring haven't they

I saw somewhere Dom said the other week he thought hard sparring was out dated & stupid

 

Enzo Calzaghe has claimed that Joe did very little hard sparring, particularly later in his career when his hands were messed up.

 

Monzon. Chris Eubank sure didn't & had his own way of doing things.

 

Really, considering what great shape he was always in for his fights, I would have thought Eubank was a fitness fanatic who was in constant training?

 

Are you sure? I have read before that Eubank did almost nothing but spar, and trained constant. and sparred right up to the day before his fights.

 

Holyfield had some fights where he did minimal sparring in camp.

 

He trained his way. a lot of it at his house in Brighton. No sparring, just physical fitness things and work on the pads. And he'd eat whatever he wanted and not bother to check the scales until immediately before fights.