Garing Lane

Right and that means he really didnt give it his best. I dont know about you but its kind of hard to watch a guy fight in a professional prize fight and have a giant beer belly. Its a bit embarassing to the sport in my opinion.

 

I best remember him for shutting out Albert Sosnowski, who boasted a record of 43 wins and only 1 loss at the time. The 23-14 Zuri Lawrence, with 0 KO's to his record despite being 6'4 and weighing around 240 pounds, outdid him in every aspect of boxing, even hurting the Pole in the late rounds.

Perhaps best known for his highlight reel KO loss to Calvin Brock though.

 

I have McNeely getting waxed inside 1 round by Butterbean somewhere....

MR.BILL

 

So, McGrain, you think Lane deserves more props for "trying his best" in fights, even though he didn't try his best at all in preparation for those fights ?

I tend to believe that preparation is the most important ingredient to success. Anyone who doesn't bother to prepare isn't really trying.

It's relatively easy to get in the ring and give your all, than actually get yourself into shape through training and making sacrifices.
Truth is, you can find bums and tough guys in pubs who'd probably fight anyone anywhere and give their best in a boxing ring if you paid them a few thousand. They wouldn't have 1% of the stuff needed to buckle down and make the most of themselves though.
Obviously Lane was better than that, he had skills, but that doesn't really make it any better. His laziness was obviously severe.

To give him props as a "professional loser" seems odd to me. Like, if he'd actually made the most of himself and won a few more fights I supect he might be viewed as something less "admirable".

 

I share that opinion.

 

I have that fight too. McNeeley was on crack during that fight. He was in horrible condition.

 

Sam Peter was in pretty good shape for both his fights with Wladimir Klitschko.

If Lane looked like that, I certainly wouldn't assume him to be lazy. Truth is, Lane was much much fatter.

 

Comparing Lanes fitness to Peters and even Toney's is a stretch. Thats what hes implying. Lane was a lot fatter.

 

Lane was always a big guy but to be fair to him he was 41 years old against Chagaev. The guy was probably not even training anymore when they came calling for him and offered a decent payday. In his day he was not really any more overweight than the likes of Sam Peter and Odlanier Solis, and that's the true embarrassment. Lane never tried to fool anybody.

 

You don't want to argue, you just want to call my statements "****ing stupid" ! :rofl

Actually, the hardest part to success for any athlete is to get into the gym and dedicate yourself, consistently, year after year, into being in the best shape, physically and mentally. To tailor your lifestyle around being a professional athlete. Even when times are hard and outside life is distracting.
The actual game/event/fight itself is tough too, and requires some special quality, but it's just a small part of overall full-time requirements of a DEDICATED athlete.
And you think such a suggestion is "****ing stupid" ? atsch

Garing Lane didn't bother, didn't have a professional attitude to conditioning, clearly. Didn't even seem to have a half-measure of that attitude to adjust his lifestyle. He lacked that professional pride, his excess flab indicates that.
There should certainly be no need to argue these points - they are self-evident. :good