If you could train any 5 fighters from years past who

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  1. BoppaZoo

    BoppaZoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    would they be.

    Know they can be your favorite 5 old timers or whatever.

    But think about your picks and weights but i want everyone to vote on also what they think is the best 5 named by another poster.

    And you can pick 2 fighters in the same weight division.
    My 5 in my stable to train would be these 5.

    1. George Foreman Heavy

    2. Marvin Hagler Middle

    3. Kostya Tszyu Jr Welter

    4. Nigel Benn Super Middle

    5. Kid Chocolate Super Feather/Feather
     
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  2. Ischbaad

    Ischbaad Active Member Full Member

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    I wouldn't train anybody because I'd suck.
     
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  3. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  4. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Assuming I was a world class trainer... I don't like heavyweights

    Marco Antonio Barrera Feather weight

    Juan Manuel Marquez Super Feather

    Oscar De La Hoya (as a young Welterweight)

    Sugar Shane Mosley Lightweight

    Saul Canelo Alvarez--at Welterweight
     
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  5. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Believe it or not...someone like Vinny Pazienza. Someone who knew what he had to do and didn't give me a hard time about it. A gutsy tryer, basically.

    Jeff Fenech, because he knew the value of being in excellent condition.

    Evander, for the same reasons as Fenech.

    Rocky Marciano must have been a pleasure to train.

    A young Thomas Hearns or someone like that, because of his freakish dimensions and potential.

    The last type of fighter I'd want to train is someone who started to believe all the hype about himself, or someone with an attitude problem to begin with. A crazy guy like Tyson must have been a nightmare to train, at least later in his career.
     
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    Tyson, Tyson, Tyson
     
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  7. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    tyson
    kid berg
    chavez
    laing
    hagler
     
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    rm36 Active Member Full Member

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    The hell am I gonna teach Marvin Hagler that he doesn't already know. :lol::patsch
     
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  9. Holmes' Jab

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    Sonny Liston

    Sugar Ray Leonard

    Pernell Whitaker

    Barney Ross

    Sam Langford
     
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  10. teeto

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    You'd be the finest trainer ever! What a career.
     
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  11. EireFightFan

    EireFightFan Active Member Full Member

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    I'd go for 5 Heavyweight could-have-beens, because that's were the money is:

    Ibeabuchi
    Biggs
    Bowe
    Douglas
    Golota
     
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  12. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :lol:

    Why? I can't think of 5 fighters I'd like to train less. Biggs is fine, but the others were all a trainer's nightmare.
     
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  13. EireFightFan

    EireFightFan Active Member Full Member

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    Aye but sure what's the point of training the likes of Whitaker, Leonard et al. All you'd be doing is holding the spit bucket. :zzz
     
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  14. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The main reason they were could've beens was because they didn't want to train properly, or because they were nuts. They were very hard to keep in the gym and to train.
     
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  15. teeto

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    EireFightFan is after the cash.
     
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