Legends who sparred but never fought

Whoever said tha Cuevas beat up a young Ayala, is mistaken.. Every account i have heard was that a 14 year old Ayala beat up then Champ Pipino and that While Pipinos corner was giving him a tounge lashing telling him you should be ashamed of yourself letting a boy beat you up, Pipino was muttering in spanish "incredible Incredible"
Also Tim Witherspoon once said that Cyclone Hartgave him the blues in sparring, bet he never knocked him out.
Zack Padilla,Genaro Hernandez, and Mosley all sparred with eachoter regularly. I saw Hernandez and Padilla spar at the LA boxing gym and it was pretty close with Padilla getting the better of it.
I heard Whittaker as an Amatuer but a whupping on then Champ Camacho.
Paul Spadofara supposedly whipped Mayweather.
And amatuer Breland supposdedly dropped McCory
Delahoya as an amatuer was whipping on Chavez before getting dropped.
There is alot more that slipped my mind will be back later!

 

Muhammad Ali vs. Tim Witherspoon

 

Heard Curtis Parker whupped up on Dwight Braxton and Michael Spinks, in addition to Thomas Hearns.

 

Mem Mace sparred with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien sparred with Joe Louis.

 

duran and benn had a little spar

 

im pretty sure i seen that on here somewhere Al F. They were just carrying on really but still good to see. It must have been here i seen it as i dont trawl youtube

 

Emanuel Steward:

The main thing that I remember about Mike is he's the most naturally gifted fighter that ever walked into my gym. He did everything effortlessly. I mean he was just so smooth, so automatic. You would show him a little trick, and . well here's a good example. One day he was boxing with Tommy, and I said to him, 'I'm gonna show you a little trick. Tommy jabs with his left hand down, so I want you to parry it and step over real smooth, and shoot a little one, two and hit him on the chin.' He hit him three consecutive times, and finally Tommy stopped and said, 'How come I can't stop him from hitting me?' And everyone laughed! He did it so smooth-and I've shown that to a lot of fighters-but no one was ever able to do it, and he could hit anybody to the body! The workouts between Mike and Tommy were just unbelievable. They were better than most fights. They were just phenomenal!

 

This writer has done stories on all of the 1976 Olympic team members. Two of them I have talked with personally. That would be Walker and Armstrong about the Pan Am Games. There may have been several times they boxed for it’s been said Pryor claims to have knocked Leonard down in a sparring session.

“In 1975 Pan American Games practice Ray Leonard sparred with Aaron Pryor. Leonard hit Pryor with left hooks, jabs and upper cuts,” said Armstrong.

“I did see Ray and Aaron spar on more than one occasion and it was like watching a chess match. Though Aaron was definitely the better slugger, Ray was like poetry in motion as always. But few people realize that Aaron could actually “box” really well when he chose to. I honestly don’t remember either man having a clear advantage over the other. All I know is that it was beautiful to watch. I feel honored to have been on top with these guys at such a wonderful time of truly legendary fighters. I sparred with both Ray and Aaron on quite a few occasions and it is great to be able to have those
memories,” said Walker.
http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ken/Hissner080911.htm

Interesting info by Il Duce:
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9174545&postcount=14

 

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