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Thats the thing about being experienced man. You might be old, and the young pup might be strong and athletic, but you know how to land punches and avoid them. You take the kid out of his zone, take away the pace, set your own, and that youngster isn't secure? You win.

Of course, my go to plan has been "Punch them in the head". They tend to fall over.

 

So...whats your take on Thompson Price?

 

Honestly, it depends on what Tony has left and how he's trained.

He's more than good enough to win. Big, strong guy, good skills. In shape and sharp, ready to go, he'd give Price hell, whos still young and unpolished.

As it stands, though, I think Wlad took Tony's soul. Just destroyed him last time. I think Price works him over. Tony won't punch; Letting hands fly is something a fighter with confidence and hunger does.

 

hmmmmm either your not Tony or you are just about the greatest mind ****er ever....

 

Out of Foreman, Lewis, and Wlad, who usually went the hardest in sparring, who did you most learn from in sparring, and who seemed to be all around the best fighter (purely going by what you experienced in the ring with them) out of those 3?

 

Not Tony, man. I wish I was getting his crack at David Price.

 

Lennox Lewis is an absolute killer. He's good, he's long, he's strong, he hits hard, and he'll get in your **** and dig through to daylight. Poised, athletic, and confident. He punched in combination, worked off an effective jab, and he was so sneaky with his uppercuts. It was just hard to keep him off you, or off balance. I'd have to say Lennox was the best. He took me places nobody else ever has, and he's the puzzle I could never solve all that well. He could be countered...And my left hook was always effective for that. But the more I looked for it, the more rights over the top came back. Hell.

George was slow. He was strong as a mule, he hit hard, amazing jab, but he had one gear. Damn near impossible to back up, but he'd follow you. That was the ticket to beating him; Get off target, move, and box.

Wlad hits so hard. Amazing jab. Great boxer. But he doesn't work on the inside, he holds, and he rarely hammers the body. More infuriating to fight then flat out difficult, and I think that is sorta the trap he springs; He could knock out anything human with that right hand, and the left hook isn't fun either. He also hangs on the back of your head with his left hand when you get low...He can straight up throw you with one hand. Maddening.

 

I've seen videos of Lewis and Wlad sparring and both of them seem to mix in keeping it somewhat civil but also choosing spots to really hammer who they're in with.

In the 70s, Foreman used to brutalize his sparring partners. Did he maintain that in the 90s or did he actually work with them?

 

None of them are fun, there is pain involved in each. George fights. He pushes a strong pace, fight and sparring. He's always working, throwing, doing something, and I didn't ever get the sense in training that he was ever pulling punches.

BUT I was also young, and intimidated. With age and experience I'm sure it'd have felt different.

 

This is a dumb and insignificant question, but I'll waste your time while you wait.

Who was the loudest when punching that you've experienced? I always found it a bit odd that some fighters are relatively quiet when punching, yet others sound like they're being stabbed whenever they throw a punch.

I know that from the time I spent around Holmes in the gym that whenever he'd hit the heavybag, every punch had a loud grunt to go along with it. The grunts were just as loud as the big thuds that resounded off of the bag when he'd hit it.

I know Frazier used to also give out loud grunts as he dug into his oponents.

I always figured Foreman would be similar to Frazier and Holmes with giving a loud grunt with every shot.

 

George didn't grunt much, but he had a super loud exhalation. Almost like a whistle. Rewatch, and listen, to the Cooney knockout. PSSSSSH! PSSSSSSH! Real, real loud.

Lennox was quiet as hell. Wlad is a robot, his heart rate doesn't even spike.

 

who is in your avatar pic Magna?

 

Magna, if you could transport yourself into any era which would it be and why?

 

It depends what you're working on, you can be working on speed, defence, mimicking boxing rounds or working on power.

What Hopkins is working on is mimicking a round, he's moving and hitting the pad when it comes up. It looks really slow though because as soon as the pad is presented you're meant to fire on it, Hopkins pauses a little, maybe because of pacing himself due to a lack of fitness or slower reactions or maybe he's just warming on up.

BTW even Mayweather uses the pads for power and combination work sometimes, the routine he generally does is to work on defensive reactions and speed

 

Never seen Pitch Black.

Which is funny cause I'm a huge fan of the Fast and Furious series.

Popping in the DVD right now...