yeh i have heard Benevidez doesnt spar with Khan or Pacquiao anymore and it wasnt because he was the one getting hurt.
Wasnt there some story about Quigley knocking out some cage fighter when he was doing that MMA stuff? I realise this is vague, but I dont follow MMA at all so dont know any names.
i saw joan guzman outpunched, outboxed, he had to stop for a extended rest at the end of the 3rd round, this was done by a 18 yr old 4 fight novice, phill fury, tyson furys relative.
the trouble with sparring is, top men may have to really get up for a big fight, were a novice wants to show what he,s got and its a big thing to him, thats why sparring isent fighting, though it clearly helps to judge possible potential,.
Very good point mate. Who can botherd to look good in sparring against someone you know you'll wipe the floor with? unless you're one of these bullying pricks, which I'm personally not. Despite what I did to Pepp. :yep
A 16 year old Arguello sparred a prime Ruben Olivares, and this convinced Arguello, despite a battering, that he had it in him to be great.
thats strange because when i saw fury fight it looked like he should maybe think of making a living another way is macklin back from LA already? sparring is over rated in terms of actual fighting, especially when its a world champ and a young pro. ali used to let people beat the **** outa him sometimes in sparring
I forgot about another Ali/Clay sparring story. This time with Ingemar Johansson in 1961 (Johansson training for his 3rd fight against Patterson for the World title, Clay a 4 fight novice). Harold Conrad: "...So I asked Angelo, 'Do you have someone who can work with this guy? Angelo said, 'Yeah,' and yelled, 'Hey, Cash.' And this big beautiful-looking young man - he must have been eighteen or nineteen - floated over, literally danced over. Angelo asks, 'You wanna work with Johansson?' And the kid says, 'Johansson?' Then he starts singing. 'I'll go dancin' with Johansson. I'll go dancin' with Johansson.' I said to Angelo, 'What the hell is this?' And Angelo says, 'You ain't seen nothing yet with this crazy *******.' Anyway, they got in the ring, and Johansson had a great right hand but two left feet, and Cassius started dancing, popping him....Cassius handled him like a sparring partner...And the whole time, Clay doesn't shut up. He keeps talking to Johansson, saying 'I'm the one who should be fighting Patterson, not you. Come on, here I am; come and get me, sucker, Come on, what's the matter, can't hit me?' Johansson was furious. I mean, he was pissed. He started chasing Clay around the ring, throwing right hands and missing by twenty feet, looking ludicrous. At the end of the second round, he was so exhausted that Whitey Bimstein just called it off."
Michael Sprott dropped Wladimir in sparring before the Chambers fight. You'll not hear him talk about it though..confidentiality agreements and all that.