What do you see in boxing gyms...

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by john garfield, Jun 25, 2011.


  1. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Homosexuals training, oh, I already mentioned them.
     
  2. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    You seem quite interested in them GP :D
     
  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Nah, gays aint my scene. So I'll ignore your PM, sorry you got the wrong impression there.
     
  4. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lou Stillman wouldn't allow those nailed-down windows to be pried open because fresh air would've ruined everything. What do too many of these so-called gym have today...? Not only fresh air, but cleanliness. Some of them even have air-conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter! It's despicable.

    --Add to that "no-contact sparring" and group boxing classes and you want to flee screaming down the avenue.
     
  5. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You're honing-in on it, S89. Ya got the picture down. Soon as I mention it, it'll ring a bell.
     
  6. Meast

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    The smell of sweat and blood
     
  7. mughalmirza786

    mughalmirza786 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sparring outside of the ring just practicing skills?
     
  8. Cerdan

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    People who train for "fun" and not for fighting.
     
  9. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    The good old couch racist.
     
  10. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He woulda been run outta town on a rail, C
     
  11. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Stillman trainers woulda laughed at that as drill team BS
     
  12. Armstrong!

    Armstrong! Active Member Full Member

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    They keep their hands up in sparring these days.
     
  13. bman100

    bman100 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    JG, the old school trainers didn't use pads not much or not at all?

    Wonder why the pads are so popular now and whn they became popular, considering they werent in the 40s and 50s. Guys like Arcel and Brown didnt use pads even with a later guy like Duran yet Roach who has a direct link with Futch and Arcel always uses the pads with Pacquaio...
     
  14. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    When used correctly the pads can mimic the movement of a body. The guys who hold the pads way out to the sides are missing the point. The pads get the fighter, like the heavybag can do, to punch in combination and with accuracy. Roach is pretty good about holding the pads in the right place and getting the fighter to use the proper technique and footwork to deliver his shots. They also use defensive manuevers which a bag cant do to get the fighter to move his head or step to a certain position. They didnt use pads because noone thought to use them. They had bigger pads and side hung heavybags for uppercuts, but the pads can cover the full gament of punches.
     
  15. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There may've been trainers doing off-the-wall things out of a ROCKY movie, but never at Stillman's. They'd view pads as a floor show.

    Some top trainers now have confided privately that they go along with certain things to mollify their charges. They're young guys that like to see muscles in the mirror; or not be outdone by fighters doing eye-catching drills.