Which fighters were born to fight rather than trained to fight?

agreed

 

I'll throw Calzaghe's name out there. His dad was a traveling musician and basically knew nothing about training until it came out that Joe already had real talent and potential, and he was a star from nearly the start despite Enzo learning on the job.

 

Roberto Duran

 

King of what? Being in the right place at the right time?

We all witnessed what happened when a smaller yet better fighter gave him a complete boxing lesson. If anything, Tarver was trained to do what he did.... Didnt come natural at all, he is the last canidate I would think of in terms of being born to fight.

 

Antonio Margarito

Erik Morales

 

No ammount of training can produce Floyd's moves if your not born with them.

(And I don't particularly care for the lippy little pseudo-gangsta)

 

It's interesting...I would say floyd was born to fight just about more than any1 else. At the same time, I'd say he was trained to fight just about more than any1 else.......


But specifically who is born to fight and not TRAINED to fight, I'd say Arturo Gatti

 

Tyson

 

I know I'm goin' back aways here, but as technically brilliant as Willie Pep was, he could do that from the first day he put on gloves. Spent more time at the track and in ginmills then he ever did in the gym.

It was a religious experience watchin' that undersized lawn jockey spar.

 

No.

His childhood was not pointing toward a fighting career.

His life changed around 1977 (twelve years old).

 

Antonio, is that you? :rasta

 

George Foreman had a short amateur career before winning a gold medal in Mexico D.F. Olympics at the age of 19. We all know what happened after that!:bbb

Recently, Nate 'the Galaxxy Warrior' Campbell. Little to no amateur background and started fighting pro at like what, 26yo? From a Winn-Dixie warehouse in Fla somewhere ? Now has 3 of 4 major belts?


Not necessarily born athletes like say, RJJ or PBF, but born FIGHTERS. :twisted:

 

Definitely Roberto Duran.

 

Rahman? I know he picked up Boxing kind of late.

Sonny Liston is another that comes to mind.

 

I agree 100% on Toney, he is the best example of a guy who was born to fight IMO. I disagree on Hopkins though. You can't train a man to have a chin like that. He is a born fighter too, just he was one who improved with age and peaked late, in his mid 30s, whereas Toney has always fought with the same skill.