Your Questions...My Answers...

YOUR QUESTIONS...MY ANSWERS...

Which fighters are you currently involved with?

NABF cruiser champ Matt Godfrey, former NABF/USBA lightweight champ Israel Pito Cardona, USBA 122 champ Mike-Mike Oliver and former WBA 154 champ Jose Rivera. I also help in the corner with WBC Youth 130 champ Matt Remmilard. I have amateurs, too.

Ice, What is Lawrence Clay-Bey doing these days? Talented guy who never seemed to get in good enough shape to be a serious contender.

Lawrence is still working full time as a C.O. His main problems with conditioning probably came from, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, the fact that he worked too hard sometimes in and out of the gym. Dont go by body appearances, everybody doesnt have the make up to look Adonis-like. Clay trained too hard sometiems, running two times a day (5 miles at a clip) and I used to have to try and get him to stop doing too much. He also worked as a C.O., often training for fights and having to skip workouts due to the fact that he would often get held over (he worked the midnight shift) and be forced to do doubles unannounced whenever they said he had to.

Since you seem to know so much about Chad. Do you think that his "lack" of discipline will be his downfall eventually? Or is it just a talented youth thing, that will improve once he grows wiser?

When I trained Chad he definitely did everything I asked of him and was a pleasure towork with. When I say Maske was more discimplined I meant in an actual fight Maske held to his plan 100 percent and would not stray. Maske was the type who would have a guy hurt but would not go for a KO because he was committed to staying behind his jab and using his height, reach and patience to break you down on points. Chad could be lured easier into a slugfest by certain guys I think.

Whom do you consider to be Dawsons biggest threat (besides himself, if that is)

I haven't really watched the 175 pounders too much. But I think Tarver is being writen off a bit prematurely right now. When motivated I think Antonio could still be a real handfull


Ice from a skill standpoint who does Chad Dawson remind you of?

Chad on his best day has skills reminiscant of a younger Roy Jones. Probably more like a young Michael Nunn


Ice,
What are your picks on these upcoming fights?
Taylor v Pavlik PAVLICK
Pacquiao v Barrera MANNY
Maskaev v Peter PETER
Cotto vs Mosley MOSLEY
Calzaghe v Kessler CALZ
Mayweather v Hatton MAYWEATHER
Jones-Trinidad JONES

(NOTE: Be advised...I am TERRIBLE at picking fights!!

Hey John. Good to see you here. Too bad about Willie....RIP. Have you talked to Marlon Starling lately? What do you think of Chad Dawson....he's from New Haven, right? I always wondered if you were on this forum....I guess you are now. :good

I talk to Marlon here and there but at this time we are on somewhat rocky terms LOL (It's all in my book

hey ice aren't you partners with ross enamait or something like that? your the boxing coach and he is the conditioning coach?

Ross is a good friend of mine... he does some work with my fighters here and there. Right now he is mainly working with Godfrey and Cardona

 

Hey, what's happening? Yes, I am John Scully. I saw recently that my man Ding-A-Ling was posting here so I figured I would join, too. I posted my first topic last night and some guys asked some questions so I figured it would be easier to answer them all at once

ICE

 

Well, one thing is that... things aren't always as they seem. You say LCB went from the 220's up to 260. Couple things. 1... He started boxing and was successful as an amateur weghing 275. He got down to the 220's and was weak when ge got there,,,he REALLY had to do some crazy thigns to make it that low, he did it because people thought he should be that low. When he went back up in weight he didnt get to 260...he would weigh-in for fights at 257, 258, 259....and he always weighed in wearing clothes and shoes. Take my word for it, OK, I WAS THERE. The guy trained hard.. we had guys in camp with us, contenders (some who are VERY well known), and they used to tell him he was working TOO hard, training too hard. I have seen Clay train alongside top class fighters and he trained harder than some of the most famous heavyweights in the world. If anything, like I say, he worked to hard, focused too much onweight etc and it hindered him.

As for the ESPN Classic show. I never did any kind of preparation because I felt it was better for me to go in blind and just comment on what I saw as it unfolded. Most of the fights I did I had never seen before (I dont watch a lot of boxing anymore to tell u the truth) so it worked out well becauase even though I knew who was going to win at the end it was just my job to tell what BOTH guys should do and needed to do to win. I have heard that there MIGHT BE something very big brewing for me in the capacity of an on-air analyst but nothing for sure yet.

 

Thanks a lot, my man. Yes, Mike-Mike (Oliver's nickname) definitely has potential. Looks like we will go for IBO title in November and hopefully take our turn after that against Molitor for the IBF.

 

I can only go by what I have read, the site of the fight etc as I have never seen Kessler fight. I wouldn't bet either way, though. Fights like that are too risky