excellent....that johnny smith ko was a funny one, it looked like the left jab connected better than the right which seemed to graze the top of his head at best.
he's another who mixed it with jimy ellis at that weight.
buncey asked on his show last night which trainers were ex-boxers who trained boxers to fight like they did....i am trying to think which boxer would be like that under benton....who would you say ??
you know, (off topic this)..i am from the before youtube and the like era...and i never for a second take youtube for granted...i used to spend a fortune buying vhs tapes from adverts in boxing news...i had them all stolen, but thats for another thread....but some of the stuff i have seen for free nowadays i would have spent a lot of money on to get back in the late 80's / early 90's
anyway...good reply flea....enjoyed them.
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also, its a headscratcher looking at jimmy ellis's record....when he was 24 he was a middleweight, weighing 160 for benton (in 1964).....within 6 months he had put on 16 pounds...and by the time he fought joe frazier he weighed 200 pounds at 30 years old.......i know fighters rise in weights from when they start out, but going from 160 at 24 years old, it seems late to be naturally growing.....this would be around the time he moved to angelo dundee, right ?.......talk to me about him flea
he's another who mixed it with jimy ellis at that weight.
buncey asked on his show last night which trainers were ex-boxers who trained boxers to fight like they did....i am trying to think which boxer would be like that under benton....who would you say ??
you know, (off topic this)..i am from the before youtube and the like era...and i never for a second take youtube for granted...i used to spend a fortune buying vhs tapes from adverts in boxing news...i had them all stolen, but thats for another thread....but some of the stuff i have seen for free nowadays i would have spent a lot of money on to get back in the late 80's / early 90's
anyway...good reply flea....enjoyed them.
edit:
also, its a headscratcher looking at jimmy ellis's record....when he was 24 he was a middleweight, weighing 160 for benton (in 1964).....within 6 months he had put on 16 pounds...and by the time he fought joe frazier he weighed 200 pounds at 30 years old.......i know fighters rise in weights from when they start out, but going from 160 at 24 years old, it seems late to be naturally growing.....this would be around the time he moved to angelo dundee, right ?.......talk to me about him flea
