Thread: Which Fighter Started Below 120 But Won Middleweight Title ??

5 ccs if anyone can get this.

Duran

Originally Posted by SweetPea

Duran

Correct heres your 1st cc quite unbelievable isn't it ??

Didn't Ray Robinson start really light as well?

It is incredible!

Wasn't there a Frenchman who won every French title from LW to HW? Carpentier or something like that, I think he fought for the world HW title at least once...

Carpentier.

I jus finished reading durans book that guy was amazing sometimes coming down from over 200 pounds to make the 154 in only 2 months, the whole books a great read from sart to finish, id reccomend it to anyone.

Originally Posted by gally

I jus finished reading durans book that guy was amazing sometimes coming down from over 200 pounds to make the 154 in only 2 months, the whole books a great read from sart to finish, id reccomend it to anyone.

Cool, who published it gally? is it recent?

Its called Hands of stone written by christian giudice published by MILO i think, its only a yr or two old well worth a read tho Donny.

Thats great, i may well grab a copy...
Does it include much detail of his training?
I really like that in a biography, when i get to see how my favourite fighters trained....Then i can compare it against other fighters training regimens and establish how much of their fighting prowesds was worked for and how much was god given.

Originally Posted by Taeth

Didn't Ray Robinson start really light as well?

Robinson turned pro at age 18 and fought at 135 for about a year, then moved up to welterweight. Fought for his first title at welter.

I'm pretty sure Henry Armstrong started at Bantamweight, anyone know?