Enters the pros at 85 and 0 as an amateur and then goes on a 40 and 0 run. I bet there was a fair amount of anxiety thinking about the when and to whom. For Lamotta it was and is immortality.
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Enters the pros at 85 and 0 as an amateur and then goes on a 40 and 0 run. I bet there was a fair amount of anxiety thinking about the when and to whom. For Lamotta it was and is immortality.
Sean O'Grady's father said he put him in with Little Red Lopez to get him beat so he'd quit worrying about being undefeated.
If that's true, he's retarded.Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold
And knowing how egotistical Sugar Ray Robinson was, I doubt here was much anxiety. He figured he'd retire at 300-0.
I helped a mediocre fighter do much better then expected. The coddling today is unreal.Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold
Two different eras. Not just Robinsons and this one but O'Grady's and this one lol.
Interesting spin off topic because imo if fighters would jump into the fire a little earlier and face a little adversity we would not be stuck in this afraid to fight world. Omar Chavez is a prime example of it off the top of my head, Ronald Hearns but not just sons of famous fighters.
In Robinsons day that activity level would really play with the head.
Took 11 years for his 2nd loss: 128-1-2 This is nothing less than the calibur of a pugilist.
I bet Ray Robinson hated it. I am sure LaMotta out weighted him. It was unfair.
144lber fighting a 160lber. And of course when SRR grew into a MW he murdered him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Weight was not really a factor in this one. I think that time just came and by all accounts Lamotta out worked him and actually out jabbed him. All the stars aligned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Robinson had cleaned his clock just 4 months prior. He also beat him again a month after that loss so no excuses. It was simply Lamotta's night. Ray would not lose again until 1951.
Yeah, why would weight have anything to do with a prize fight...Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Are you a gimmick account?? Is this for real?
I am sure weight was a factor and maybe complacency.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeanflickerYeah, why would weight have anything to do with a prize fight...Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Are you a gimmick account?? Is this for real?
Quit taking things out of context you idiot. Robinson already beat the guy with ease a year earlier dipshit and then kicked his ass a month after losing to him at the same weight you moron.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeanflickerYeah, why would weight have anything to do with a prize fight...Quote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Are you a gimmick account?? Is this for real?
Sugar Ray RobinsonQuote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Was one of the toughest competitors ever in 'All of Sports'.
He prided himself, that no one could defeat him. Losing never came into his mind.