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Originally Posted by Scrap
Mike McCullan was sparring before the Micheal Watson fight nice and light. So a trainer said to Mikes party if his Lt Heavy could move around with Mike, before they started the trainer told his fighter to go out and make a name for Himself. He came out of the corner throwing Bombs, this went on for !/2 a minute Mike blocking and slipping shots then went up a gear and gave the biggest beatdown Ive ever seen in a gym. the guy at the end got sparked, his trainer said Oh S***. I said to him that was bad advice you gave him. Just wondering if anybody had witnessed anything simular
I was at the Lennox Lewis in London with a fighter friend of mine who was just getting back into training after a couple of weeks holiday !! We just went through the motions keeping everything light and dandy .
A certain lightmiddle at the time was making lightripples in his hometown by which i mean everybody knew he was S*** but had been given the big buildup on Skysposrts and his trainer ( an outrageous self promoter and well known fighter ) was beckoning his fighter to the ring and shouting out make way for the next Champion of the world at the time he was a champion ( dying to say but i cant ) .
At 1st i thought it was lighthearted but then as the morning went on i could hear the trainer in the background saying things about De La Hoya and a few people making eye contact with me and listening to the same things were looking at me knowingly and shaking their heads .
After a while it died down and a young fighter called Isaac Sebaduka came in and instantly the trainer of the fighter ( from now ill call him big mouth) asked him to come up to the ring and go a few rounds with ********.
Isaac was a Superfeather/Lightweight initially said no and that having just arrived he needed to warm up properly and get loose , Bigmouth promised it would only be light and ' what better way to get warm' .
Isaac against his better judgement got into the ring and after the 1st round ******* started to let the leather fly and it was a horrible sight it was completly taking the piss and yet not one trainer in the gym said or did anything yet everybody was witnessing a horribly onesided beatdown from a fighter with a 30 Pound weight advantage .
It made me sick , what mademe even sicker was listening to Bigmouth glorify his young *******s effort and go on about how Wayne Alexander and a few others should look out .
This went on for a fe more round finally after a body shot Isaac had enough , watching him getting out of the ring totally wrung out made me sick being a hostile place though you keep your emotions andfeelings to yourself .
F****** sickening .
Next morning same old S*** Bigmouth and ******* have the ring and are making lots of noise but today will be different , in walks David Starie !!!!
Rather than berate Bigmouth asks Staries handlers politely if they'd like to move around . David agreed and was all set to go
Taking it all rather seriously ******* returned to the corner and all i can hear is Bigmouth whispering ' make this mug feel it ' .
Round 1 , ******* moves around and trying to Rip lefts to Staries body as the round gooes on Starie is starting to clock that ******* has a little more intent than just moving round , Thing get increasingly heaten untill in a clinch ******* catches Starie with a full blooded left hook and decks him .
Talking about taking the piss. Bigmouth and ******* are almost jumping for joy '' its starting to roll its coming together '' celebrating. Couldnt believe my ears .
Starie is pissed off and i mean pissed he hasnt said a word at all his trainer knowing David well knows he's fucked and is trying to talk him down by reminding him he has a fight coming up and not to do anything daft . what i remember was so striking was that his trainer was F****** ancient but was incredibly calm and almost cheerfull .
Ive never been so sure of anything in my life looking at Starie i knew he was goonna put a hurting on .
The anticipation in the gym is almost at fever pitch by now trainers have stopped asking their charges to carry on what their doing because even they have stopped and a good crowd has settled round the ring i could actually feel the heat .
~Round 2 , Starie is calm and assureed boxing behind his jab but everynow and then getting caught with a silly punch to which meets with bigmouths obvious delight as the fight goes on Starie grows more into it by the end of the round he's letting his right snap out and its a beautifull shot really crisp and ******* is getting more and more desperate the more angry he gets the harder he tries the more often his head is beaten back with a well time straight right .
Between rounds told me so much about the boxing Game ,Bigmouth was a mess shouting telling him all the wrong thngs close him down , be quicker with the jab you gotta be more aggressive that sorta thing.
Meanwhile in Staries corner their having a Ploughmans lunch and a beer the picture of calm completely detached from the whole atomosphere of the gym in the last 15 seconds Staries trainer makes the only comment on the spar so far '' Jabs working lovely Dave'' ( imagine it in the Thickest Suffolk accent ) .
Rounds 3 ,4,5 are completely one sided and thebully is getting a boxing lesson i mean its teacher against pupil and the pupil is being sorely taught a lessonn he is a mess and well beaten a completely pointless excercise and all because he wasted the oppurtunity to learn and practise what should be practised in the gym .
A few weeks later Spender Oliver was commenting on what a good trainer Bigmouth is , i remember thinking if only he knew .
David Starie , class act .
