guys if he did do u guys know how the sparring went
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guys if he did do u guys know how the sparring went
He sparred with Leonard and matched him move for move apparently, this was around '87 or '88
Gerald McClellan out-boxed Michael Moorer and Sugar Ray on his first-ever day at Kronk!
There was very, very high hopes for Littles, Liles, Jones Jr and McClellan - the 'fab four of the 156lbers'
so roy never out boxed leonard and G MAN DID
G man beat Roy in the amateurs, on more than one occasion.
Says who from all my knowledge him and G-man only fought once, and Leonard wasn't a krunk boxer so that doesn't make sense about him training there.
I guess he meant Tommy Hearns instead of Sugar Ray.
Apparently Roy Sr still has tapes of the Roy Jones/Sugar Ray sparring sessions, according to John Scully.
According to that dude blackburn that did all that great fundraising for gerald. However u are correct they only met in one contest but im led to believe they sparred many times. I should have clarified that im sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taeth
No I mean Sugar RayQuote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
Gerald Mcclellan sparred with Sugar Ray on his first day at Kronk?? What was Sugar Ray doing at Kronk?? Source?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nium
I have a sparring session on dvd which has Hearns sparring McClelland in April, 1990 in Atlantic City. No one really won. They were both kind of going soft using moves and just working out.
Tito_bhb posted that sparring session (Hearns/McClellan) recently. Should still be around, mayb in the training section tho.
I Could believe Hearns vs. McClellan. If it was Steward who was talking about Roy vs. Gerald besides their one bout which was rumored to be close then I say he was bs'ing. He had a lot more love for Gerald than is healthy.
They may have done it at atlantic city ..But i posted a video of a light exhibition match held at The Kronk GymQuote:
Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
Emanuel Steward says it in War, Baby bookQuote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
I guess he's lying?
Could be Steward tends to make things up or doesn't remember things how they were.
I used to like Emanual Steward, but recently it seems the fame of HBO commentator has gone to his head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taeth
Yup, steward refused to speak to me recently because he was "too busy" Yet Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant both had time to speak to mae!Quote:
Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
where did you see Manny? that does not surprise me. Manny seems like a guy where he gets a little big for his britches. By the way, I have several tapes from the early 90s of when I interviewed boxers and trainers over the phone. I would call Caesars or MGM grand and ask for someones room right before a big fight and would say I am from a certain newspaper.. I would make up a name of a paper, and they would talk. I would have a list of questions for them. I have Foreman, Hagler, McCallum, Taylor, Virgil Hill, Freddie Roach, Merchant, Lampley, Duva. , Leonard,Hearns etc.. Funny thing is if I called and said I was a fan they gave you the usual stuff like, ok thanks,, well thank you and bye. But if you said you worked for a newspaper and you had questions set up you could talk to them for 15 minutes and have a great conversation. I once called Ferdie Pacheco at 7 am California time and he was in Atlantic City, and I forgot it was 3 hours before at 4 am. He answered and said, "do you know what time it is?" and I said, oh I am so sorry. Well he handled that great- he told me call in 4 hours, and I did and talked to him for awhile. Nice enough guy actually. Again Evander Holyfield was not so nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Met him at tha Calzaghe Manfredo fight, was surprised to be honest as all the trainers n pro's were really accomadating and friendly, particulaily Enzo Maccarenelli. I'm signin up as a fan for life having met him in Cardiff.