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For me, Brad Pitt, the heavy that won gold at the Commonwealth Games.
He is currently 8-0 as a pro I believe, I no longer train at the same gym as him.
I got outboxed 5-1 most times, we are both hyper active out fighters.
Who's the best you've spared and how did you go?
Two Golden Gloves 178's when I was at Gleasons.
I had them both outweighed by 25-30 pounds and I just couldn't find them...at all!
They didn't (or chose not to) hit hard enough to hurt or dissuade me, but any time I got close and threw? Woosh! They were somewhere else. It was bad.
I much preferred banging with bigger men...at least I could get my licks in ;)
awesome gym, wish I was even in the same country. Training there must have been great.Quote:
Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui
Back then (late 1980's early 1990's) there were three distinct groups of fighters at Gleason's. The serious top drawer pros (McGirt, , Starling, Glenwood brown, once in a while Tyson etc.), the up and comersQuote:
Originally Posted by FacePuncherawesome gym, wish I was even in the same country. Training there must have been great.Quote:
Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui
(Sosa, TH Patterson, Mckinney, Golden Gloves level guys etc) and white collar wannabes. I was one of the latter. Believe me, one was VERY careful who they were matched with at sparring time and the protocol on various bags was when things were really busy to defer to the men making a living and go shadow box or jump rope. What always got me were just how gifted some of the guys who never made it were. What I learned was outside the gym stuff matters as much as inside the gym stuff.
Pure wisdom. Thank-you.Quote:
Originally Posted by marbleheadmauiBack then (late 1980's early 1990's) there were three distinct groups of fighters at Gleason's. The serious top drawer pros (McGirt, , Starling, Glenwood brown, once in a while Tyson etc.), the up and comersQuote:
Originally Posted by FacePuncherawesome gym, wish I was even in the same country. Training there must have been great.Quote:
Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui
(Sosa, TH Patterson, Mckinney, Golden Gloves level guys etc) and white collar wannabes. I was one of the latter. Believe me, one was VERY careful who they were matched with at sparring time and the protocol on various bags was when things were really busy to defer to the men making a living and go shadow box or jump rope. What always got me were just how gifted some of the guys who never made it were. What I learned was outside the gym stuff matters as much as inside the gym stuff.
I think there was some long time member here who said that he sparred with James Buster Douglas. I can't remember his name.
I have sparred jamie moores corner man (or x corner man) a few times
he hits hard
I also sparred this guy at my gym a lot when i was a kid who turned out to be a very good amature
You from the Mornington Peninsula ?Quote:
Originally Posted by FacePuncher
I don't know who was "the best" I sparred with but cruiserweight Paul Jeanette is who I sparred most often. My very first sparring session was with Clarence Tillman, quite an intimidating figure to be in the ring with 6'5 or so and a solid 280 he was a strong dude.
Oliver McCall used to go to my gym quite a bit and his son may still train around my hometown....I tried my damnedest to make sure I never sparred 'The Atomic Bull'...he's older now but still in great shape, calves like tree trunks, you know that's where the power comes from.
I spent quite a large chunk of my life there. Yourself?Quote:
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Originally Posted by FacePuncher
Tootgarook mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by FacePuncherI spent quite a large chunk of my life there. Yourself?Quote:
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Originally Posted by FacePuncher
lol! Small world. Rosebud and Rye myself.. in melb now though.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndreTootgarook mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by FacePuncherI spent quite a large chunk of my life there. Yourself?Quote:
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Do you know Philip Catalucci by chance?
No mate, I know a couple of ex fighters from down here mainly the surfers, Chad for one.
Oh ok. Despite having no idea who chad is, this is still a funny coincidence.
Phil has a gym in the Rye industrial estate and he is an amazing trainer and a great all-round person.
Yep that is where Chad trained, Ive seen it half way around the circle there but never been in.Quote:
Originally Posted by FacePuncher
I cant remember the guys name; Whos the trainer in Rosebud that is a tall dude with long hair,strange looking fellow; he is very good too, a back yarder who has taken a few kids a long way in the sport.
Funny, was at a team building thang yesterday, had to give an interesting fact about yourself so I said that I'd been in the ring with some (briefly) well known boxers.
Turns out the woman running the show was Billy Schwer's ex wife.
Nice lady, didnt make us build a raft.
Someone in the group had met Roy 'say what you see' Walker so I was very much second place in the interesting facts department :mad:
Nick the Greek. Used to spar some of his guys.
He's a character :P
Thats him ,he is the one who was having trouble affording insurance for the kids he taught.
He trained a distant relative (through marriage) of ours to a high standard Cant remember his first name but Goodrich is his surname.
When i was 16 i sparred a few times with another amatuer called Geoff McCreesh....later he turned pro and won the British Welterweight and beat The Rose Of Soweto
job biscuit (could have been a contender)!!!
eh eh!!!
There is no way that I could let this one go ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui
It would have to be my wife. Though I would never throw a punch back at her, kind of one sided really.
I did box a former Golden Gloves winner and it was the most one sided sparring match I had ever been a part of...I whipped that dude's ass.
I must admit I felt a little bad that later he went and murdered his stepfather....but then again it means I beat the shit out of a murderer
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Originally Posted by BIG HThere is no way that I could let this one go ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui
Freud would have a ball (er wait a minute) with that one huh?
I cannot remember his first name either but I've seen him spar a bunch of times, decked one of our 20yo amateurs when he was 16 or so. Good kid I hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
I've sparred Zab Judah, Anothy Peterson, and alex bunema, but to answer who's the best of them, easily Zab.
Easily Terry Dunstan - That guy is so good, former European champion and would easily have become a World Champ had it not been for his long stint in prison. So much talent.
He pretty much used to toy with me (obviously I was nowhere near that level) - He'd let me have free body shots where he'd expose his ribcage, put his dukes up like the old queensberry rules style and STILL land shots on me lol
Sad about his first round K.O on the undercard of Haye/Klitschko - but Afolabi is one heck of a banger! A younger Dunstan would have beaten him i've no doubt.
As a side note he's a heck of a guy and had so much time for me in the famous Repton Boxing club when nobody else did. He'd constantly rip the piss out of you but when he gave you a rare compliment you knew it was sincere because of it. Top guy.
Myself. Shadowboxing. Tried to slip one of my punches but it grazed me. I staggered sideways and put a hole in the drywall. I went on to win a title while I was left patching the drywall.