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im 34 now but being pressured by trainers,managers,promoters to fight again on there cards.i was 6-0 as a pro before calling quits cause of the death of my trainer. but its been almost 10yrs since being in the ring.now im really thinking hard about this cause ive fought guys like oba carr,vernon forest,ronald wright also defeated mike 'the hammer' griffith.what do ya think maybe one more shot,hard to walk away after 20yrs in the game
give it a go! thats what I say anyway.
that is IF you have the time on the hands to do so.
whats your name then? are you on boxrec?
The big question is, is he RicanChamp? :P
yea im on there with my fed id #.but it list me as only 1 ft.dont no why though,my license have all 6 bouts in it
Royce - I am 37.
I had 56 amateur fights - started in the Kronk in Detroit, trained by the great Emanuel Steward. Regularly sparred in the gym with Tommy Hearns, Milton MCrory, Oba Carr etc. My final record was 56-0!
5 Detroit Golden Gloves titles, 2 Chicago Golden Gloves, 8 British Schoolboys titles - all at welterweight.
I had my last bout when I was 23, and then stopped because I got a job and could not put in the 6 hours of training per day, for 3 months before every tournament.
Boxing was the thing I was best at, and I miss it terribly every day.
BUT I WILL NOT COME BACK because there is no way I can recapture my youth and I will end up taking punishment from mediocre fighters who I could not have touched me in my prime. My pride at my excellent record and achievements will stop me from making a fool of myself now.
Don't do it! Just say NO.
56-0
any commonwealth or olympic trials in that record?
Just read under his avatar!! There you heave the answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
if uv fought winky wright u cant be 6-0
this cnt be right mike grifeth hasnt lost to anybody who has a 6-0 record
No. when I was a junior in the States, I had never really heard of the Commonwealth and neither had anyone in my gym. By the time that I was probably at an age or level to think about the Olympics (which was about 20, I suppose), my family moved to England and nobody had heard of me in the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
I started again at the bottom if you like when I came to the UK (if I'm honest, the bouts I was in later in my amateur career were lower quality/level than the ones at the beginning) I was lazy and vain enough to prefer being a bigger fish in a small pond rather than really trying to extend myself. I don't really regeret it as I had great fun and have accepted that I was never truly good enough to become a pro world champ or anything.
I had great fun and would do it all over - BUT still would not come back and compete at age 37 (I have gone back to a local gym and just worked out and done some really light sparring, though)
That's not very nice!! Perhaps I should change my avatar comment (!)Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeTysonKnockOut
I hope I have not confused anyone - I didn't fight Winky Wright at any point in my career?
no the other guy said tht and its obvious he was lying
Thats quality. Detorit champ and british schoolboy champ..................that kid got around..Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeTysonKnockOut
My dad was a civil engineer so we travelled around a lot. he used to get contracts in places for between 3 to 5 years, to work on road and bridge building projects. Before we lived in Detroit, we spent time in Tanzania in East Africa and also Kuwait in the Middle East.Quote:
Originally Posted by ono
The Detroit stuff was junior golden gloves, of course - although I did have the honour of getting properly bashed up in the gym by the (then) elite of the Kronk!!
My point remains to Royce, who started this thread, that he should not succumb to temptation and should stay retired, assuming he is telling the truth (why on earth should someone post something on an anonymous forum that is untrue about themselves - we don't even know people's real names here, so I can't see the point on making stuff up, surely.)
I too, was once an undefeated Amatuer fighter with 32 fights, a 4 time Golden Glove champion in the state of New York. I had amatuer wins over Demarcus Corley, and a draw with Kosta Tszyu.. I was thought to be a shoe in for the gold medal in 96. One night, only weeks before I was to compete for the gold, I was in what should have been a minor car accident. My cousin, who was driving, hit a fire hydrant, causing the passenger door to rap around my right leg and fracture my ankle severly in 3 places . I saw 5 specialists, 4 of which told me I should not consider continuing a boxing career.. For months, I was unable to train, and required crutches to walk. When I finally gained my strength back in the leg, I took to the gym, trying to recuperate, so I could one day continue with boxing and embark upon my pro career. Then,
I woke up.
Royce seems to have gone a bit quiet
I don't have any amateur background, but have probably been in over 100 street fights. I'm thirty, and I don't get into fights anymore, or live in the bad neighborhoods I used to. Saturday night, however, I was confronted by four of my neighbors,{I was with one other guy} and outboxed two of them before all four conceded defeat. I thought for sure I was in for a a**-whipping, because all four of them were younger, and apeered to be in better shape. I smoke, and I just recently {7 months ago}, started working out{free wights, jump rope,etc} again. My point is, I never had the skill that you probably posess, and I haven't been in good shape in a couple of years, and I still got it to a certain extent. You might as well try now, before it's too late. Good luck.
well X, you do understand where im coming from then,married now got 3 little ones to worry about,and even though i work out in the gym everyday i no im not 23 anymore and times have changed.do u remember i fighter from the kronk named kevin childress,2 time national golden glove runner up,but never went pro to make the big bucks.by the way i fought all the guys as an amature during 92 olympic trials and yes i defeated hammer griffith but lost to his brother carl later in trials.im sure he remembers me cause i run into his dad eddy carr 2 yrs later and he remembered our fight.one of the best fights i never won
I think he either means in the amateurs or sparred withQuote:
Originally Posted by hitmanhatton
How do you feel sparring? If you still got it youll know you still got it in even 1 comeback fight. Just be honest with yourself. Too many guys disillusion themselves (Hearns, Bowe, Holy, etc). Dont take that approach.
X's story is easier to swallow than Hatton beating Mayweather...
Swallow or spit - I don't care as it was not my thread.
I had an opinion and (hopefully) was honest enough to say that I was not the next Sugar Ray Robinson. I was a good fighter in the ring - not a streetfighter - but still egotistical enough not to want to blow any personal kudos I built up for myself with my record and achievements by coming back when you're too old and too fat and comfy. I know that these are not achievements in a pro boxing, world champ etc scenario, but they're Ok for me !!!
Royce - for what it's worth, I can imagine you loved the sport and the competition, but things move on..... let it go as it has really already gone and you just need to come to terms with that????