Producing The Goods On Fight Night

[Otley]

Does anyone have any stories on fighters in history who looked dog poor in the gym but when it came to fight night usually produced the goods to win. Also looking at the flip side of this discussion is there any fighters in history who looked world class in the gym but on fight night struggled to produce the goods?

I know Roberto Duran hardly trained but he did alright for himself and Audrey Harrison had the potential to be a top 10 fighter but never really lived up to expectation

[Poom]

apparantly ALi looked terrible in Gym/sparring, he would always save the best stuff for the ring and just lay back and defend in the gym.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Ali was indeed one.
His sparring was entirely defensive so he looked like he was taking beatings.


Max Baer

[Markusdarkus]

Ali no doubt.

He barely trained for half his fights.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Roberto Duran was another.

[Lance Uppercut]

Ali no doubt.

He barely trained for half his fights.

I doubt that.

[Master]

Ali no doubt.

He barely trained for half his fights.

I doubt that.

So do I.

I remember Manny Steward (did he train him for a bit?) saying Pryor was awful at sparring and got beat by most of them but come fight night he was totally a different fighter.

[Markusdarkus]

Ali no doubt.

He barely trained for half his fights.

I doubt that.

Between 71 & 74 Ali trained for Frazier, Norton re-match Frazier re-match and Foreman. In 75 he didnt train for antone in 76 he trained for Norton.

I know Ali`s career dont try and test you will get murked.

I suggest you youtube Ali v Norton II weigh in.

big fights Ali did not train properly for in the 70s:

Foster, Norton, Wepner (1wk in his biography), Lyle, Coopman, Young, Dunn, Shavers, Spinks I.

Please read: Ali life and times Thomas Hauser,,, Charles Miller: The Greatest and Bert Sugar: 60 minutes in Manilla.