I know You Enjoy Ripping On Andrew

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

But 67-3 is a pretty damn good record for somebody that never was a real fighter and didn't have the goods Maybe you didn't have the goods to make it as a top fighter, but it seems like good training and desire took you a lot further than most people get.

I guess I comes down to what kind of future in boxing do you mean? You are good case that training, desire, and heart can take you to a certain point. It might not take you to a title belt or a top 10 ranking, but I'd be pretty proud of myself if I had your record.

If you were a 67-3 amateur, you are probably a heck of a lot better than most of the guys SOB is putting out on his Arkansas cards. Even without the best instincts, you training took you to certain point before you hit a wall, no?

One thing is for sure, though, talent or no talent, it takes a certain amount of stones and desire to get into a ring, get hit hard, keep going, and get in the ring again. Fine, I started too late to really compete, but I've sparred with guys who have way more natural talent than me but they freeze up once you touch them a little. I'm old, slow, and limited, but I've held my own against younger, quicker guys who get tentative once they get hit. That's something you can't teach, either. I'm sure you saw the same thing in your amateur career, and from the way way your describe yourself, you probably beat a lot of guys who had more talent by having bigger balls.

I was OK and my record was against lesser opponants. When I stepped up and ended up in the Jr. Olympics I was TKOd... all my losses were TKO. I was unable to continue... always got up... but couldn't continue. As hard as I worked my defense never progressed... I just didn't have the vision. That was my point.

I'm a bit hard on myself sometimes but that's not a bad thing.

Naww,if you arent hard on yourself,youll never have the desire needed for improvement.
Im brutal on myself,Ill be the first to tell you,I slip for crap,I know how to,but once the bell rings I forget to do it often enough,relying on blocking and reach instead.
And handing me a jump rope is on par with an industry practical joke

What happened to me was I just didn't mind getting hit. It didn't hurt or jar me so I'd walk through two to land one... Thing is is that it only takes one to ring your bell. I loved to brawl and always took pride in the amount of guys I stopped with headgear on...


Namatter how may times we worked on it I couldn't put defense and offense together to be able to counter and slip... Like I said, the vision just wasn't there. I had the training and determination but some guys just aren't built to do some things.

Some things can be learned and some can't... For me anyway, that was one of them, sadly.