Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
Well the name helps them in the beggining but there are three men in the ring and their father isnt one of them so their career eventually go one of two ways just like any other boxer
Not so much as it bieng in theyr blood .. at the end of the day it all comes down to how well they have been trained and if theyr trained by one of the best then it makes for a great fighter..

Quote Originally Posted by Saladfingers
It's fairly easy to understand why there havent been great fighters with sons who turned out to be as well... Because the fathers don't have a chip on their shoulder about what they could have done etc... Instead they have a god complex that they pass on to their kids, only they worked their way up to garner it all, wheras their childen have nothing to fight for. IMpressing your daddy hardly serves as as much motivation than putting food on your own plate or your families..
A very interesting and accurate point there though.. Have to click you for that!

Its true.. Looking at things like.. Floyd sr was a fighter who never won a world title and had his career cut short by a shooting
Roy jones' father was an ex pro and former bare knuckle fighter and never made it himself..

And i suppose the kids grew up hungry and that served as theyr motivation..

Every now and then you will always get the barrera of the bunch.. An example since he was brought up in a middle class family with good money

And elaborating further..

If you are to think of well known fighters who do end up having great son's fighting..

Take son of leon spinks, cory spinks...

His dad is known.. And beat ali..But was also beat by an old parkinsons ridden ali and thats the win he sung his entire career..

But on the other hand daddy spinks wasnt much of a father and cory had a suprisingly hard upbringing... So it interesting to think about i guess my point is

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