Carlos Monzon vs Nino Benvenuti II: Was Howard Cosell on something?

[greynotsoold]

He had to high: He referred to Monzon as a clean living guy. I remember reading that for years he did most of his training on dance floors in nightclubs and that he regular sparring partners were Argentine actresses.

[Master]

You bumped up a lot of ineteresting threads today Jim.

Monzon did not look that great, Hagler would have had him.

[THE THIRD MAN]

He had to high: He referred to Monzon as a clean living guy. I remember reading that for years he did most of his training on dance floors in nightclubs and that he regular sparring partners were Argentine actresses.

Monzon only began training about 3 weeks before a major fight, he smoked like a chimney, drank like a fish and screwed anything that moved, this behaviour also got him shot by his then wife. Yet, he still managed to beat the crap out of every one he fought. Benvenuti was no bum and Monzon made him look second rate, i can't see how anyone can say Monzon didn't look that great when he never lost his last 80 fights and was unbeaten for the last 13 years of his career? Hagler was lucky he retired when he did.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Yeah Monzon has grown on me the last few months. He isn't easy to watch at first because his skills aren't all that easy to see, it's only when I realized he wasn't hardly missing punches that I started to take notice...

[brocktonblockbust]

i never knew piss about monzon but now i'll start looking at fights. as for howard, he's not high, he was always a bizarre guy. you shouldve heard him in other fights, even worse.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Yeah Monzon has grown on me the last few months. He isn't easy to watch at first because his skills aren't all that easy to see, it's only when I realized he wasn't hardly missing punches that I started to take notice...

That's why they called him 'Shotgun'

Monzon is arguably the greatest Middleweight of all time, the difference in being recoginised as such universally is he only had one major fight in the United States. Hagler has his whole career well documented and is much more well known. Monzon was champ for 7 years, he fought the best out there at the time, his lifestyle was that of a cigar smoking, drinking womaniser and his reputation out of the ring is extremely dubious. Inside the ring he was a beast!