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    Two Golden Gloves 178's when I was at Gleasons.

    I had them both outweighed by 25-30 pounds and I just couldn't find them...at all!

    They didn't (or chose not to) hit hard enough to hurt or dissuade me, but any time I got close and threw? Woosh! They were somewhere else. It was bad.

    I much preferred banging with bigger men...at least I could get my licks in
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    Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
    Two Golden Gloves 178's when I was at Gleasons.

    I had them both outweighed by 25-30 pounds and I just couldn't find them...at all!

    They didn't (or chose not to) hit hard enough to hurt or dissuade me, but any time I got close and threw? Woosh! They were somewhere else. It was bad.

    I much preferred banging with bigger men...at least I could get my licks in
    awesome gym, wish I was even in the same country. Training there must have been great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FacePuncher View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
    Two Golden Gloves 178's when I was at Gleasons.

    I had them both outweighed by 25-30 pounds and I just couldn't find them...at all!

    They didn't (or chose not to) hit hard enough to hurt or dissuade me, but any time I got close and threw? Woosh! They were somewhere else. It was bad.

    I much preferred banging with bigger men...at least I could get my licks in
    awesome gym, wish I was even in the same country. Training there must have been great.
    Back then (late 1980's early 1990's) there were three distinct groups of fighters at Gleason's. The serious top drawer pros (McGirt, , Starling, Glenwood brown, once in a while Tyson etc.), the up and comers
    (Sosa, TH Patterson, Mckinney, Golden Gloves level guys etc) and white collar wannabes. I was one of the latter. Believe me, one was VERY careful who they were matched with at sparring time and the protocol on various bags was when things were really busy to defer to the men making a living and go shadow box or jump rope. What always got me were just how gifted some of the guys who never made it were. What I learned was outside the gym stuff matters as much as inside the gym stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FacePuncher View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
    Two Golden Gloves 178's when I was at Gleasons.

    I had them both outweighed by 25-30 pounds and I just couldn't find them...at all!

    They didn't (or chose not to) hit hard enough to hurt or dissuade me, but any time I got close and threw? Woosh! They were somewhere else. It was bad.

    I much preferred banging with bigger men...at least I could get my licks in
    awesome gym, wish I was even in the same country. Training there must have been great.
    Back then (late 1980's early 1990's) there were three distinct groups of fighters at Gleason's. The serious top drawer pros (McGirt, , Starling, Glenwood brown, once in a while Tyson etc.), the up and comers
    (Sosa, TH Patterson, Mckinney, Golden Gloves level guys etc) and white collar wannabes. I was one of the latter. Believe me, one was VERY careful who they were matched with at sparring time and the protocol on various bags was when things were really busy to defer to the men making a living and go shadow box or jump rope. What always got me were just how gifted some of the guys who never made it were. What I learned was outside the gym stuff matters as much as inside the gym stuff.
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    I think there was some long time member here who said that he sparred with James Buster Douglas. I can't remember his name.

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    I have sparred jamie moores corner man (or x corner man) a few times

    he hits hard

    I also sparred this guy at my gym a lot when i was a kid who turned out to be a very good amature
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    Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
    Two Golden Gloves 178's when I was at Gleasons.

    I had them both outweighed by 25-30 pounds and I just couldn't find them...at all!

    They didn't (or chose not to) hit hard enough to hurt or dissuade me, but any time I got close and threw? Woosh! They were somewhere else. It was bad.

    I much preferred banging with bigger men...at least I could get my licks in
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    It would have to be my wife. Though I would never throw a punch back at her, kind of one sided really.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BIG H View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui View Post
    Two Golden Gloves 178's when I was at Gleasons.

    I had them both outweighed by 25-30 pounds and I just couldn't find them...at all!

    They didn't (or chose not to) hit hard enough to hurt or dissuade me, but any time I got close and threw? Woosh! They were somewhere else. It was bad.

    I much preferred banging with bigger men...at least I could get my licks in
    There is no way that I could let this one go

    Freud would have a ball (er wait a minute) with that one huh?
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