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Re: The boxing thread
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Re: The boxing thread
In 1987 Mike McCallum fought Donald Curry, aka "The Lone Star Cobra", Curry earned that nickname because he had lightning quick reflexes and hand speed to go along with good power. Donald Curry was one hell of a fighter, he's in the Hall of Fame for a reason, at his peak he was regarded as one of the best pound for pound… -
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A good account of the Mike McCallum vs Donald Curry fight. Mike McCallum throws a right hand at Donald Curry. On This Day: Mike McCallum flattens Donald Curry in five rounds While he was still the unbeaten world welterweight champion, and regarded alongside Marvin Hagler as the best in boxing, Donald Curry agreed to step… -
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The first Jeff Fenech vs Azumah Nelson fight is one of my all-time favorites, it shows you what kind of fighter Fenech really was, a fearless and brutal bastard, and why he had the "Marrackville Mauler" nickname, he swarmed guys and mauled them. Most people that fought Azumah Nelson didn't have a happy story to tell… -
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One more quick write up on Mike McCallum and then we'll look at a few of his fights. Mike McCallum gets his hands taped up by his trainer Eddie Futch. Mike McCallum: Inch By Inch A Master What’s the best way to win a fight, fights – rounds? By using the least amount of energy as possible, while taking the least amount of… -
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Mike McCallum, aka "The Bodysnatcher", a legitimate, certified, all-time great middleweight, it is said that he was avoided like the plague in his day. He earned that nickname because he went hard to the body of his opponents, one of the greatest body punchers in the history of the fight game was McCallum. A chin made of… -
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One fight of Pedroza's that I want to talk about is his first fight with Rocky Lockridge, at the time Lockridge was unbeaten, Lockridge was one heck of fighter that would give anybody a rough time, his style was to straight up come forward and brutalized you. Any time you fought Rocky Lockridge you were going to have a… -
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Ray Mancini vs Bobby Chacon. Bobby "the schoolboy" Chacon was a legend and a hero to Ray Mancini, they fought in 1984. Bobby Chacon had been in many brutal wars by the time him and Ray Mancini fought, Bobby Chacon was at the end of his career. Bobby Chacon is one of my all-time favorites as well, much like Mancini, Chacon… -
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Mike McCallum talks about his career and the best opponents he faced. MIKE MCCALLUM’S GREATEST HITS: THE BODY SNATCHER BY ANSON WAINWRIGHT | Editor’s Note: This feature originally appeared in the February 2020 issue of The Ring Magazine. Mike McCallum fought his way out of obscurity in Jamaica to the top of the boxing… -
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Julian Jackson was a decent boxer with a pretty good chin, but everyone who watched him fight wanted to see him ice someone, that's the thing about hard punchers, you just can't look away from them when they fight, you want to see the fireworks explode. BEST I’VE FACED: JULIAN JACKSON An old boxing adage states that…
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