How good of a trainer was Lou Duva?

[joseph5620]

Old timers like Certo are there to win, the pro fight game is life and death. The promotion already spent their money on the actual promo of the fight, the training camps and all the bills that come with a camp. What happens if money is docked because a fighter
refuses to fight during the bout? What if the purse is with held or only a partial payment is given? Who's stuck with the bill?

Yes Andrew was a proven risk but he went with the old timers because they bred confidence in a guy, they know how to bring
the seriousness and reality but built their fighters both physically & mentally.

The thread about Duva being a good trainer........he wasn't he was a motivator and a managerial piece between Duva Productions offices and the fighter. He had Benton doing the gym work and he was always involved similar to Dundee and Ali after Ali's 3 year ban.

Andrew's lucky Certo was as old as he was or he would have caved the stool over his head.
We don't "play boxing" this isn't Floyd vs Manny.

Might sound cruel but loosing 30 grand because some guy quits in the ring IS a big deal.

Ray

Wasn't the first time Golota quit either. He quit against Michael Grant and fouled his way out of victories against Bowe twice with ****** low blows. He also bit Samson Po'uha to avoid getting knocked out.


Golata was a nut and would have been whether he boxed or not.

[kilojay505]

Holyfield, Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor, McCallum. enuf said.

Ask them all who trained them and they will say George Benton Lou was a good match maker bit didnt know ***** about boxing from a technical POV....