How far would you go to chase a dream?

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

What do all of these guys have in common? No skill.

Oh and Rocky's competition wasn't great and he had one of the weakest HW era's of al l time. Chris Eubank was good, but not great at top level and Nigel Benn was an exciting brawler with a few good wins...nothing more.

And don't get me started on Mesi and Harrison.

Fact is, you learn skills and tricks as you gain tons of experience in the sport. IT is extremely rare to find a world-class athlete in any sport who didn't start young.

didnt hopkins start in his 20s?

[GEOFFHAYES]

What do all of these guys have in common? No skill.

Oh and Rocky's competition wasn't great and he had one of the weakest HW era's of al l time. Chris Eubank was good, but not great at top level and Nigel Benn was an exciting brawler with a few good wins...nothing more.

And don't get me started on Mesi and Harrison.

Fact is, you learn skills and tricks as you gain tons of experience in the sport. IT is extremely rare to find a world-class athlete in any sport who didn't start young.

Eubank showed some of the best skills I've seen in boxing from 85-90, and Benn had natural talent coming out of his ****ing ears. Mesi was top-drawer - at his best a few years back he'd take all today's HW's, and Audley clearly has top-drawer tools.

There is such thing as natural talent, as in Benn's case, though it is very rare, and there is such thing as obsessively training your ass off and having no friends as in Eubank's case, though that's probably even rarer.

[GEOFFHAYES]

didnt hopkins start in his 20s?

Nah, he started when he was six apparently.

[Smokin']

Eubank showed some of the best skills I've seen in boxing from 85-90, and Benn had natural talent coming out of his ****ing ears. Mesi was top-drawer - at his best a few years back he'd take all today's HW's, and Audley clearly has top-drawer tools.

There is such thing as natural talent, as in Benn's case, though it is very rare, and there is such thing as obsessively training your ass off and having no friends as in Eubank's case, though that's probably even rarer.

You are so full of ****. Eubank never had great skills. He was always subpar with a great chin and knockout power. Benn was a beast..natural talent..I don't think so. How about just tough and a puncher. Mesi got beat by Jirov. Nuff said. Audley picked on young'ins at the olympics. Again, nuff said

[GEOFFHAYES]

You are so full of ****. Eubank never had great skills. He was always subpar with a great chin and knockout power. Benn was a beast..natural talent..I don't think so. How about just tough and a puncher. Mesi got beat by Jirov. Nuff said. Audley picked on young'ins at the olympics. Again, nuff said

What rubbish, Eubank was a very special talent according to the experts who followed him on Ringside (Steve Farhood and Randy Gordon told his then-manager Adonis Torres that he had a future world champion on his hands after the Brown and Cannida fights) and Screensport. And it's plain to see

And if Benn didn't have natural talent, how do you explain his talent? Because he didn't spar - he didn't need to! Within weeks of first starting boxing he was training others in his regiments boxing team who had been boxing for years and years!

[Exige Jr]

Smokin' the fact that you ruled this dude out based on his age just shows how full of **** you are.

Ps Bernard Hopkins started at 16 I understand. Explain.

[Rockin']

Smokin' the fact that you ruled this dude out based on his age just shows how full of **** you are.

Ps Bernard Hopkins started at 16 I understand. Explain.

yeah, but we ruled you out because of your height..........Rockin'

[Dye]

yeah, but we ruled you out because of your height..........Rockin'

how tall are you Rockin?

[Rockin']

5'-10".......................Rockin'

[Dye]

5'-10".......................Rockin'

oh..... .