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Have a look back at the career of any great prizefighter and you’ll see that when they were at their best and in perfect mix, that everybody around them had a purpose and the chemistry surrounding that fighter was one of perfect composition.
Muhammad Ali kept the potent mix of master chemists Angelo Dundee, Bundini Brown and Herbert Muhammad as part of his potent recipe for nearly 20 years. They all served as integral parts of the ingredients that made the drink called “The Greatest” taste so sweet. Roberto Duran would submit himself to the daily lab work of master sweet scientists Ray Arcel and Freddie Brown while Carlos Eleta deftly managed Duran through the minefields of the hardest game. From start to finish Marvin Hagler had the Petronelli brothers mixing his potions in their Brockton, Massachusetts laboratory.
The greats figured out the successful concoction to what made them successful and once they found the right blend – they kept it.
Look at Mike Tyson as an example of tinkering gone bad. On the way up, Tyson had trainer and adopted father, Cus D’Amato watching his every move. Handling the day-to-day activities in the gym was Kevin Rooney. Also in the mix was assistant Steve Lott and co-managers Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton. From a fistic standpoint, things went along beautifully for years. Team Tyson was a well-oiled machine that was plowing through opponents like a freight train through a cornfield.
When D’Amato passed away at age 77, the Tyson express never lost its steam and a year after D’Amato died, Tyson became the youngest person to ever hold the heavyweight title. His success continued on until he eventually won the undisputed heavyweight championship, basically cleaning out the division. [details]
Muhammad Ali kept the potent mix of master chemists Angelo Dundee, Bundini Brown and Herbert Muhammad as part of his potent recipe for nearly 20 years. They all served as integral parts of the ingredients that made the drink called “The Greatest” taste so sweet. Roberto Duran would submit himself to the daily lab work of master sweet scientists Ray Arcel and Freddie Brown while Carlos Eleta deftly managed Duran through the minefields of the hardest game. From start to finish Marvin Hagler had the Petronelli brothers mixing his potions in their Brockton, Massachusetts laboratory.
The greats figured out the successful concoction to what made them successful and once they found the right blend – they kept it.
Look at Mike Tyson as an example of tinkering gone bad. On the way up, Tyson had trainer and adopted father, Cus D’Amato watching his every move. Handling the day-to-day activities in the gym was Kevin Rooney. Also in the mix was assistant Steve Lott and co-managers Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton. From a fistic standpoint, things went along beautifully for years. Team Tyson was a well-oiled machine that was plowing through opponents like a freight train through a cornfield.
When D’Amato passed away at age 77, the Tyson express never lost its steam and a year after D’Amato died, Tyson became the youngest person to ever hold the heavyweight title. His success continued on until he eventually won the undisputed heavyweight championship, basically cleaning out the division. [details]
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