becoming pro.....

[Smokin']

Some dude's are just naturals. I know a guy who was an awesome ball player...i mean awesome. He tried up soccer and was a natural and was just owning everyone on the park. Some guys are just beasts like that. I say let him test out the waters as a professional. If he gets knocked out his first time out, he isn't made for the sport.

[deuce_drop]

** That's it. Need a good manager and trainer to make it as a pro no matter what the amateur background is. Many great fighters had no amateur background, but it sure helps the career asset$ to turn pro with a gold Olympic medal and multimillion dollar contract.

only problem with guys that get that big signing bonus is that they get the money and forget that they have to fight for it. we've seen that a handful of times.

even when fighters are already pro and they get the big HBO contract for millions and then in their next fight lose. it makes it tougher once you have what you wanted in your pocket.

it's like a credit card, a lot of people feel that once they have what they bought they don't feel like paying for it since its in their possession...........

[deuce_drop]

Some dude's are just naturals. I know a guy who was an awesome ball player...i mean awesome. He tried up soccer and was a natural and was just owning everyone on the park. Some guys are just beasts like that. I say let him test out the waters as a professional. If he gets knocked out his first time out, he isn't made for the sport.

speaking about other sports i think he's a cross over guy. played basketball and football his whole life and now wants to be a pro at something, so he went with boxing. not just because of being pro but because he's got some talent but he is competitive too.

i just think that he should get more experience under his belt before going pro, get all the trial and error **** out the way..........

[Smokin']

speaking about other sports i think he's a cross over guy. played basketball and football his whole life and now wants to be a pro at something, so he went with boxing. not just because of being pro but because he's got some talent but he is competitive too.

i just think that he should get more experience under his belt before going pro, get all the trial and error **** out the way..........

Yeah, I hear ya. That would be my advice but I am probably sure that he just wants the extra money and motivation that he would get for training for boxing fights.

[robjr]

thats just it. "anyone" can turn pro if they want to... Which is why there is many many bums in pro boxing..

[phallus]

oneill bell didn't have an amatuer career, he learned everyhting on the job and turned into a pretty good fighter. deuce, your buddy needs to have a good trainer / management team that will build his skills and take him up slow. first i would put him in with bums and focus on the fundamentals, then after a while see if he's ready for the next level

[bostonbadapple]

It's the same thing as us sitting at home watching a baseball game and saying we could strike ARod out. We couldn't. But we couldn't strike a single A hitter out either. They are pros. We might think we "hit hard". But these guys take punches from guys that are trained to punch and keep fighting. I like to think I'm a pretty tough guy. But I'm certainly not crazy enough to think that I'd beat up a journeyman fighter. And the rest of you ****rags should feel the same cumswabs.

[Texanballer]

update? did he win?


whats his name

[deuce_drop]

update? did he win?


whats his name

yeah he won.......................

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yeah he won.......................

ho ho ho! he must be not that bad then!? The boy got talent after all. Whats his name? I fancy a nosey at boxrec.