I know the name JL Ivey.. there were a lot of tough KRONK guys. Especially in 83, 84 et. James wasnt one of them, though. James Toney was NEVER a KRONK fighter
Gary was cool to me man, I thought that he was a nice guy.
Rockin'
He had a great camp for the Eubank fight, sparring with Virgil Hill and Marlon Starling and studying all Eubank tapes available (including Brown and Cannida fights). He had a great corner - Freddie Roach and Jimmy Tibbs. But his gameplan didn't work, he said afterwards he wanted to rough Eubank up for six rounds then put his foot on the gas and out-work him (Roach felt Eubank had no stamina).. Stretch looked too nervous and scared in there, although he pretended not to be, and Eubank was far too physically strong for him. When Eubank started opening up, you just knew that Stretch was out of there before long - Eubank too strong.
I know the name JL Ivey.. there were a lot of tough KRONK guys. Especially in 83, 84 et. James wasnt one of them, though. James Toney was NEVER a KRONK fighter
Hey IceMan,
Were you down at Galaxy around March of '94. I swear I think we sparred.
He had a great camp for the Eubank fight, sparring with Virgil Hill and Marlon Starling and studying all Eubank tapes available (including Brown and Cannida fights). He had a great corner - Freddie Roach and Jimmy Tibbs. But his gameplan didn't work, he said afterwards he wanted to rough Eubank up for six rounds then put his foot on the gas and out-work him (Roach felt Eubank had no stamina).. Stretch looked too nervous and scared in there, although he pretended not to be, and Eubank was far too physically strong for him. When Eubank started opening up, you just knew that Stretch was out of there before long - Eubank too strong.
Stretch usually boxed on the move and used his legs a lot, staying to the outside of the ring - that would of worked better against Eubank (Eubank sometimes looked novice-like when forced to come forward, never learned to cut off the ring!) than trying to 'rough Eubank up'..
Rock'N.... I was at Galaxy in the summer of 1993.. I sparred with James Toney, Tarik Salmaci, Bronco McKart and another unbeaten pro at the time... was his name Warren something?
Rock'N.... I was at Galaxy in the summer of 1993.. I sparred with James Toney, Tarik Salmaci, Bronco McKart and another unbeaten pro at the time... was his name Warren something?
Yeah, Warren Jackson. Tough guy, limited in skill but great in strength.
My last day at Galaxy was March 22, 1993. It still seems that I worked with you one time down there. Were you there at all when Tom Johnson bought and owned the gym?
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