Sparring stories..

[2OSouzaSuarez12]

I heard Vitali Kilchko was getting knocked down and knocked out in sparring while training for the Rahman fight that never happened.

I also seen pro Ray Oliveira get his ass handed to him by an amateur at my gym in sparring. The guy was also about 15 pounds lighter than Ray.

[Abe Attell]

I heard from an excellent source that Tyson hit Lewis early and stunned him (this was when Lennie was a BEAN POLE) winning the first round.

After that, LL took total control and Tyson never got near him. Apparently it ended when Lewis knocked Tyson out of the ring with a right hand.

Tyson was said to be terrified of Lewis ever since that fight. Legend has it that he ran away from camp because he was so humiliated.

From what I heard...Lewis got hurt the first time they sparred becaue he wasn't prepared to have a war in the ring during a sparring match...then the next day Lennox adjusted and kept Mike at bay for the most part...Mike ended up with a busted lip.

I never heard Tyson being "terrified" of Lennox because of the sparring match...by the time Tyson got released from prison, he knew his limitations as a fighter and knew his chances of beating someone in their prime like Lewis wasn't quite as good.
It doesn't take a genius to know that if you don't have your **** together, both mentally and physically, and you have to go up against somebody that has stayed active at a high level, that your chances of winning are not in your favor.



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[Abe Attell]

I heard Vitali Kilchko was getting knocked down and knocked out in sparring while training for the Rahman fight that never happened.

I also seen pro Ray Oliveira get his ass handed to him by an amateur at my gym in sparring. The guy was also about 15 pounds lighter than Ray.

I heard two stories, the one you told, and another one that said that he was being knocked down because his knee was giving out...when a fighter leaned on him, it would just give out, or if he had to step back, it would give out.

[Abe Attell]

Funny Tyson story: I have to go back and watch the documentary for a fact check, but it goes like this...during training for one of Tyson's matches, they were picking guys for sparring...one guy was picked and got into the ring with Mike...the fight starts and the guy gets knocked out really quick...it turns out that the guy was just a fan from Canada trying to get an autograph or something. Mike felt bad so he gave him tickets.

[Easy-E]

Most of these stories are illusions of Juy Juy, and never actully happened.

[Abe Attell]

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[Easy-E]

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Juy Juy has about 30 alts on this website, his original, as well as his second alt have both been banned, and about 15 of his minor alts have been banned as well.
He is a delusional poster who is obsessed with the UK, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Who in the UK isn't obsessed with Benn and Eubank

[GEOFFHAYES]

That seems quite unlikely.

I think it probably has more to do with Holyfield just not agreeing with the sparring they did at Kronk (ie wars).

[Del Coqui]

Tell me some good sparring stories, man.


Here are some..

Tyson dropping Lennox Lewis inside 60 seconds when they were teenagers, then Lennox getting up and running away for the rest of the week he stayed at Catskills.

G-Man out-boxing Sugar Ray Leonard and Michael Moorer on the same night on his first-ever day at Kronk.

Evander Holyfield and Oliver McCall refusing to spar with G-Man because he hit too hard.

Eubank dropping Bomber Graham for the first time in his life (just before Bomber fought McCallum), but then Bomber getting up and Eubank not able to lay a glove on him for the rest of the session.

Reggie Johnson getting the better of Roy Jones in Pensacola in the fall of '91.

Tyson getting beaten up by sparring partners before he fought Douglas.

Naz getting beaten up by sparring partners before he fought Barrera.

Hatton dropped by a body shot from former British champ Pat Barrett when he was 15 (he'd never been so hurt from one punch and it gave him inspiration to introdude body punching into his style).

Sam Soliman claiming that Kostya Tszyu hit harder than middleweights.


Tell me more..

Just remember, sparring is only sparring but...

Daniel Santos used to take Tito to school every time they sparred.
In prep for the Mayorga fight, DLH had a closed gym workout and there was some young pro Giovanni something, Mayweather Sr. saw him hitting the mitts and decided to move them around, well that kid beat the **** out of DLH, DLH wanted to sign him but the kid is too irresponsible and the deal didn't go any further.