Cutsmen/Seconds/Others

[HairyHighlander]

Apart from the trainers and coaches in the corner, who impresses you, who annoys you, who do you have respect for ?



They dont just hold a bottle of water or slap on the vasi.


Discuss

[BamBam]

Benny King is a very good cutman.
Also the lad that looked after Hatton a few times. Mick Williamson was it?
Eamon Magee seems to be doing well under Breen as well

[GPater11093]

well the top trainers ever are in no order

Angelo Dundee- skilled in corner work and tactics, knew his fighters well and was fly in the corner but also a class 1 tactician, good cutsman too

Eddie Futch- An amazing strategist he could make a strategy for Butterbean to beat Ali. He also was brillaint with fighters and knew when to stop a fight and how to motivate a fighter

Freddie Roach- A great strategist and trainer has learnt alot from Futch and you can see alot of Futch in him in the way he knows strategy real well and can easy break down a fighter and look at the improvement to Pacquiao from wild brawler to decent attaking technician

Ray Arcell- A great strategist and great corner man, could motivate a fighter and kept great controll in his corner

Jack Blackburn- a good corner man wasnt the best strategist but could motivate a fighter and keep them calm, he also was a great trainer and was way ahead of his time

the best cutsmen are in no order

Freddie Brown- an amazing cutsman could keep a cut under controll like second nature, also he was real efficaint and normally managed it in the allocated 60 seconds, many fighters used this guy as a trainer aswelll where he was excellant and real loyal

Joe Souza- a career with Gatti taught him everything about cuts

MicK Willaimson- look at the job he does with hatton

theres afew more but im a bit tired and cant be bothered doing anymore

[HairyHighlander]

Awesome, cheers to both of ya, didnt actually know or bother to find out Hattons cutman, name wise. From what i remember , Hatton compared to before dosent cut up so much, i read he had plastic etc. Anyways......

Good script too GPater, as ya says, Gatti's man had to be good. Wondering where they are now.

Cheers again :good

[GPater11093]

Awesome, cheers to both of ya, didnt actually know or bother to find out Hattons cutman, name wise. From what i remember , Hatton compared to before dosent cut up so much, i read he had plastic etc. Anyways......

Good script too GPater, as ya says, Gatti's man had to be good. Wondering where they are now.

Cheers again :good

also Al gavin micky wards cuts man was good same with Lou Duva although he was a terrile cornerman who lost meldrick taylor a fight with chavez

Hatton had plastic surgery on his cuts but did you know Jose Napoles had his cheek bones shaved down to stop getting cut so much.

would be interesting to know where they are, Mick willaimsin is a cab driver in london not sure about the rest, Gavin and Souza are still active i think

[nulty]

Williamson is a legend in my eyes. Shame he earns so little for his work.

If had a big fight lined up I'd want Roach as my trainer and Mick as cutsman. Dream team.

[HairyHighlander]

Sweet, i was also going to add " if you needed or picked ya seconds/cuts,who would you have " cheers Nulty

Sames Pater, didnt know of the shaved cheeks..........mental !!!



Keep them coming :thumbsup

[Primadonna Kool]

Cut me Micky...

[robster]

Williamson is a legend in my eyes. Shame he earns so little for his work.



OK compared to Hatton, he earns fuck all, but I think that the good cutsmen do all right out of the sport.

I believe that they get paid by the boxers, depending on whether it's a 6, 8 10 or 12 rounder, so if they are on a bill that's got eight fights and they are in a corner for all of them, it should be a nice little earner.

[icemax]

Eddie Thomas

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[neil hibbert]

frank hopkins is a good man to have in the corner

[GPater11093]

Sweet, i was also going to add " if you needed or picked ya seconds/cuts,who would you have " cheers Nulty

Sames Pater, didnt know of the shaved cheeks..........mental !!!



Keep them coming :thumbsup

Crazy aint it but if you have sen a napoles fight he is always cut

Eddie Thomas

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great shout mate

another good coach is George Benton cant believe i forgot him hes an ATG in defencesive training

i have just bought angelos dundees book which is great and it has an amzing picture of a heap of trainers ill try and upload it

[achillesthegreat]

Benny King is a very good cutman.
Also the lad that looked after Hatton a few times. Mick Williamson was it?
Eamon Magee seems to be doing well under Breen as well

Mick Williamson is the only cutsman I have ever seen that I think does a genuinly good job every single time the fighter comes back to the corner.

[icemax]

Mick Williamson is the only cutsman I have ever seen that I think does a genuinly good job every single time the fighter comes back to the corner.

A cutsmans job in the maelstrom of a big title fight has been described as being as difficult as trying to thread a needle in an air raid

[GPater11093]

icemax who do you think are the top cutsmen

[icemax]

icemax who do you think are the top cutsmen

I think that without doubt the way that Mick Williamson has been able to nurse a tissue paper skinned fighter like Hatton through fights shows his class and skill. In the past Eddie Thomas showed his worth, and was lauded by some as the factor that enabled Buchjanan to beat Laguna for the 2nd time....a great write-up here [Only registered and activated users can see links]

[GPater11093]

I think that without doubt the way that Mick Williamson has been able to nurse a tissue paper skinned fighter like Hatton through fights shows his class and skill. In the past Eddie Thomas showed his worth, and was lauded by some as the factor that enabled Buchjanan to beat Laguna for the 2nd time....a great write-up here [Only registered and activated users can see links]

williamson is a magician and eddie thomas is a fantastic cutsman maybe the best ever brit cutsman and cornerman

what do you think of the yanks like Angie Dundee, Duva, Freddie Brown,