View Full Version : Great fighters who started boxing to lose weight
ChrisPontius
07-02-2009, 07:30 PM
I remember reading Joe Frazier started boxing only to stay in shape.
Vantage_West
07-02-2009, 08:30 PM
clinton woods "meh breats were as big as my mams"
willie pastrano wanted to get the school boy fat off him.
maybe not as good but still, gabe brown the massive fat guy out of florida started due to the same thing
Bokaj
07-02-2009, 08:38 PM
Me.
Thread Stealer
07-02-2009, 08:47 PM
The jury is still out on Miguel Cotto being good or great, but he started boxing because he was a fat kid.
Napoleon
07-02-2009, 09:21 PM
Not a great fighter, but Joe Mesi started boxing to shed some pounds.
CottoDaBodykill
07-02-2009, 09:48 PM
how about a shout for big guy buster mathis
Bigcat
07-03-2009, 03:51 PM
Buster Mathis sr did, he was turned from a 310lb hunk of flab to a 230lb rock hard dangerman .......... by Cus D'amato............
mirageboxing.blogspot.com
Ste Hawkins
07-03-2009, 04:17 PM
Not Chris Arreola....:bbb
lefthook31
07-03-2009, 04:18 PM
ha definitely not arreola. Cotto is an example though
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